Boudica Marginalia

Reading, writing, and other things

Category: Books

  • Santa Evita

    This is an odd book. It was buried on book mountain and I can’t remember what prompted me to buy it. Perhaps it was one of those sent to me…


  • Headhunter

    In Headhunters by Jo Nesbo, Roger Brown is a top recruiter who finances his lifestyle by art theft. He arranges interviews for executives who own expensive art and steals it…


  • The Treatment

    The Treatment is the second in Mo Hayder’s Jack Caffrey series. Caffrey is still obsessed with the paedophile next door and the mystery of what happened to his brother all…


  • Death of Kings

    Death of Kings by Bernard Cornwell is the sixth book in the Making of England series. Or The Warrior Chronicles, or the Saxon Stories, as it’s also known.  There are…


  • Birdman

    Birdman is Mo Hayder’s debut novel and the first to feature Jack Caffrey, a handsome yet troubled detective. I enjoy a thriller and Mo Hayder is easy to read. Which…


  • The Point is to Change It

    I have always bought more books than I read, which has resulted in a bookshelf of unread books that I call book mountain. It is currently the smallest it’s ever…


  • The Viking Gods

    I went to the British Museum’s Viking exhibition and I’m minded to read the Edda at some point. However it’s a big, heavy book and I’m putting it off on…


  • Stupid Cupid

    Still on the search for a romance I can enjoy… I ran out of book while I was at work so went raiding the book drop. I wasn’t feeling that…


  • 7 Secrets of the Prolific

    The 7 Secrets of the Prolific: The definitive guide to overcoming procrastination, perfectionism, and writer’s block by Hillary Rettig is one of the most useful books I’ve ever read. I…


  • The Big, Not-so-Small, Curvy Girls, BBW Romance Dating Agency

    It turns out I don’t like writing reviews of books I really didn’t enjoy. (Even though I do it a fair bit). I’ve been putting this one off for some…


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