Boudica Marginalia

Reading, writing, and other things

Category: Thoughts on reading

  • Eleven Hours

    Eleven Hours by Paullina Simons was my second pull from the book drop at the office. There was no non-fiction interlude between this and City of Beasts as I wasn’t…


  • City of Beasts

    I haven’t read Harry Potter. Sometimes it seems like I’m the only adult in the world that hasn’t and the reason is that I’m not a child and therefore I…


  • Adventures in reading

    It’s been a while, but mainly because I’ve been writing a short story, so no apologies. Since I’ve been away I’ve cracked through lots of books and thus here comes…


  • Martin Chuzzlewit

    I feel so virtuous. Like my mind has been on a marathon session at the brain gym! Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens. I’m a bit ambiguous about Dickens. I had…


  • A Gun for Sale

    I joined a book club at work. This month we’re reading Graham Greene’s Travels with my Aunt and A Gun for Sale. I read Travels with my Aunt ages ago…


  • Triumff: Her Majesty’s Hero

    Ah, comic fantasy. There’s plenty of it out there, even if some people insist that Terry Pratchett is the only author in the genre. Humour is a very personal thing…


  • Slammerkin

    Should historical fiction be considered speculative fiction? OK, no, I know. I’m only asking because I want to talk about a novel that isn’t SF, fantasy or horror. The book…


  • Viking: King’s Man

    This week I’ve read Viking: King’s Man by Tim Severin and The Secret Life of Trees by Colin Tudge. I only intend to comment at any length on fiction as…


  • Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang

    It’s been a week and a half into the new job and I’ve read two books! Probably could have done better if I’d chosen easier books, but that’s cheating. This…


  • The Steel Remains

    Well, it’s been a busy time lately, what with finishing up one job and preparing for the next. One last work-related out of town trip didn’t help either. Tomorrow I…


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