Who has seen Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang? Probably, for my money within the top 5 movies released in 2005. In the movie, two characters are fans of a pulp fiction novelist and the detective who features in the novels. These novels, and Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang itself, are loosely based on Bodies Are Where You Find… Continue reading Book review: Bodies Are Where You Find Them
Until recently I’d never heard of Scarlett Thomas, nor her books. Then, I signed up for this reading challenge and one of the challenges required me to read a book by one author who’s surname matched the first name of the next order. You would be surprised how difficult this is. I decided that Schindler’s… Continue reading Book review: Going Out
I’m nearing the end of my current book challenge with this read and I’m afraid I won’t have all the reviews up before the end of January because I like order and book reviews go up on my blog on Sundays. Then, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day both happened on Sundays and I was… Continue reading Book review: The Vegetarian
Up until a couple of years ago, I’d never read anything by Philip K Dick. In fact, for a physicist (and, yes, a massive nerd), I’ve read relatively little science fiction in general. I’ve dabbled with the classics but not much beyond. Then, in October of 2013 I had a work trip to Tokyo and… Continue reading Book review: The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
Ok, so I’ve mentioned before that I’m kind of a sap. Amazon knows this and they email me a couple of times a week with book offers. Usually, I can be strong when the offers aren’t targeted – I know approximately what sort of books I’m going to enjoy and which books will just leave… Continue reading Book review: Lift and Seperate
Ruby appeared on my Kindle not long ago because sometimes Amazon emails me with book deals and sales and offers and I have precisely zero self-control. I’m still trying to read books at a faster rate than I acquire them, and this is still a pretty major challenge. Since I’d bought it, I thought I’d… Continue reading Book review: Ruby
I’m lucky enough to have a very beautiful, Folio Society edition of The Double Helix, packed with photographs and diagrams, as well as an introduction by Steve Jones and a forward by Sir Lawrence Bragg. This is enough to delight any nerd (and incidentally pushes the page count just above 150, making it an acceptable… Continue reading Book review: The Double Helix
This book was a gift given to me by E, a physics friend, an embarrassingly long time ago. He happened to give me it as a Christmas present one year when I received a huge number of books. At the time I was a physics undergraduate student and felt like I was reading enough physics… Continue reading Book Review: In Search of Time
This was the third book I picked up second hand at the Gibson Street Gala earlier this year. I actually can’t believe I managed to get three such amazing books for so little money. The second-hand book market is seriously underappreciated. It’s also one of the books I’m reading for Megan’s Semi Charmed Winter 2016… Continue reading Book review: A Tale for the Time Being
You know when you pick up a book and you don’t even have to pause to wonder whether you’re going to enjoy it? When you’ve heard so much good stuff about the book and the author that you can’t help but be intrigued? When the first sentence, paragraph, page and chapter are so delicious that… Continue reading Book review: Beloved
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