Books I’ve Read
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#Books I have ACTUALLY read!
Enjoyable classic (of the so called hard-boiled genre) - originally banned in some US cities 8/10 #JamesMCain #ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice
December 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Enjoyable classic (of the so called hard-boiled genre) - originally banned in some US cities 8/10 #JamesMCain #ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice
I found this somewhat childish 4.5/10 #TaylorJenkinsReid #Atmosphere
December 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I found this somewhat childish 4.5/10 #TaylorJenkinsReid #Atmosphere
Sharp and crisp writing - should be read at one go 8/10 #PaoloCognetti #DownintheValley
December 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Sharp and crisp writing - should be read at one go 8/10 #PaoloCognetti #DownintheValley
Not all medicine is science 7.5/10 #VSNaipaul #TheMysticMasseur
December 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Not all medicine is science 7.5/10 #VSNaipaul #TheMysticMasseur
Was so disappointed when I eventually realized that my childhood hero in #TintinintheCongo was a propaganda attempt to normalize the colonial atrocities committed in the Belgian Congo 2/10 #Herge
December 4, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Was so disappointed when I eventually realized that my childhood hero in #TintinintheCongo was a propaganda attempt to normalize the colonial atrocities committed in the Belgian Congo 2/10 #Herge
#FrancescoZahra: A Late Baroque 18th century artist 8/10 #KeithSciberras
December 3, 2025 at 6:05 AM
#FrancescoZahra: A Late Baroque 18th century artist 8/10 #KeithSciberras
Not #CixinLiu’s best 6.5/10 #TheWanderingEarth
December 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Not #CixinLiu’s best 6.5/10 #TheWanderingEarth
The definitive biography of a unique postwar leader 8/10 #MarkMontebello #TheTailthatWaggedtheDog
November 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The definitive biography of a unique postwar leader 8/10 #MarkMontebello #TheTailthatWaggedtheDog
Had the #IllustratedClassic as a kid - still remember the sense of wonder and excitement #JulesVerne
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Had the #IllustratedClassic as a kid - still remember the sense of wonder and excitement #JulesVerne
Pretty depressing - but than life in the middle of the Great War must have been pretty depressing too 7/10 #PatBarker #TheEyeintheDoor
November 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Pretty depressing - but than life in the middle of the Great War must have been pretty depressing too 7/10 #PatBarker #TheEyeintheDoor
Light, effortless reading 6/10 #MarkoKloos #LinesofDeparture
November 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Light, effortless reading 6/10 #MarkoKloos #LinesofDeparture
Antonio Sciortino’s - Director of the British Academy of Arts in Rome between the wars- grand, yet never realized, project for the Unknown Soldier 7/10 #ConradThake
November 16, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Antonio Sciortino’s - Director of the British Academy of Arts in Rome between the wars- grand, yet never realized, project for the Unknown Soldier 7/10 #ConradThake
#Regeneration: The psychological impact -“shell shock” - of the horror of war 7.5/10 #PatBarker
November 14, 2025 at 6:17 AM
#Regeneration: The psychological impact -“shell shock” - of the horror of war 7.5/10 #PatBarker
Forget the book cover art - the book is sensational and spawned a whole series 8/10 #ArthurCClarke #RendezvouswithRama
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Forget the book cover art - the book is sensational and spawned a whole series 8/10 #ArthurCClarke #RendezvouswithRama
Harrison Ford makes a fantastic Jack Ryan in the film version 7/10 #TomClancy #ClearandPresentDanger
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Harrison Ford makes a fantastic Jack Ryan in the film version 7/10 #TomClancy #ClearandPresentDanger
My favourite #Hemingway 8.5/10 #AFarewelltoArms
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 AM
My favourite #Hemingway 8.5/10 #AFarewelltoArms
Introducing (in 1920) Hercule Poirot 7/10 #AgathaChristie #TheMysteriousAffairatStyles
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Introducing (in 1920) Hercule Poirot 7/10 #AgathaChristie #TheMysteriousAffairatStyles
Naughty but very nice 8/10 #MarioVargasLlosa #AuntJuliaandtheScriptwriter
November 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Naughty but very nice 8/10 #MarioVargasLlosa #AuntJuliaandtheScriptwriter
#Mauritshuis - just the right size to visit. And has 2 of my favourite paintings: Frans Hals’ Laughing Boy and Fabritius’ Goldfinch
October 30, 2025 at 7:18 AM
#Mauritshuis - just the right size to visit. And has 2 of my favourite paintings: Frans Hals’ Laughing Boy and Fabritius’ Goldfinch
I found the style somewhat lacking in depth 5.5/10 #AmitavGhosh #TheGlassPalace
October 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I found the style somewhat lacking in depth 5.5/10 #AmitavGhosh #TheGlassPalace
Oppenheimer meets native America 7/10 #MartinCruzSmith #StallionGate
October 28, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Oppenheimer meets native America 7/10 #MartinCruzSmith #StallionGate
A must read 8/10 #RichardYates #RevolutionaryRoad
October 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
A must read 8/10 #RichardYates #RevolutionaryRoad
In my 20s most of my reading was out of lending libraries - #GrahamGreene was one of the first authors I looked for. 7/10 #TheMinistryofFear
October 23, 2025 at 8:42 AM
In my 20s most of my reading was out of lending libraries - #GrahamGreene was one of the first authors I looked for. 7/10 #TheMinistryofFear
Masterful landscapes by #JosephSammut 7/10 #ViewssndHues
October 21, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Masterful landscapes by #JosephSammut 7/10 #ViewssndHues
I love this author 8/10 #EdnaOBrien #AugustisaWickedMonth
October 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I love this author 8/10 #EdnaOBrien #AugustisaWickedMonth