Book Reviews by CaptainD
Blog URL http://captaind-book-reviews-blog.blogspot.com/
Located Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom
Tags books, book reviews, literature, novels, short stories, anthologies, poetry, science fiction, discworld
Book reviews and random nonsensical thoughts by CaptainD
Latest Blog Posts
- Book Review - Avengers Disassembled on Oct 13, 2009 in comic books graphic novels avengers
As comic books (sorry, graphic novels) go this is pretty standard - lots of explosions and people going aaaaaaaauurrrgggggghhhh a lot (mainly She-Hulk in this case), and a few scantily-clad heroines. It does have a pretty decent storyline too, but t...
- Book Review - The Forest House by Marion Zimmer Bradley on Oct 12, 2009 in the forest house avalon series of books marion zimmer bradley
Having really enjoyed Priestess of Avalon in the same series, I'd been looking forward to this book, but felt rather disappointed by it in the end. Set earlier in the series it concerns mainly Gaius, a young man of half-Roman, half-Briton heritage,...
- The Last Hero by Terry Pratchett, illustrated by Paul Kidby on Sep 22, 2009 in paul kidby the last hero discworld terry pratchett
The Last Hero is one of the shorter Discworld novels and (possibly) the only one that's only available as an illustrated novel (not sure if you can get it without illustrations). It starts off a bit weakly - some good laughs certainly but the change...
- Book Review - The Witch's Guide to Cooking with Children on Sep 4, 2009 in book review keith mcgowan book reviews
The Witch's Guide to Cooking with Children starts with a forward by the witch Fay Holaderry relates her love for eating children, how she traps them, how some parents actually ask her to get rid of their children this way and, at the end, cautions th...
- Borders Announce Used and Rare Books Service on Sep 3, 2009 in used and rare books borders
From fairy tales to cookery, education titles to the classics, Borders now have over 9 million used and rare books available at borders.co.uk.If you’ve been struggling to find that rare copy of your favourite childhood book, a title no longer in pr...
- First Thoughts - The Forest House on Sep 3, 2009 in avalon series of books marion zimmer bradley
I know, I know... I'm reading the Avalon books out of order. Still, each book is complete in its own right and, on the whole, I'm enjoying The Forest House, which is a prequel to The Mists of Avalon. It bears many of the same strengths and weakness...
- Bank Holiday Discount Code for Borders on Aug 28, 2009 in discount code borders
Borders have a fantastic generic code to shout about.They are offering 20% off the RRP of all books on the site for the bank holiday weekend.The code is: BORSAVE200809 End date: 31.08.2009If books are already discounted above 20% on the site, the bes...
