mathampson's 'book' entries

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Date	User	Event type	Event description	Rating
21 July	The Honorary Consul by Graham Greene - Appealing South American kidnap drama, with sadly unconvincing characterisation
12 July	The Road by Cormac McCarthy - Zoomed through it in a couple of days, partially because of the lack of punctuation, and partially because it was excellent.
10 July	Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie - Complete with classic unmasking finale
6 July	Mr Nice by Howard Marks - Amazing life story. Inspiring and saddening, often simultaneously.
19 June	City of Thieves by David Benioff - Harrowing but pacy story of two mistfits during the convincingly depicted Leningrad siege
14 June	Dreams from my Father by Barack Obama - Fascinating. That such an intelligent and thoughtful man is in the Whitehouse is a thing of wonder to me.
11 June	Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame Smith - Really good. Now want to read zombieless version
27 May	Curtain by Agatha Christie - Clever, quick and unexpectedly funny. Odd choice for my first Christie though - being Poirot's last case.
22 May	House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds - Vast scale space opera expertly interwoven with a human story. Excellent, as ever.
21 April	Tom Holt by The Portable Door - Fun little comic fantasy novel.
27 March	Generation A by Douglas Coupland - Everything I like about his writing: Full of great ideas, characters and storytelling
15 March	All the President's Men by Woodward & Bernstein - Reads like a thriller, totally engrossing, though ends too abruptly
13 February	How to be Good by Nick Hornby - Not only a pretty poor book, but a pretty poor book I've read before and forgotten about. Doh.
25 January	Zima Blue by Alastair Reynolds - I'm not always a short story fan, but his, as here, are always thoughtful and engaging
23 January	Flashman by George Macdonald Fraser - Genuinely funny light historical romp. May well pick up more from the series.
9 January	The Blair Years by Alastair Campbell - Spawling, ineloquent but utterly fascinating. I'd recommend them to anyone.
3 January	A small town in Germany by John le Carre - Thoughful thriller set to the complexity of 60's German politics.
9 December	Life on Air by David Attenborough - Recommended. Enthusiasm, knowledge and modesty making for a compelling read.
6 December	Battle Royale Vol5 - A 60% off whim from Books etc. Interesting to try out some proper right to left, grand story arc manga.
4 November	Life Sucks - Graphic novel about the mundanity of being a vampire. Better than it probably sounds.

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