I recently finished reading Union Atlantic, a debut novel by Adam Haslett – another book from Amazon’s Vine programme. I was a bit underwhelmed by it.
Entries Tagged as 'Vine'
The rainbow kettle
August 24th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Life
I had a bit of a result with the Amazon Vine programme this month. When I got the list of products to choose from, there was a kettle on there. I had recently noticed that our kettle was dribbling a bit, which annoyed me somewhat, but not enough to go out and get a new [...]
Piet Koopt Hoge Schoenen
July 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I have just finished reading Amsterdam from the ‘City-Pick series of books, which I got through Amazon’s Vine programme. It is a collection of snippets from literature about the city. I must have visited Amsterdam more than anywhere other city except Paris and can find my way round it better than anywhere except London, but [...]
Tags: Amsterdam·Books·Netherlands·Reviews·Vine
Devil in Disguise
July 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Life
One last Vine review to clear the backlog. This time it is Devil in Disguise by Julian Clary.
I enjoyed it on a couple of levels. Apart from the story, there was a more personal level of enjoyment which was an element of nostalgia. Molly ans Simon, the two main characters, met while at Goldsmiths which [...]
Obstacles to Young Love
July 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Life
Still clearing the backlog of Amazon Vine reviews, here is what I thought about Obstacles to Young Love by the legendary David Nobbs.
The Invisible Gorilla
July 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Life
I read a lot of books in the last month or two, mainly re-reading all thirteen Christopher Brookmyre novels, but also reading some new Amazon Vine books, leaving me with a bit of a backlog of reviews to write.
First off is The Invisible Gorilla by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, one of those popular psychology/behavioural [...]
Tell me something I don’t know
May 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Life
Yesterday was Vine day. I like Vine days.
For the benefit of anybody who has not been paying attention, Vine is a scheme that Amazon run whereby they send free stuff to people and those people then write reviews of the products they receive. If you don’t write reviews you stop getting the chance to have [...]
Young Sherlock Holmes
May 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Life
Having had a recent bad experience with a shoddy Sherlock Holmes film, I was more than a little wary about reading a novel about the exploits of Holmes as a teenager – Young Sherlock Holmes: Death Cloud by Andrew Lane, which I got through Amazon’s Vine program.
Fortunately the book turned out to be so much [...]
Tags: Books·Horsham·Reviews·Sherlock Holmes·Vine
Do I kneel or do I bow?
May 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Life
For an atheist I seem to have been to quite a few places of worship in my time. There are the normal family weddings in anglican churches, the christening of a catholic friend’ s child and so on, but also a sikh friend at work always encourages us to visit his temple for major events. [...]
How not to grow up
May 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Life
The book that got me through the later stages of the election campaign was How Not to Grow Up by Richard Herring. I kept it in my bag and read it at odd moments because it is the sort of thing you can dip into like that. I like to arrive early for things, so [...]
