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Book Review: Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde | Grub Street
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Margins Of The Literary Scene. Book Review: Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde. August 2, 2015 in book review. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. By Robert Louis Stevenson (1886) 110 p. The problem with reading Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Would have been a pretty decent supernatural mystery novel back in the day for us, unfortunately, popular culture has spoiled it. Gentlemen of the Road. Russ' Book Reviews. London Review of Books. New York Review of Books. I̵...
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Notes And Views: Leaving London | Grub Street
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Margins Of The Literary Scene. Notes And Views: Leaving London. August 4, 2015 in life. Kristie and I have left London. I meant to post this a while ago, but we’re travelling through Europe on the way home and amidst all the last-minute planning it fell by the wayside. We’re currently in a sunburnt little village somewhere in the cicada-droning scrubland of Andalucia, which reminds me strongly of Perth. So we’ve left. Maybe I’ll be back one day; who knows what might happen in life? Gentlemen of the Road.
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Book Review: Howl’s Moving Castle | Grub Street
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Margins Of The Literary Scene. Book Review: Howl’s Moving Castle. May 6, 2015 in uncategorized. By Diana Wynne Jones (1986) 302 p. I read a book when I was in primary school called Castle In The Air. Or any of Jones’ other books I think I tried Hexwood. But found its plot far too confusing for my age. Howl’s Moving Castle. So anyway, I thought I’d give the book a shot. It was an experience oddly similar to reading The English Patient. I think it’s a good book, but as with The English Patient. Why yes i a...
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Book Review: Castle In The Air | Grub Street
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Margins Of The Literary Scene. Book Review: Castle In The Air. June 6, 2015 in book review. Castle in the Air. By Diana Wynne Jones (1990) 285 p. This is the sequel to Howl’s Moving Castle. Castle in the Air. Start showing up, and my twelve-year-old must have become quite confused. Despite appearing to be a totally new story, Castle in the Air. Ends up being heavily dependent on the reader’s familiarity with the first book. Which is fine, just a little odd after the first half. Gentlemen of the Road.
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Book Review: Treasure Island | Grub Street
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Margins Of The Literary Scene. Book Review: Treasure Island. March 6, 2012 in book review. By Robert Louis Stevenson (1883) 258 p. In 2010 and quite liked it, so I figured I’d give Treasure Island. A go Now I’m reflecting on whether perhaps Kidnapped. Was a book I enjoyed because it provided me with entertainment at a time when I didn’t have much else to do. Although the sun shone bright and hot, and the shore birds were fishing and crying all around us, and you would have thought anyone would be glad to...
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Book Review: House Of Many Ways | Grub Street
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Margins Of The Literary Scene. Book Review: House Of Many Ways. July 21, 2015 in book review. House of Many Ways. By Diana Wynne Jones (2008) 328 p. This is the third and final book in the Howl trilogy, though it was written in 2008, a full eighteen years since Castle In The Air. House of Many Ways. This is the only book in the series where I didn’t already know the plot, since I’d seen the film version of Howl’s Moving Castle. And read Castle In The Air. Gentlemen of the Road. Russ' Book Reviews. You ar...
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Book Review: Regeneration | Grub Street
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Margins Of The Literary Scene. July 13, 2014 in book review. By Pat Barker (1991) 252 p. I have a goal of reading every Booker and Pulitzer winner, which requires more reading than you’d think, because some of them are part of a larger series and I don’t like to read things in isolation. 1995’s winner, The Ghost Road. Is the final part of a trilogy which begins with Regeneration. Gentlemen of the Road. Russ' Book Reviews. London Review of Books. New York Review of Books. New York Times Book Review. I fee...
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Book Review: Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland | Grub Street
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Margins Of The Literary Scene. Book Review: Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland. August 2, 2015 in book review. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. By Lewis Carroll (1865) 182 p. It’s the 150th anniversary of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Gentlemen of the Road. Russ' Book Reviews. London Review of Books. New York Review of Books. New York Times Book Review. A Lesson Is Learned. The Nerds of Paradise. A cry for help. Booker prize challenge 2011. Why yes i am going through a breakup. Enter your comment here.
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Reviews | Grub Street
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Margins Of The Literary Scene. A note on scores: I don’t really believe in giving books numerical scores, for reasons that should be self-evident, which is why I don’t do so in the actual reviews. But they can be useful to get a quick impression of what I thought about a book when scanning a list, so I use them on this page and this page only. Before They Are Hanged. Last Argument of Kings. Adams, John Joseph. Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse. The End of Eternity. The Handmaid’s Tale. Banks, Iain M.
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Rereading Discworld: Equal Rites | Grub Street
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Margins Of The Literary Scene. Rereading Discworld: Equal Rites. July 15, 2015 in book review. By Terry Pratchett (1987) 288 p. Discworld #3 (Witches #1). I had dim memories of this one, just as I did of The Light Fantastic. I remembered it being slightly better than the first two, but still weaker than the next book, Mort. Headology is a core part of Granny’s act, and the word will come up a lot in the later Witches books. I was honestly surprised to see it crop up so early. It’s a b...Granny, too, is a...
