Dec 3, 2020
author: Rutger Bregman name: Kim average rating: 4.45 book published: 2019 rating: 0 read at: 2020/12/02 date added: 2020/12/02 shelves:...
Dec 3, 2020
author: Pip Williams name: Kim average rating: 4.43 book published: 2020 rating: 0 read at: 2020/12/02 date added: 2020/12/02 shelves:...
Nov 29, 2020
author: Jock Serong name: Kim average rating: 4.22 book published: 2020 rating: 4 read at: 2020/11/28 date added: 2020/11/28 shelves: review: Jock Serong doesn’t disappoint, but…A fascinating story well told, much of it feels authentic and is well researched....
Oct 11, 2020
author: Amor Towles name: Kim average rating: 4.35 book published: 2016 rating: 5 read at: 2020/10/10 date added: 2020/10/11 shelves: review: A brilliant book on every levelsA story that keeps surprising, told with insight, passion and humour, but above all with an...
Sep 19, 2020
author: Ken Follett name: Kim average rating: 4.52 book published: 2020 rating: 5 read at: 2020/09/19 date added: 2020/09/19 shelves: review: Another thrilling read by the master of historical fictionIt is hard for any writer to measure up to previous success. Pillars...
May 23, 2020
author: Hisham Matar name: Kim average rating: 4.15 book published: 2016 rating: 4 read at: 2020/05/23 date added: 2020/05/23 shelves: review: Not an easy read, but you shouldA journey few of us can really understand, but I suspect those who have experienced loss the...
May 20, 2020
The Bali economy is in dire straits but the hospitals are not overflowing and morgues reporting business as usual. Is it luck? Are the statistics lulling us into a false sense of security or could we actually be welcoming tourists back before the year is out?...
May 17, 2020
author: Heather Rose name: Kim average rating: 4.14 book published: rating: 5 read at: 2020/05/17 date added: 2020/05/17 shelves: review: A BRILLIANT READThe story keeps building from an innocuous beginning, tidbits of intrigue are served in carefully planned measures...
Apr 29, 2020
author: Erik Larson name: Kim average rating: 3.91 book published: 2003 rating: 5 read at: 2020/04/28 date added: 2020/04/28 shelves: review: A fascinating read – highly recommendedIt reads like a masterful novel, yet is a fact based account of the World Fair in...
Apr 26, 2020
Otto von Bismarck (in)famously said: “Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable – the art of the next best”. It is a sentiment I abhor. And Malcolm Turnbull’s tome of atonement – “A Bigger Picture” – unwittingly demonstrates with abundant...