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Jon (he/him)

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I love reading but rarely find the time to do so.. mainly textbooks relating to beer brewing science these days.

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Philip Reeve: Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines Quartet) (2018, Scholastic Children's Books) 5 stars

Collects together the four books that make up the Mortal Engines Quartet. Namely:

  1. Mortal Engines …

A rivetting, action packed read.

5 stars

A simply written, and engaging adventure in which an exceptionally corrupt mobile London is easily recognisable as a tracked version of its current self. I don't have a great deal of experience reading science fiction novels, but this struck me as a very original story in which the main characters were interesting and relatable.

I will definitely be trying to track down the next book from the series.

Stan Hieronymous: For the love of hops (2012, Brewers Publications) 4 stars

A good read if you are interested in hops.

4 stars

A very easy to read book about all things hop related, from many conversations with brewers and hop farmers.

Whilst not delving into the science of hop utilisation there are discussions around the positive and less positive qualities of hops, the history and trends of hop popularity, some hop character profiling and some brewhouse tip as well as recipes.

It's a decent reference to most aspects of hops that I think most brewers would learn something from.