Nicholas Boyd Isacsson started reading Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey
Right book this time
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Nicholas Boyd Isacsson started reading Sometimes a Great Notion by David Donnell
Turns out I acquired the wrong Sometimes a Great Notion (I was after the Ken Kesey novel), but since I'm already 40% through before realising, I might as well keep going...
Turns out I acquired the wrong Sometimes a Great Notion (I was after the Ken Kesey novel), but since I'm already 40% through before realising, I might as well keep going...
Nicholas Boyd Isacsson reviewed The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers (Zamonien, #4)
Optimus Yarnspinner inherits a manuscript by an unknown writer. To track down the author, he …
The City of Dreaming Books
4 stars
Nicholas Boyd Isacsson reviewed The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
The Three-Body Problem (Chinese: 三体; lit. 'Three-Body'; pinyin: sān tǐ) is a science fiction novel …
The Three-Body Problem
4 stars
Nicholas Boyd Isacsson reviewed Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches …
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4 stars
Nicholas Boyd Isacsson reviewed Harold and Maude by Colin Higgins
A decent if simple novelisation
2 stars
I read this with the assumption that it was the book the film was based on, not the other way round. It's a fine novelisation but doesn't add much.
I read this with the assumption that it was the book the film was based on, not the other way round. It's a fine novelisation but doesn't add much.
Nicholas Boyd Isacsson rated Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: 5 stars
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré (The Karla Trilogy, #1)
A modern classic in which John le Carré expertly creates a total vision of a secret world, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, …
Nicholas Boyd Isacsson rated Thus Spoke Zarathustra: 2 stars
Nicholas Boyd Isacsson rated Yarden: 5 stars
Nicholas Boyd Isacsson rated Blue Highways: 4 stars
Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon (The Travel Trilogy, #1)
Hailed as a masterpiece of American travel writing, Blue Highways is an unforgettable journey along our nation's backroads.
William …
Nicholas Boyd Isacsson rated The Light Fantastic: 4 stars
The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett, Terry Pratchett
The Light Fantastic is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the second of the Discworld series. It was published …
Albert Camus: [1948 Modern Library Edition] The Plague by Albert Camus; Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert (1948, ML)
[1948 Modern Library Edition] The Plague by Albert Camus; Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert by Albert Camus
The Plague (French: La Peste) is a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947, that tells the story of a …
Nicholas Boyd Isacsson rated Blood Meridian: 3 stars
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
Blood Meridian: Or The Evening Redness in the West is a 1985 epic novel by American author Cormac McCarthy, classified …
Nicholas Boyd Isacsson rated Black Leopard, Red Wolf: 4 stars
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: "He has a nose," people say. Engaged to …
Nicholas Boyd Isacsson rated Perdido Street Station: 5 stars
Perdido Street Station by China Miéville (New Crobuzon, #1)
Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies New Crobuzon, a squalid city where humans, Re-mades, and …