Category Archives: Books

What I’ve Read – July 2015

Posted on July 29, 2015 by nicdempsey

All my reading this month has been Regency or Regency-ish. Lots of Mary Balogh, carrying on with the Temeraire books, and two history books about Waterloo and a re-read of John Kincaid’s memoires… Empire of Ivory – Naomi Novik (library … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Read – June 2015

Posted on July 1, 2015 by nicdempsey

This month’s reading was all from the library, I really need to start tackling my TBR pile. The Bees – Laline Paull (library book) Enter a whole new world, in this thrilling debut novel set entirely within a beehive. Born into … Continue reading →

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Books I Live With: The ‘Katy Did’ books

Posted on June 10, 2015 by nicdempsey

I did read a lot when I was a child but generally it was an odd selection, I didn’t read the ‘Little House on the Prarie’ books but I did read Anne of Green Gables (and I read all eight … Continue reading →

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Books I Live With: The Chalet School Series

Posted on April 22, 2015 by nicdempsey

I love to read. I am never knowingly book and/or a Kindle. I will choose to read over pretty much any activity in the world. I spent an awful lot of my childhood being told to “stop reading and pay attention” by teachers … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Read – March 2015

Posted on April 1, 2015 by nicdempsey

Light Boxes – Shane Jones (Library book) February is persecuting the townspeople. It has been winter for more than three hundred days. All forms of flight are banned and the children have started to disappear, taken from their beds in the … Continue reading →

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Library Love

Posted on March 25, 2015 by nicdempsey

Before Christmas, I finally got my act together and prompted by the knowledge that I was going to severely restrict my book buying this year, I re-joined the library. Although the primary reason was selfish, I also wanted to show … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Read – February 2015

Posted on March 4, 2015 by nicdempsey

Roman Holiday – Ruthie Knox (Kindle TBR List) Apparently, Ruthie Knox can’t write a book (or two books) I don’t enjoy. I liked that both people had stuff to work through. That the hero was black and while it wasn’t an … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Read – January 2015

Posted on February 4, 2015 by nicdempsey

It’s a new reading year! In line with my stated aim of not buying booked and getting through my ‘To Be Read’ pile and kindle list and to keep me honest, I’m going to list where the books came from … Continue reading →

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What I Read – December 2014

Posted on December 30, 2014 by nicdempsey

1. Planesrunner (Everness 1) – Ian McDonald 2. Be My Enemy (Everness 2) – Ian McDonald 3. Empress of the Sun (Everness 3) – Ian McDonald I’m going to take these three books at one because I read them all … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Read – November 2014

Posted on December 3, 2014 by nicdempsey

November has not been a month of reading, I’m putting it down to the ‘November effect’ which is basically as it gets so much darker, my brain shuts down and I have just enough mental energy to deal with work … Continue reading →

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