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May 12, 2018
Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian (My Goodreads Review)
Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is the second Aubrey/Maturin story. They are set during the Napoleonic wars at sea. In this story, we see our heroes up against it with...
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My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is the second Aubrey/Maturin story. They are set during the Napoleonic wars at sea. In this story, we see our heroes up against it with...
topics, reading, writing, novels, space exploration, moyra melons, reader, amwriting,
growth, evolving, blogging, blogger,
A Close Run Thing by Allan Mallinson (My Goodreads Review)
A Close Run Thing by Allan Mallinson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I would have liked to give this 3 and a half, but there is no allowance for that. I would not go to four for one reason. The first...
topics, reading, writing, novels, space exploration, moyra melons, reader, amwriting,
growth, evolving, blogging, blogger,
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I would have liked to give this 3 and a half, but there is no allowance for that. I would not go to four for one reason. The first...
topics, reading, writing, novels, space exploration, moyra melons, reader, amwriting,
growth, evolving, blogging, blogger,
May 7, 2018
Fire Power by Chris Dempster (Goodreads Review)
Fire Power by Chris Dempster
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I read this back in the early 1980s. It was lent to me by my Brother-in-law. It concerns the British mercenaries out in Angola during the conflict...
topics, reading, writing, novels, space exploration, moyra melons, reader, amwriting,
growth, evolving, blogging, blogger,
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I read this back in the early 1980s. It was lent to me by my Brother-in-law. It concerns the British mercenaries out in Angola during the conflict...
topics, reading, writing, novels, space exploration, moyra melons, reader, amwriting,
growth, evolving, blogging, blogger,
Fall Out: A Year of Political Mayhem by Tim Shipman (My Goodreads Review)
Fall Out: A Year of Political Mayhem by Tim Shipman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
God Lord! Who would the hell want Theresa May's job after reading this entertaining and very gripping account? If she is...
topics, reading, writing, novels, space exploration, moyra melons, reader, amwriting,
growth, evolving, blogging, blogger,
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
God Lord! Who would the hell want Theresa May's job after reading this entertaining and very gripping account? If she is...
topics, reading, writing, novels, space exploration, moyra melons, reader, amwriting,
growth, evolving, blogging, blogger,
May 4, 2018
Do You Enjoy Boxing?
Sugar Ray Leonard v Dave Boy Green
Male Dominated Sport.There are many sports that fascinate me. I’m glued like a rabbit in the headlights. I'm mesmerised by the bravery of such men. And I am...
topics, reading, writing, novels, space exploration, moyra melons, reader, amwriting,
growth, evolving, blogging, blogger,
Male Dominated Sport.There are many sports that fascinate me. I’m glued like a rabbit in the headlights. I'm mesmerised by the bravery of such men. And I am...
topics, reading, writing, novels, space exploration, moyra melons, reader, amwriting,
growth, evolving, blogging, blogger,
May 2, 2018
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian (My Goodreads Review)
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I almost skipped this first story and would have started on Post Captain, which is the second of these acclaimed stories of the Royal...
topics, reading, writing, novels, space exploration, moyra melons, reader, amwriting,
growth, evolving, blogging, blogger,
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I almost skipped this first story and would have started on Post Captain, which is the second of these acclaimed stories of the Royal...
topics, reading, writing, novels, space exploration, moyra melons, reader, amwriting,
growth, evolving, blogging, blogger,
April 30, 2018
A Spy by Nature by Charles Cumming (My Goodreads Review)
A Spy by Nature by Charles Cumming
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I read another Charles Cumming story that I enjoyed. That was a Thomas Kell novel. This one, (A Spy by Nature) is about a character called...
topics, reading, writing, novels, space exploration, moyra melons, reader, amwriting,
growth, evolving, blogging, blogger,
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I read another Charles Cumming story that I enjoyed. That was a Thomas Kell novel. This one, (A Spy by Nature) is about a character called...
topics, reading, writing, novels, space exploration, moyra melons, reader, amwriting,
growth, evolving, blogging, blogger,
