Book description: When country milkman Martin Snell makes his usual delivery to fifteenth-century Celandine Cottage one fine spring morning in Kent, he expects to be greeted by the cottage's seductive tenant, Gabriella Patten, not the ugly remains of a fire pointing to murder. As all of England, as well as the magnetic world of national cricket, discovers itself reeling from … [Read more...] about Playing for the Ashes by Elizabeth George: A-
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Better Than Life by Grant Naylor: C
From the back cover: Life just couldn't have been better—or maybe it couldn't have gotten worse. Aboard the massive starship Red Dwarf, life was barely happening at all. Holly, the ship's computer, had gone from super genius to so dumb that even a talking Toaster could hold its own with him. And the only surviving human aboard, David Lister—along with the holographic Arnold … [Read more...] about Better Than Life by Grant Naylor: C
Human Nature by Paul Cornell: B-
From the back cover: "Who’s going to save us this time?" April, 1914. The inhabitants of the little Norfolk town of Farringham are enjoying an early summer, unaware that war is on the way. Amongst them is Dr. John Smith, a short, middle-aged history teacher from Aberdeen. He’s having a hard time with his new post as house master at Hulton Academy for Boys, a school dedicated … [Read more...] about Human Nature by Paul Cornell: B-
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett: B
From the back cover: Unrepentant book thief John Charles Gilkey has stolen a fortune in rare books from around the country. Yet unlike most thieves, who steal for profit, Gilkey steals for love—the love of books. Perhaps equally obsessive, though, is Ken Sanders, the self-appointed "bibliodick" driven to catch him. Sanders, a lifelong rare book collector and dealer turned … [Read more...] about The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett: B
Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers by Grant Naylor: B
Book description: The first lesson Lister learned about space travel was you should never try it. But Lister didn't have a choice. All he remembered was going on a birthday celebration pub crawl through London. When he came to his senses again, he was living in a locker on one of Saturn's moons, with nothing in his pockets but a passport in the name of Emily Berkenstein. So he … [Read more...] about Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers by Grant Naylor: B