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The Age of the Cloister by Christopher Brooke

“My imagination is a monastery and I am its monk.” - John Keats

Book Details Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd; Rev. and updated ed. edition (25 Aug 2003) Language: English ISBN-10: 0750932880 ISBN-13: 978-0750932882 Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.… Continue

Added by Barry Northern on September 23, 2009 at 8:35pm — No Comments

Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb

“The master of a single trade can support a family. The master of seven trades cannot support himself. The wind is never for the sailor who knows not to what port he is bound.” - Og Mandino

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Added by Barry Northern on August 3, 2009 at 10:19pm — No Comments

Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey

“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.” - J.R.R. Tolkien

Book Details Title: Dragonflight Tag-line: The Dragonriders of Pern Genre/Category… Continue

Added by Barry Northern on July 4, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

The Girl Who Heard Dragons by Anne McCaffery

"As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception, and compassion, and hope." - Ursula K. LeGuin

Book Details Title: The Girl Who Heard Dragons Ta… Continue

Added by Barry Northern on June 5, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Cell by Stephen King

“If it's the Psychic Network why do they need a phone number?” - Robin Williams

Book Details Title: Cell Tag-line: Is your number up? Genre/Category: Novel Type: Hardcover Auth… Continue

Added by Barry Northern on May 7, 2009 at 1:26pm — No Comments

The Undiscovered Chekhov by Anton Chekhov, translated by Peter Constantine

"Every great writer is a mystery, if only in that some aspect of his or her talent remains forever ineffable, inexplicable, and astonishing. The sheer population of Dickens’s imagination, the fantastic architecture Proust constructs out of minutely examined mome

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Added by Barry Northern on March 14, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Review: Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose

Review of Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose Reading Details Started Reading: 12th February 2009 Finished Reading: 8th March 2009 Review I had to return this book today, and so was forced to read the last three sections very quickly, which is something this wonderful book counsels against. From the start Prose advocates the extra pleasure and deeper knowledge one can gain from close rea… Continue

Added by Barry Northern on March 9, 2009 at 8:03pm — No Comments

Watchmen. Written by Alan Moore, Illustrated by Dave Gibbons

"Wagner's music is better than it sounds" - Edgar Wilson Nye (1850 - 1896), quoted in Mark Twain's Autobiography, 1924

Book Details Title: Watchmen Tag-line: Winner of the Hugo award. One of TI… Continue

Added by Barry Northern on March 9, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Review: Exile's Return by Raymond E. Feist

Review of Exile's Return by Raymond E. Feist Reading Details Started Reading: 12th February 2009 Finished Reading: 23rd February 2009 Review Like the first two books in the Conclave of Shadows series, this book was short, or at least short when compared to many fantasy tomes I've recently read such as Brisingr or The Iron Tree. Unlike the first two, however, we follow a different protagonist… Continue

Added by Barry Northern on February 25, 2009 at 9:13pm — No Comments

Tim Hall's Half Empty

www.timhallbooks.com Authentic and real, Tim Hall's Half Empty is about facing ugly truths and harsh realities. When Dennis finds himself drug down into a familiar self deceptive cycle with past girl friend Shauna, and new woman L… Continue

Added by Jodi MacArthur on February 16, 2009 at 10:42pm — 1 Comment

Exile's Return by Raymond E. Feist

“Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life's lumber-room. But youth is the Lord of Life. Youth has a kingdom waiting for it. Every one is born a king, and most people die in exile.” - Oscar Wilde

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Added by Barry Northern on February 12, 2009 at 10:36pm — 2 Comments

Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose

"A love letter to the pleasures of reading." - USA Today

Book Details Title: Reading Like a Writer Tag-line: A guide for people who love books and for those who want to write them. Genre/Category… Continue

Added by Barry Northern on February 12, 2009 at 10:30pm — 3 Comments

Review: Brisingr by Christopher Paolini

Review of Brisingr by Christopher Paolini Reading Details Started Reading: 27th January 2009 Finished Reading: 11th February 2009 Review Third person, limited POV I rocketed through this book because it is so popular, and so reserved, at my local library that I was not allowed to reserve it again. I managed to finish it the night before the day it was due back without straining myself to… Continue

Added by Barry Northern on February 12, 2009 at 10:29pm — No Comments

Brisingr by Christopher Paolini

“Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.” - Havelock Ellis

Book Details Title: Brisingr or The Seven Promises of Eragon Shadeslayer and Saphira Bjartskular Tag-line: Inheritance… Continue

Added by Barry Northern on January 27, 2009 at 9:37pm — 2 Comments

Review: King of Foxes by Raymond E. Feist

Review of King of Foxes by Raymond E. Feist Reading Details Started Reading: 20th January 2009 Finished Reading: 27th January 2009 Review There's a reason I read this book in only a week. It's damn good. It had nothing whatsoever to do with the fact that I've got three books out on loan from the library, one of which is non-reservable. Anyway, about the book. King of Foxes is the second book… Continue

Added by Barry Northern on January 27, 2009 at 9:25pm — No Comments

Hot Mahogany by Stuart Woods

Stone Barrington returns to take on an underworld of crime that gives a new meaning to “old money.” In Stuart Woods’s engaging new thriller, Stone Barrington is lured from Elaine’s to New England, and the genteel but cutthroat world of priceless antiques, historic homes, and lavish country estates. In a place dominated by bluebloods and their inherited wealth, along with the nouveau riche, there are surprisingly few rules of engagement, and Stone finds himself navigating a dangerous cours… Continue

Added by Lisa on January 21, 2009 at 5:25pm — 3 Comments

The End Of Mr Y

“You now have one choice” Book Details Title: The End Of Mr Y Genre/Category: Fantasy / Philosophy / Thriller Type: Paperback Author: Scarlett Thomas Publisher: Canongate ISBN: 9878 1 84767 070 0 Reading Details Read in in October Review I first heard of The End Of Mr Y on Newsnight Review. The panel all agreed that Scarlett Thomas, author of this bazzar wander though just about every idea going, had overreached herself. There… Continue

Added by David Morrison on January 21, 2009 at 9:12am — 2 Comments

Review: In the Land of Time, and Other Fantasy Tales by Lord Dunsany

Review of In the Land of Time, and Other Fantasy Tales by Lord Dunsany Reading Details Started Reading: 6th January 2009 Finished Reading: 20th January 2009 Review I throughly recommend this book. It's a extremely well written collection of easily digestible tales, each as fantastic as the last, and each unique and deeply imaginative. This book is divided into six sections. I'll briefly describe… Continue

Added by Barry Northern on January 20, 2009 at 8:33pm — No Comments

King of Foxes by Raymond E. Feist

"I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other” - Napolean Bonaparte

Book Details Title: King of Foxes Tag-line: Book Two of A Con… Continue

Added by Barry Northern on January 20, 2009 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

Watchmen by Alan Moore

"I suppose I was just thinking, 'That'd be a good way to start a comic book: have a famous super-hero found dead.' As the mystery unraveled, we would be led deeper and deeper into the real heart of this super-hero's world, and show a reality that was very different to the