Share my passion for reading - read my book reviews!
My reading matter is an eclectic mix, but I do have a particular passion for all things watery. The following links will help you find my archive of book reviews but be warned, one man's meat is another man's poison.
I hope that my reviews will inspire you to read some of the gems featured - and to avoid the clunkers...
2012 Book Reviews:
The Amateur Boatwomen by Eily Gayford
Before I go to sleep by S J Watson
Canals are my World by Iris Bryce (1986)
Idle Women by Susan Wolfitt (1973)
Moon over Soho by Ben Aranovitch
The unlikely journey of Jack de Crow by Alexander Mackinnon
Canals are my World by Iris Bryce (1986)
Idle Women by Susan Wolfitt (1973)
Moon over Soho by Ben Aranovitch
The unlikely journey of Jack de Crow by Alexander Mackinnon
2011 Book Reviews:
Archangel by Robert Harris
The Associate by John Grisham
At Risk by Patricia Cornwell
Birmingham Canal Navigations - A Cruising and Walking Guide by Alan Codling
The Black House by Peter May
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Bread upon the Waters by David Blagrove
British Canals by Charles Hadfield (1970)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Hadden
Dragon by Clive Cussler
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Hold on a Minute by Tim Wilkinson (late 1940's)
Inca Gold by Clive Cussler
Journal of a Voyage by C & N Abbot
Journey Without End by David Bolton (1987)
Kiwi Afloat by Doris Coppell (1981)
Journal of a Voyage by C & N Abbot
Journey Without End by David Bolton (1987)
Kiwi Afloat by Doris Coppell (1981)
Mary called Magdelene by Margaret George
Pennine Dreams by Keith Gobson
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Quiet Waters By by David Blagrove
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
Rivers of London by Ben Aranovitch
Room by Emma Donoghue
The Sankey Navigation by T C Barker (1948)
Saul Adam by John Poole (1973)
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005)
The Shakespeare Curse by J L Carrell
Shropshire Canals - collected articled by Shropshire Libraries (1980)
Theodore Boone by John Grisham
A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
Too Narrow to Swing a Cat by Steve Haywood (2011)
Wainwright a Biography by Hunter Davies
When God was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman
2010 Book Reviews
Barging into Bergundy by Gerard Morgan Grenville
The Broker by John Grisham
Dark Fire by C J Sansom
Dissolution by C J Dansom
The Girl who Kicked the Hornets Nest by Steig Larsson
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
The Girl who Played with Fire by Steig Larsson
Godfrey Edition OS Maps - Alan Godfrey
Great Canals by T C Bridges (1936)
In Search of the Lost Canals of the Black Country by Eric Richardson (1996)
Kiwi Afloat by Doris Coppell (1970's)
Lock Keepers Daughter - Pat Warner (1986)
Lustrum by Robert Harris
Neon Rain by Jamie Lee Burke
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Shakespeare's Avon by Charles Showell (1900)
The Seven Canals of Derbyshire by Edward Garner
Small Boat through France by Roger Pilkington (1962)
The Other 60 Miles by Richard Chester-Brown
This is Birmingham by Jan Bowman
Waterways Journal Edition1 - 1999
Waterways Past and Present by Derek Pratt
2009 Book Reviews
Barging into France by Gerard Morgan Grenville
Barging into Southern France by Gerard Morgan Grenville
Birmingham Canal Navigations - by Ray Shill
Canal Mania by Anthony Burton
Fred (Dibnah) by David Hall
Half Safe Across the Atlantic by Ben Harlin (1950's)
Huddersfield Narrow Canal - a towpath guide by Bob Gough
Invictus - Playing the Enemy by John Carlin
Mutiny on the Bounty by John Boyne
Narrowboat Dreams by Steve Haywood
One Man and a Narrowboat - Steve Haywood
2008 Book Reviews
Birmingham's Canalside Industries by Ray Shill
Canals of England by Robert Riechenfield
Narow Dog to Carcassonne by Terry Darlington
Narrow Dog to Indian River by Terry Darlington
Paint Roses and Castles by Ann Young
Signwritten Art by Tony Lewery
