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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Oh hahaha! ;)

Jeez maybe I should give it another chance? Hmm... nope ;)

The Discovery Of Heaven had good ideas but it was highly disappointing. I guess it just wasn't my kind of thing. Lately I find Paul Theroux to be an author with some substance.

Patrick O'Brian is my number one author. Oh and I am currently enjoying Paul Theroux

If we are talking about Historical Non-fiction novels... You are often talking about a lot of dross to be waded through. Showell Styles wrote a lot of mediocre naval books that outlined the careers of Admirals such as Shovell and Duncan. Often these kind of books can be excessively scholarly...

Here we go, has anyone else noticed the tendancy for books in shops today to be, self important, dull, lacking an actual plot, full of plaudits from reviewers who haven't read the whole text. How often do we all go into bookshops and see row after row of books with no plot synopsis on the...

This is a new non fiction book by Bill Bryson. I can highly recommend it. It is so profound that there have been rumours he didn't write it. I think he did but it is his best work to date.

Alatriste? You have read those books? They sound excellent, opinions? plot? I'd love to know more.

What? Is that good book? ;)

Anything as good? A Man in Full, by Tom Wolfe was a compelling read. Got depressing for me so I stopped reading. Actually I thought Bonfire wasn't as good, when I glanced at it.

Are you kidding? Take a close look at this link http://www.fireandwater.com/microsites/patrickobrian/home.asp and then buy Master and Commander. His works are NOT adventure stories in the vein of Alexander Kent or C.S. Forester or even Bernard Cornwell. Instead they are realistic...

Overly familiar and perhaps worse, a little too knowing. I don’t mind familiarity in friends; I was very familiar with many in my youth. I had a wide group of friends as a child and this dissipated upon puberty. People often accused me of being difficult to get along with but to this day I...

(Part One of Two Part Story, Opinions Please) The thing of it is this: that I didn’t have anywhere to be going to. I had lost my job at the company I was working for: an unfair thing if there was one. Do you really want to hear this? I thought not, most people are I suspect like me and...

What about 'The Italian' by Ann Radcliffe. I have to to do this book for my English part of my degree and it seems to me to be a masterly gothic romance. Written in 1797 the last book written by the author.

What am I reading at moment? Why I am reading 'Post Captain' by Patrick O'Brian. I didn't get on with 'Eminence' finished 'Night Watch' a little jaded by it. 'Post Captain' is one of the best books I have. Read and reread.

Gone with the wind. Good night. ;)

Midshipman's Hope by David Feintuch. (According to the cover it is in the tradition of 'Enders Game') Give it a try, I loved it.

Patrick O'Brian was the best author of the twentieth century.

Currently reading 'Night Watch' by Terry Pratchett and 'Eminence' By Morris West.

Midshipmans Hope by David Feintuch. Find, Read, be amazed by. Trust me its more than you'll be expecting.