Category: kindle

A History of Britain in Ten Enemies by Terry Deary

A light and enjoyable read from the creator of the children’s books Horrible Histories. Though I enjoyed it I did expect more from it. As far as entertainment goes it hits the mark with the facts and humour.

Compared to something like Unruly by David Mitchell it falls a bit below par, and given the reputation of Horrible Histories I expected more. It was enjoyable but could have been better.

A little all over the place with the events like for example the French or Normans you go from 1066 to 1300s. Glossing over a large chunk of history.

Essentially the enemies starts with the Romans and ends with the Germans, though given our Royal family and history then the ‘enemies’ actually won in the end…

White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

A beautiful read, a short story that will linger long in the memory and one that will be revisited. Clear to see how Dostoyevsky is a master of his craft and gets right to the heart of the human condition.

At times this was heart warming and heart breaking, two lonely souls who find love and a connection however fleeting it may be. Though I finished reading this yesterday it has lingered in my mind all day, it was heartbreakingly beautiful and I found myself empathising and feeling the lead characters loneliness in life, something I have lived through and live through too. We all have our own loneliness in life and have wasted years we later look back on with regret and sadness. This passage really hit me.

Ultimately the character in this story is an early version nice guy who gets friendzoned.

The second short story I read but didn’t care for, its the titular story that gets all the glory

The Rabbit Hole Book by Richard Coles, Cat Jarman & Charles Spencer

A fun and enjoyable read, literally 99 little rabbit holes to fall into. Many fascinating and interesting subjects. I enjoyed most and learned about many things I hadn’t known before like the Westminster Abbey effigies.

An enjoyable book to dip in and out of and lots of fun tidbits.

Attack On Titan: Volume 5 (Manga)

My first manga I have read for this year, I could be naive and say I am reading this to pad out my total books read but genuinely I am reading this to compare the manga to the anime. Last year I read the first 4 volumes and this is the first one I have finished for this year.

I enjoyed the anime very much and it is nice to read the manga, that said I do prefer the anime. There are some subtle differences between both versions.

This fifth volumes follows the scouts from Eren’s Titan reveal and introduction to the Scouts up to the Scouts expeditionary mission and the reveal of a new type of Titan…

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7394772797