Title: Winter of the World (#2 Fall of Giants series) Author: Ken Follet Pages: 1022 Hi all, I have now finished the second installment to the 'Fall of Giants' series by Ken Follet. As expected, it was also quite a lengthy novel, but it tells a quite comprehensive story of pre-WW2, during WW2 and early … Continue reading 014-2023 Winter of the World (#2 of 3 of ‘Fall of Giants’ series)
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005-2023 Mythos
Title: Mythos (The Greek myths retold) Author: Stephen Fry Pages: 394 Hi all, I am pleased that I can continue with my journey of rereading some of my favourite old books. I have last written a review about it under 009-2019, which was my second step to induce me to take on a greater interest … Continue reading 005-2023 Mythos
003-2023 Circe (Greek mythology)
Title: Circe Author: Madeline Miller Pages: 333 Hi all, I decided to reacquaint myself with Circe, Greek mythological witch, since it has been 019-2019 that I last was in touch with her. The book is split into XXVII chapters and tells the story of Circe's upbringing, time as a young goddess until her final days … Continue reading 003-2023 Circe (Greek mythology)
002-2022 Die Kunst über Geld nachzudenken
Title: Die Kunst über Geld nachzudenken Author: Andre Kostolany Pages: 237 Hi all, The third book I decided to read again is this German financial advice book. I have covered it previously under review 044-2020, but since that is already a while back I decided some advice from a former successful investor could do some … Continue reading 002-2022 Die Kunst über Geld nachzudenken
005-2022 Second Foundation (#3 Foundation series)
Title: Second Foundation Author: Isaac Asimov Pages: 256 Hi all, If you've managed to get through the first two novels with me so far (Foundation (029-2020) and Foundation & Empire (022-2021)) then this third novel is the exciting continuation of the story the has played off so far in the Galactical spheres. In the prior … Continue reading 005-2022 Second Foundation (#3 Foundation series)
029-2021 Guns, Germs and Steel
Title: Guns, Germs and Steel Author: Jared Diamond Pages: 444 Genre: History and Anthropology Hi all, today I present you with a book unlike any other that I have read before. I was always curious to understand why some peoples in some regions developed at different rates from others, and therefore made them much stronger … Continue reading 029-2021 Guns, Germs and Steel
028-2021 Balance (#3 Matefinder series)
Title: Balance Author: Leia Stone Hi all, I have returned to another series that I kicked off with earlier this year, and have now reached the finale of the series. From its infancy of a young adult learning about a world of werewolves and vampires that exists alongside the human world (in secret of course) … Continue reading 028-2021 Balance (#3 Matefinder series)
027-2021 Des klugen Investors Handbuch
Title: Des klugen Investors Handbuch Author: Dr. Markus Elsässer Hi all, This time I have snatched up another investment book, sadly only available in German. Therefore, as I always do, I will give you the highlights from the book. As I have seen most other finance books do, they start off the book with the … Continue reading 027-2021 Des klugen Investors Handbuch
026-2021 The Witcher (#8 Season of Storms)
Title: The Witcher - Season of Storms Author: Andrzej Sapkowski Hello all, I have finished another book from The Witcher series (8 book box set) and remain quite optimistic what the second season of Netflix has in store for us. Though, one thing I will point out is that I'm not sure this book was … Continue reading 026-2021 The Witcher (#8 Season of Storms)
025-2021 The Witcher (#2 Sword of Destiny)
Title: The Witcher - Sword of Destiny Author: Andrzej Sapkowski Hi all, I've completed the second book of the new novel series, and cannot complain of the brilliance of the adventures we are provided with. As with the first book, they have included some of the stories from this book in the first season, but … Continue reading 025-2021 The Witcher (#2 Sword of Destiny)
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