Advantages: colourful characters, adventure, an endearing protagonist Disadvantages: A slow beginning
The story opens in 19th Century New England with the hero, a twelve-year-old orphaned boy called Ren living in a Catholic orphanage hoping and dreaming of one day being rescued and brought into the bosom of a loving family. Ren knows little about his ...
I was quite intrigued by the title of this book. Was it called 'The Good Thief' because it was about a thief who was very good at stealing or was it about someone who, even though he was a thief, was innately a good person. As I read this book, I felt it ...
Advantages: Gorgeous photography, wide scope Disadvantages: A few glaring editorial mistakes in the text
...This is a gorgeous oversized hardback showing off the treasures in the Cairo Museum. The book opens with a brief history of the museum and details of its layout, before sweeping through Ancient Egypt in a burst of dazzling colour. Amenta takes the rea ...
Advantages: A fantastic story Disadvantages: Quite female focused, not really a bloke book.
When (if) you read the bible, you often come across characters that pop up only once, and are in the spotlight for a moment, and then disappear again... but you suspect they have more story to tell than is recorded. For example, the story of Joseph (and h ...
Advantages: Easy read, no dead space, keeps going Disadvantages: none
...gone to Catholic school for 13 years, I have always her the story of Jacob and his twelve sons. Now I get to hear his only daughter's story. Yes, it is a work of fiction, but Diamant uses historical resources to give us an authentic feel for the t ...
