Advantages: Definitely action-packed! (+) a good, shorter read (+) enjoyable (+) not typical characters Disadvantages: takes a little while to get going (-) slightly dated (-) limited space/science knowledge in parts
Well this is my first review for a couple of weeks, been busy busy busy but, admittedly, have also been letting the comments build up on my last book review. I have read all your comments regarding the formatting and style and, whilst some of you like the 'contemporary/different' aspect, the majority of you would prefer continuous prose. So, that's what I'm going to do for the next couple of reviews. I will still slip in the odd review with the bullet points, though!
Hopefully this will be easier to read and not so broken up into too many paragraphs, etc. Hope you enjoy and please let me know what you think! :)
THE AUTHOR
Dale Brown was born on 2nd November, 1956 in Buffalo, New York, United States. He is famous for his writings that majorly revolve around military, action and aviation, not solely that, but ...
Advantages: Erm... Disadvantages: He never seems to get eaten by a lion escaped from Belfast Zoo
the UK, voted the top women's choice for the next Indiana Jones, and gets written up as 'James Bond...in an anorak!'' Sometimes, this stuff just writes itself.
And finally...''Born Survivor: Bear Grylls', airs in the UK.' And here's where we tie up with my opening paragraph...
Bear's show started airing in 2006, and it wasn't long before quizzical expressions were being cast in the general direction of its veracity. Have a quick look at this article from the Daily Mail, the sort of publication that would normally love such an obvious Aryan poster boy as 'Bear'...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-470155/How-Bear-Grylls-Born-Survivor-roughed--hotels.html
(To summarise...'Born Survivor' is found to have been deeply misleading).
And then the fallout...this time from the BBC...
(The Discovery Channel and Channel 4 vow to make sure ...
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Product details
EAN
9781841497990
Type
Fiction
Genre
Science Fiction
Title
Silver Borne
Author
Patricia Briggs
Publisher
Orbit
Release Date
40213
ISBN
1841497991
Manufacturer's product description
Being a mechanic is hard work. Mercy Thompson, for instance, just spent the last couple of months trying to evade the murderous queen of the local vampire seethe, and now the leader of the werewolf pack - who's maybe-more-than-just-a-friend - has asked for her help. A book of fae secrets has come to light and they're all about to find out how implacable - and dangerous - the fae can be. OK, so maybe her troubles have nothing to do with the job. But she sure could use a holiday ... About the AuthorPatricia Briggs graduated from Montana State University with degrees in history and German. She worked for a while as a substitute teacher but now writes full time. Patricia Briggs lives in the Pacific Northwest.
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