Episode #51 A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens The Book The ebook that I read contains three novellas by Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, and The Cricket on the Hearth. I will concentrate on A Christmas Carol, as that is what I wanted to read. A Christmas Carol was first published by a…
Episode #50 I went back to Google’s best books of all time. This time I went with… The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald The Book The original book was first published by Scribner’s, on the 10th of April 1925. Scribner’s was bought by Simon & Schuster in 1994. My copy is an ebook, I…
Episode #49 The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Book This edition, of the book, was published by Wordsworth Editions Limited. It became part of the Wordsworth Library Collection in 2007 and was published with the original illustrations from the original work. The first complete stories book was published…
Episode #48 Shanghai Immortal by A. Y. Chao The Book My copy of the book is a first-print paperback edition. The original hardback print was published in 2023, and this copy was published in 2024 by Hodderscape, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton Limited, a Hatchette UK company. The book has 342 pages with acknowledgements, credits and an…
Episode #47 Brave New World By Aldous Huxley The Book This book was originally written in 1931. Then published on the 4th of February in 1932 by Chatto & Windus. They were an independent publisher, later absorbed by Penguin Randon House UK into a sub-division called Vintage Books. My copy is I believe the 8th…
Episode #46 Returns By Mark Lawrence The Book This book, released on February 3rd, 2024, is volume 1.6 of the Short Stories from The Library Trilogy. Unfortunately, again. It is not sold in a physical format in a shop but can only be purchased as an ebook through Amazon. According to Amazon, this ebook has…
Episode #45 Overdue By Mark Lawrence The Book This is the first book I have reviewed where the book is not sold physically. But as an ebook on Amazon. The book was released on the 27th of June 2023. The story has 46 pages. What Did I Think This has been classed as book 1.5…
Episode #44 Melody Malone Mystery #2 Doctor Who: The Ruby’s Curse By Alex Kingston with Jacqueline Rayner The Book This is another book from my To Be Read collection, but it is not as old as the rest. It was first published in 2021 by BBC Books, an imprint of Ebury Publishing, in association with Penguin Books….
Episode #43 The Kamogawa Food Detectives By Hisashi Kashiwai The Book It was originally published in Japan, in 2013 with the title of Kamogawashokudo, by Shogakukan. With the help of Jesse Kirkwood, it was translated into English and published in 2023 by Mantle. A Year later the paperbook was released through Pan Books. My copy…
Episode #42 Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman The Book 20th September 2005 was the date of this book’s first publication, in hardback by Review. Then in paperback in October 2006 by Headline Review, an imprint of the Headline Publishing Group. The copy I have is the 37 printing, created in 2021. The book has 484…
