Episode #52 Who Killed Father Christmas? And Other Seasonal Mysteries Edited By Martin Edwards The Book This book is a collection of short stories by various authors, traversing about 61 years. The book was first published in October of 2023 by the British Library. This is, I believe, the fourth or fifth book in a…
Episode #14 … December 2024 Sunday 1st I did it again! I found another typo in another book. Mark Lawrence’s The Book That Broke the World. So I sent him a message on Instagram. Monday 2nd I got a reply. Tuesday 3rd I received this yesterday but I am opening it today. I have been…
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 #13 … November 2024 Friday 1st Today is my day off, but it feels weird to call it a day off as I have to go to bed in the afternoon. I need to start treating these one-day off, like a workday and return to that habit. Anyway as I have been up since…
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…
