The Beach
5 June 2026The Beach is one of those books I read ages ago and mostly remembered as a kind of sun-bleached escape story. Coming back to it now, it still has that easy pull in the early sections, Bangkok, Ke Shan Road, a map from a Scottish traveller, the whole hook of something secret and unreachable.
Richard ends up chasing this idea of an untouched island in a national park, very much off limits, very much the sort of place you are not supposed to be trying to turn into your personal paradise. And for a while, it does feel like that fantasy. Long days, fishing, lounging around, a kind of loose, aimless “we’ve found something special” energy.
Maybe it's me being older now, […]
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Month in Review – May 2026
1 June 2026
If there was a theme this month, I completely missed it. My listening jumped from memoirs and romance to apocalyptic competitions, gangsters fighting the undead, and another trip into the wonderfully unhinged world of Dungeon Crawler Carl.
These Quick Takes slice each listen down to the essentials and whether I’d press play again, all in under 100 words. Read fast, […]
Caput Mundi
2 June 2026
Kidnapping an eleven-year-old because his dad owes money sounds like a fairly grim way to open a middle grade fantasy, but fortunately for Niil, his kidnappers are quite personable for people trying to use him as a bargaining chip.
It started a little slow for me, but the pace does pick up, and I found myself enjoying the ride and […]
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Review Time Machine
Silence of the Missing
11 April 2024On the surface, "Silence of the Missing" by Rick R. Reed is a rather enthralling mystery/thriller involving murder, abduction, love and loss. Digging into it a little deeper though is where the cracks start to appear through some plot inconsistencies and where some plot choices require significant leaps that are hard to reconcile.
The story is mostly told from the perspective of Sam Blake. Starting back in the mid-eighties, the young Sam is falling for his boyhood friend Jeb. Together, they're somewhat shyly exploring their feelings and coming to grips with what it all means.
During the Fourth of July's fireworks put on by the small town they live in, Jeb goes missing without a trace. Never to be heard from again, […]
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