Tag: paperback
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Book Review – Altered Carbon
It’s a bad sign when a book takes me two weeks to complete. It’s especially troubling if it’s a book I’ve read before. This review took even longer. Going back to an earlier post, I recently purchased Altered Carbon in paperback form; a number of years ago I ‘d read it on my Kindle. So,…
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Book Thoughts: The Attraction of Physical Bookshops
A recent newsworthy event was that Waterstones, arguably the leading High Street brick-and-mortar bookshop here in the UK was to acquire Foyles, a chain of independent bookshops with a storied history. Ordinarily I would be fairly unimpressed at the homogenisation of the marketplace as I do believe competition fosters the best – indeed, over the…
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Book Review: Nobody True
It is with some happy coincidence that this is my 200th post on On Holliday! I recall when exactly Nobody True was brought to my attention – my friend and fellow blogger Chris Kenny posted a comment on an Instagram post I’d made. Seeing Nobody True in Waterstones reminded me of his endorsement so I…
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