Fifty Books » Now Reading… http://www.fiftybooks.com Are you up to the 50 book challenge? Follow my Book reviews as I try to read 50 books each year Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 The Pride of Chanur http://www.fiftybooks.com/2011/10/the-pride-of-chanur http://www.fiftybooks.com/2011/10/the-pride-of-chanur#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:12:00 +0000 admin http://www.fiftybooks.com/?p=399 I’m re-reading Cherryh’s class Chanur Saga.

High level overview: a sophisticated space going society of several very different races, held together by The Compact. But something new has entered the scene – when the Chanur ship sits a dock, something runs up the gangway. Its tall, gangly, mostly hairless and running from one of the less scruplous races. Now the race is on to see who can get First Contact with these… humans…

I love Cherryh’s writing style. I’ll write a fuller review when I have finished it.

]]> http://www.fiftybooks.com/2011/10/the-pride-of-chanur/feed 0 Grey Lensman http://www.fiftybooks.com/2011/10/grey-lensman http://www.fiftybooks.com/2011/10/grey-lensman#comments Sun, 09 Oct 2011 02:41:25 +0000 admin http://www.fiftybooks.com/?p=396 http://www.fiftybooks.com/2011/10/grey-lensman/feed 0 Pride and Prejudice http://www.fiftybooks.com/2011/04/pride-and-prejudice http://www.fiftybooks.com/2011/04/pride-and-prejudice#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 02:34:27 +0000 admin http://www.fiftybooks.com/?p=366 I recently got an ipad – one of the obvious things to do was hit Gutenberg and download all my out-of-copyright favourites, so I am now the proud owner of a virtual Jane Austen collection (to nicely match the one on the shelf).
So, I am happily rereading Pride and Prejudice, to start with (because I can!)
I have been interrupted by a whole bunch of paper books that have arrived, but I shall return to this.
My plan is to spend some time reading through a whole bunch of freebies, including the Baen Free Library, on my very attractive ipad (tip: you can read under the covers when its cold – no more frosty hands when I turn the lights out!)
Stay tuned…

]]> http://www.fiftybooks.com/2011/04/pride-and-prejudice/feed 0 The Diamond Throne http://www.fiftybooks.com/2010/07/the-diamond-throne http://www.fiftybooks.com/2010/07/the-diamond-throne#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:22:38 +0000 admin http://www.fiftybooks.com/?p=313 http://www.fiftybooks.com/2010/07/the-diamond-throne/feed 0 Little Fuzzy http://www.fiftybooks.com/2010/07/little-fuzzy http://www.fiftybooks.com/2010/07/little-fuzzy#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:17:21 +0000 admin http://www.fiftybooks.com/?p=308 http://www.fiftybooks.com/2010/07/little-fuzzy/feed 0 The Seeress of Kell http://www.fiftybooks.com/2010/07/the-seeress-of-kell http://www.fiftybooks.com/2010/07/the-seeress-of-kell#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:13:41 +0000 admin http://www.fiftybooks.com/?p=306 http://www.fiftybooks.com/2010/07/the-seeress-of-kell/feed 0 Sorceress of Darshiva http://www.fiftybooks.com/2010/07/sorceress-of-darshiva http://www.fiftybooks.com/2010/07/sorceress-of-darshiva#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:09:46 +0000 admin http://www.fiftybooks.com/?p=304 http://www.fiftybooks.com/2010/07/sorceress-of-darshiva/feed 0 Demon Lord of Karanda http://www.fiftybooks.com/2010/07/demon-lord-of-karanda http://www.fiftybooks.com/2010/07/demon-lord-of-karanda#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:08:34 +0000 admin http://www.fiftybooks.com/?p=302 http://www.fiftybooks.com/2010/07/demon-lord-of-karanda/feed 0 King of the Murgos http://www.fiftybooks.com/2010/07/king-of-the-murgos http://www.fiftybooks.com/2010/07/king-of-the-murgos#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:07:25 +0000 admin http://www.fiftybooks.com/?p=300 http://www.fiftybooks.com/2010/07/king-of-the-murgos/feed 0 Guardians of the West http://www.fiftybooks.com/2010/07/guardians-of-the-west http://www.fiftybooks.com/2010/07/guardians-of-the-west#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:05:01 +0000 admin http://www.fiftybooks.com/?p=297 http://www.fiftybooks.com/2010/07/guardians-of-the-west/feed 0