Author Archives: Adam Randall

It’s no secret that I kind of found myself losing steam with the Wheel of Time series. It’s not that I haven’t enjoyed every book (at least for the most part), but I remember feeling so invested, and so enthusiastic … Continue reading →

In 2011, shortly after starting this blog, I started reading the Bible – a couple of months ago I finally finished it. It’s funny because when I started it, I anticipated that I’d read it all in one go and … Continue reading →

Seeing this on the shelf, you’d probably assume it was a sci-fi novel, but Communion is actually an account of strange experiences that the author, Whitley Strieber, believes to be true. He himself says that he cannot explain what happened … Continue reading →

While I thought that Volume 15 was fantastic for the level of backstory that it provided, Volume 16 somehow managed to outdo it, to the extent that it has easily been my favourite volume of Assassination Classroom so far. It’s … Continue reading →

This was the first novel Charlotte Brontë ever submitted to be published – and it was rejected. Jane Eyre was her second attempt and then after her death The Professor was re-assessed and published. Although I did quite enjoy it, … Continue reading →

This is the second book in the Thrawn trilogy novels, all of which continue the story of Star Wars after the end of the original movie trilogy, but take the plot in a completely different direction to what Disney would … Continue reading →

Frankenstein is one of my favourite books, and the star attraction of this manga anthology is an adaptation of Mary Shelly’s original novel by the iconic horror manga artist, Junj Ito. The story is adapted pretty darn faithfully and I … Continue reading →

Although Winnie himself first appears in the Milne’s poetry collection When You Were Very Young, this book is really the first outing for Pooh and his friends. I absolutely loved it too. While I find that some children’s literature that … Continue reading →

I’m sure most people have a mental image of the assassination of Julius Caesar, and I don’t think that it would be quite as well known as it is without this Shakespeare play. I imagined that that scene would be … Continue reading →