Category Archives: Book Reviews

This is the fifth book in the enormously popular Harry Potter series. When I read the first four, I felt like it just got better and better with each new books. I had heard that the fifth was a step … Continue reading →

The Dark Knight Returns is the most grim Batman story I’ve read. Set in a dystopian future (which has a very 1980s feel to it), Bruce Wayne has retired from his life of crime fighting and is no longer the … Continue reading →

Equal Rites is the third novel set on the Discworld and it’s very different to the first two: while they both followed the adventures of Rincewind and Twoflower, this takes an entirely different approach and focuses on two new characters … Continue reading →

I loved the first three Harry Potter novels and with each new book, I felt like it got a little better every time. I was unsure of whether this upward incline could continue into the fourth book, because I liked … Continue reading →

Batman: The Long Halloween is a graphic novel set during the early days of Batman’s crime fighting career. It’s the kind of thing that you could read with only a rough understanding of the Batman mythos and is also a … Continue reading →

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is a sequel to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and picks up exactly where the previous novel left off, resolving the cliffhanger. That’s one of the best ways I can think … Continue reading →

Alan Moore is one of the most famous comic authors around, he’s better known for his original works, but this Batman graphic novel is actually one of the best things I’ve read by him! Don’t worry if you don’t know … Continue reading →

Deep Time tells the story of an African expedition lead by cryptzoologist Brendan Merlie who is hoping to find some evidence that certain extinct species might still be living deep in the jungle. You may think this sounds like a … Continue reading →

I find the English language a very interesting thing. In fact, I find all languages to be very interesting, but I’m especially interested in the English language, what with it being the only language that I can speak. As such, … Continue reading →