http://tea.straytalk.net books! Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:10:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dolken från Tunis (The Murder of Roger Ackroyd) Agatha Christie 234 p. For Decades '08. B. Wahlström, 2002. (first published 1926.) Back cover blurb: Mannen satt som jag lämnat honom, i länstolen framför eldstaden. Hans huvud hade fallit åt sidan. På ryggen, strax under kavajkragen, syntes ett blankt föremål - en märklig dolk. Dolken från Tunis av deckardrottningen Agatha ... http://tea.straytalk.net/2008/07/07/dolken-fran-tunis-by-agatha-christie/ The Servants M.M. Smith 233 p. HarperCollinsPublishers, 2008. (first published by Earthling Publications, 2007.) Back cover blurb: Things are unreliable. Things break. Things fall apart. Even at 11 years old, Mark knows this all too well. By the time he moves out of London to the wintry Brighton seaside, the situation is already bad. His mother is ill, ... http://tea.straytalk.net/2008/07/02/the-servants-by-mm-smith/ A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin 835 p. For Here Be Dragons. Bantam USA, 1997. (first published by Bantam Books, 1996.) Back cover blurb: In A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin has created a genuine masterpiece, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill the pages of ... http://tea.straytalk.net/2008/06/30/a-game-of-thrones-by-george-rr-martin/ The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson 94 p. For Decades '08. Giunti Gruppo Editoriale, 2001. (first published by Longmans, Green & Co 1886.) Back cover blurb: It was the cures of mankind... that in the agonised womb of consciousness, these polar twins should be continuously struggling. I just must say that this ... http://tea.straytalk.net/2008/06/27/the-strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-by-robert-louis-stevenson/ Charmed Life Diana Wynne Jones 252 p. Collins, 2000. (first published 1977 by Macmillan Children's Books.) Back cover blurb: Welcome to the worlds of Chrestomanci where magic is as common as mathematics - and twice as troublesome in the wrong hands! Everybody says that Gwendolyn Chant is a gifted witch with astonishing powers, so it suits her ... http://tea.straytalk.net/2008/06/27/charmed-life-by-diana-wynne-jones/ Assassin's Apprentice Robin Hobb 435 p. For Here Be Dragons. Bantam Spectra, 1996. (First published 1995 by Spectra/Voyager Books.) Back cover blurb: Young Fitz is the bastard son of the noble Prince Chivalry, raised in the shadow of the royal court by his father's gruff stableman. He is treated as an outcast by all the royalty except ... http://tea.straytalk.net/2008/06/27/assassins-apprentice-by-robin-hobb/ Hey Dolly Amanda Svensson 157 p. Nordstedts, 2008. Back cover blurb: Dolly har en tråkig pojkvän och vänner som är seriöst psykiskt störda. Hennes familj består förutom en exemplarisk mamma av en död pappa och två syskon, som båda är döpta efter Astrid Lindgren-figurer. Själv är hon döpt efter en silikonfylld countrydiva. "Ni förstår att ... http://tea.straytalk.net/2008/06/19/hey-dolly-by-amanda-svensson/ School has ended, and book times begin! Or, I won't have all that much time for reading, seeing as I'll be travelling a fair bit and will be visiting lots of people, and writing a really important essay, but still! More time for books that usually! So, here they are, ... http://tea.straytalk.net/2008/06/14/summer-reading/ Biggles Sees It Through (in Biggles' Big Adventures) Captain W.E. Jones 186 p. For Decades '08. Prion, 2007. (first published 1941) Back cover blurb: none Biggles and his boys are in Finland, trying to do away with intruding Russian troops. Then they meet a Polish scientist, who has made great scientific advances about the atom bomb or something like ... http://tea.straytalk.net/2008/06/14/biggles-sees-it-through-by-captain-we-jones/ Biggles in the Baltic (in Biggles' Big Adventures) Captain W.E. Jones 211 p. For Decades '08. Prion, 2007. (first published 1940.) Back cover blurb: none Biggles! Biggles, Biggles, Biggles. When I was young, the only proper series of childrens' books I read was the Nancy Drew novels, which admittedly weren't the most fascinating things ever, but they managed to ... http://tea.straytalk.net/2008/06/14/biggles-in-the-baltic-by-captain-we-jones/