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Tag: Iain Banks

Complicity – Iain Banks

On December 22, 2018November 10, 2018 By bookskepticIn Reviews2 Comments

I’m still not sure what to think about this book, because I bought it based on the cover, having no idea what to expect. And then it surprised me a bit. I expected something more literary, what I got was a brutal and layered thriller. So we have a case of mixed feelings. As a …

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November round-up

On December 2, 2018June 9, 2019 By bookskepticIn ThoughtsLeave a comment

November just flew by, at that pace I will completely miss to register autumn this year. At the beginning of the month I had a glorious experience of a flight schedule to last two hours being delayed by 15 hours, they didn't even bother to cancel it, lovely. Then I spent a week in Denver, …

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July round-up

On August 1, 2018May 5, 2019 By bookskepticIn Thoughts3 Comments

July was a busy month, I have been with my mum to a Rolling Stones concert in Warsaw, which was amazing despite absolutely horrible acoustics in the stadium (but then who came up with the idea of stadium concerts is beyond me, clearly they are designed to echo). Then on the following weekend I happened …

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