The blog of Steve Root

Month: July 2006

  • The Time Traveller's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)

    My friend Clare has been telling me for quite a time about a fantastic book she has read. Last Monday she remembered to lend me the book. The book is addictive. I started it Wednesday and I finished all of the 500+ pages in the early hours of this morning (Sunday). This is a book…

  • Gallows Thief (Bernard Cornwell)

  • Sharpe's Triumph (Bernard Cornwell)

    The second Sharpe book I have read, this was set just before Sharpe’s Trafalgar. I love the character of Richard Sharpe. He may be the hero in the book, but he has his flaws and that causes him trouble. The battles fought are described well enough that you can feel the horror that the soldiers…