Bookshelf

Warning: Do NOT read this in a public place, you'll only embarrass yourself...

James McGee

Oct 19, 2018

Warning: Do NOT read this in a public place, you'll only embarrass yourself...

I’m trying desperately to remember the last book that had me laughing out loud to such a degree and I came to the conclusion that it was...

James McGee

Sep 17, 2018

Couldn't put this one down...

For those of us of a certain vintage, this tremendous autobiography is long overdue, though I’m ashamed to say that I was likely too...

James McGee

Feb 25, 2018

Don't forget...

Though, if you're a harassed parent or even a frazzled bookseller (been there, suffered that) and would rather undergo an appendectomy in...

James McGee

Feb 19, 2018

I say, Holmes..!

I can guess what you're thinking: oh, no, not Sherlock Holmes again... Well, yes, but this time with a twist. Now, I can't for the life...

James McGee

Jan 25, 2018

Chocks away..!

Huge excitement in the literary world today. Nope, it has nothing to do with the upcoming address being given by Scotland's First...

James McGee

Jan 9, 2018

Christmas reading...

Received a couple of of excellent books in my stocking this year, making them Numbers 1 & 2 on my 2018 reading list. Titles which...

James McGee

Jan 8, 2018

“...being, like, really smart.”

I'll own up. I have not read the book and, to be honest, I'm not sure if I'll get around to it. I've a feeling it ain't gonna tell me...

James McGee

Sep 18, 2017

That big blue ball in the sky...

Had a delivery by post this morning; a brand new book sent by a pal in the States. PAN AM -Personal Tributes to a Global Aviation...

James McGee

Jan 20, 2017

Today's the day...

So, it's Inauguration Day… Love him or loathe him, The Donald, will, this afternoon - barring accidents or Hillary hurling herself across...

James McGee

Nov 21, 2016

Tremendous...enough said.

Well, not quite... As The Boss was just honoured by President Barack Obama - alongside a host of notable names, including Tom Hanks,...

James McGee

Mar 3, 2016

Blood Sport ...

Back in the summer of 2009, I spent a month as a volunteer on the Amakhala game reserve, just north of Port Elizabeth in Eastern Cape...

James McGee

Nov 11, 2015

A little background reading...

There have been a few instances over the past couple of months when I've been asked what books I've consulted when researching the...

James McGee

May 23, 2015

Worth a read...

Emma Sky’s excellent book, The Unravelling, is an account of her time in Iraq working as the representative of the Coalition Provisional...

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