What did you read this year?
Shortest Book
144
pages
Longest Book
1,037
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Average book length in
2022
341
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Bruce’s
average rating for
2022
3.2
3.2
Highest Rated on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ
4.41
average
Bruce’s first review of the year
it was amazing
On the face of it, this is not a book for the layperson; written by a highly qualified chemist, Dr John Emsley, formerly of Imperial College London, and Cambridge University.
However, the gruesome subject matter in the hands of such a skilled communicator makes for compelling reading.
Its ten case studies include the radioactive ‘polonium tea� served up to Alexander Litvinenko; the ‘ricin-tipped umbrella assassination� of Georgi Markov; and the ter ...more
However, the gruesome subject matter in the hands of such a skilled communicator makes for compelling reading.
Its ten case studies include the radioactive ‘polonium tea� served up to Alexander Litvinenko; the ‘ricin-tipped umbrella assassination� of Georgi Markov; and the ter ...more
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Bruce’s last review of the year
really liked it
To my mind, this is one of Agatha Christie’s best whodunits; published in 1943 it was written at perhaps the peak of her powers, roughly midway between The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) and the onset of the author’s ill health in 1974.
Not least, the novel features an active Hercule Poirot, who visits locations and suspects aplenty, despite his opening protestations that it is enough for him to “sit back in his chair and think�.
Indeed, this i ...more
Not least, the novel features an active Hercule Poirot, who visits locations and suspects aplenty, despite his opening protestations that it is enough for him to “sit back in his chair and think�.
Indeed, this i ...more
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