Everyone knows who James Bond is, or at least they think they do. The James Bond I know is the James Bond of the films, particularly those featuring Pierce Brosnan or Daniel Craig as the man with a license to kill. But that James Bond – suave, smooth, likeable if a little angsty and high…
Category: Anthony Horowitz
Review: The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
We are in the age of Sherlock – Benedict Cumberbatch’s incarnation of the famous detective is one of the most popular things on television, Elementary is doing pretty well, and there have been two successful films about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s creation in the past few years. Despite this, it’s only recently that I ventured…
Book review: Alex Rider books one to five by Anthony Horowitz
You’ll notice from the title of this blog post that this is technically not a book review, it’s a review of multiple books. What can I say? I started reading Stormbreaker, the first book in Anthony Horowitz’s Alex Rider series, and before I knew it I was at the end of the fifth, Scorpia. I’d…
Book review: Raven’s Gate by Anthony Horowitz
Most people probably know Anthony Horowitz for his Alex Rider series, which was turned into a film with Alex Pettyfer (and Alicia Silverstone and Ewan McGregor for you folks out there who are my age). I’ve got the Alex Rider series on my shelf to read, but while browsing the shelves at the library I…
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