I recently finished reading The Illusionist, and I've written a short review on my blog.
https://phillipsuk.org/robin/book-review-the-illusionist.html

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Book Review: The Illusionist

I recently finished reading The Illusionist: The true story of the man who fooled Hitler by Robert Hutton. The author is one of the hosts of the War Movie Theatre podcast, which is where I heard about this book. The book tells the Second World War story…

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An exciting selection of fantasy and sci-fi in KoboPlus.
Don't have a Kobo eReader? Don't worry, the Kobo App is free and beautiful.
https://books.bookfunnel.com/koboplus-sci-fi-fantasy/yxxihiby4n
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Even having seen the movie first, Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane was such a thrilling read. Couldn’t put it down. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59111205-shutter-island #books #bookstoton #shutterisland
Shutter Island

The year is 1954. U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels and his ne…

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Ayer terminé de leer La noche de los maniquís, de Stephen Graham Jones, y es divertidísimo. Un slasher con girito (y con kaiju/mostro gigante a lo Godzilla de fondo), que se lee en dos tardes y, pese a seguir todas las convenciones del subgénero, sorprende. Muy recomendable.

#bookstoton , #libros, #terror, #lecturas

Have lately realized that being the answer to life, the universe, and everything is not quite all it’s cracked up to be… fortunately it will only last about a year

#galaxy #fridayfeeling #book #bookstoton #Astrodon #friday #math

I'm not ashamed to say I was a big fan of Jonathan Stroud's YA "Lockwood & Co" series. It was Harry Potter meets Ghostbusters with an edge. Fun, funny, well written.

I'm two episodes into the TV adaptation, and man is it spot on. It's a testament to Stroud's writing and the filmmakers that it's coming out almost exactly as I pictured it in my head.

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More #bookstoton fun: Mike Sacks’ “Welcome to Woodmont College No Refunds” was National Lampoon / Onion fun
#bookstoton rec: “Moms” by Ma Young-sin. Binge-read after reading his other autobio manhwa “Artists”.