Amber Dickson rated Body: A Guide for Occupants: 4 stars
Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson once again proves himself to be an incomparable com- panion as he guides us through the human body—how …
Maybe 2.5 stars...
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Amber Dickson rated Holes: 4 stars
Amber Dickson rated The Boy Who Flew: 4 stars
Amber Dickson rated Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods: 3 stars
Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods by Suzanne Collins
Gregor goes back to the Underland to save a new disease called the Plague. He finds out that he has …
Amber Dickson reviewed Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig
Review of 'Notes on a Nervous Planet' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Amber Dickson rated Max Einstein: 4 stars
Max Einstein by James Patterson
Twelve-year-old orphan Max Einstein (like Albert Einstein himself) is not your typical genius. Max hacks the computer system at NYU …
Amber Dickson reviewed Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch
Review of 'Lies Sleeping' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
I realised about halfway through this book that I was going to have to give it 2 stars. This series has definitely lost its shine for me. Maybe I would have been better off listening to the audiobook instead of reading the paperback, as Kobna Holdbrook-Smith’s narration is always worthwhile. Unfortunately the printed version failed to engage my attention. There is too much to remember from the previous books, and I just don’t have that good a memory. I felt like I was missing so much of what was going on, and references were flying over my head. There seemed to be a lot of padding in the story (and for a series about wizards and fae folk, there was way too much mundane detail). I didn’t even enjoy the regular characters the way I used to. Such a shame.
Amber Dickson rated Reasons to Stay Alive: 2 stars
Amber Dickson rated Godmother: 3 stars
Amber Dickson rated Forgotten Map: 4 stars
Amber Dickson rated Short Stories in French for Beginners: 4 stars
Amber Dickson rated Flirting with French: 3 stars
Amber Dickson reviewed The Testaments by Margaret Atwood OG
Margaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, has become a modern classic--and now she brings …
Review of 'The Testaments' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Not as good as I was hoping.
Amber Dickson rated Once upon a River: 3 stars
Once upon a River (2018, Transworld Publishers Limited)
Once upon a River by Diane Setterfield
When the seemingly dead body of a child reanimates hours after arriving at an ancient inn on the Thames, three …
Amber Dickson rated Handmaid's Tale: 3 stars
Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood OG
It is the world of the near future, and Offred is a Handmaid in the home of the Commander and …