Changes

From TheBookbag
Jump to navigationJump to search

Book Reviews From The Bookbag (view source)

Revision as of 12:09, 28 January 2016

5 bytes removed ,  12:09, 28 January 2016
no edit summary
'''Read [[:Category:Features|the latest features]].'''<!-- Remove -->
{{newreview
|author=Michael Pronko
|title=Motions and Moments: More Essays on Tokyo
|rating=4
|genre=Travel
|summary=Last year I was lucky enough to review [[Beauty and Chaos: Slices and Morsels of Tokyo Life by Michael Pronko|Beauty and Chaos: Slices and Morsels of Tokyo Life]], Michael Pronko's first essay collection about his adopted city. I found that book to be full of insight and variety, so was delighted to be approached about reviewing his latest book, ''Motions and Moments'', which is a third set of essays (after ''Tokyo's Mystery Deepens''). Again the book is compiled from Pronko's ''Newsweek Japan'' articles, this time from 2011 onwards. All of the pieces have been reworked, but most of them remain short; 'Tokyo life is about spatial limitations,' Pronko wryly comments, and it's appropriate for his pieces to reflect that.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1942410115</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author= Clancy Martin
|summary=Upcycling is a great idea, take some old rubbish and make yourself a washing line or new tent. Badger and friends have found some odd bits and bobs around the forest and they all have great ideas on how to use them, but where did all this stuff come from? Sometimes it is best to find out the origins of an item before you repurpose it for yourself, you never know who may need it!
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848691920</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=Caroline Lawrence
|title=Queen of the Silver Arrow
|rating=4.5
|genre=Dyslexia Friendly
|summary=King Metabus had not been a good king and his escape from his kingdom was hurried and pursued. When he reached the river he had to make a decision and he thought first of the safety of the baby daughter he carried in his arms and tied her to his javelin, which he threw across the torrent, pledging as he did so that he would serve the Goddess Diana. Camilla should have grown up as a Princess but instead she lived in a cave with her father and ran wild in the forest. In nearby Laurentum, Acca had grown up hearing the story of how Camilla giggled as she swung on the javelin embedded in the ground and dreamed of meeting her, but this didn't happen until after the death of Camilla's father, when the girls became firm friends.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781125260</amazonuk>
}}
Retrieved from "http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/Special:MobileDiff/96443"

Navigation menu