18894 Followers
170 Following
ethiercn

Chris' Fish Place

Thoughts on things, mostly books.

 

 

                             

 Challenge ParticipantFrequently Auto-Approved80%Reviews PublishedProfessional Reader

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today
January
16
July 2020
01
liked:
My review of Piers Compton's "Harold the King" is up!
My review of Piers Compton's biography of Harold II is up on my website! Please enjoy with my compliments.
liked:
Reading progress update: I've read 64%. - a change so profound it's hard to see at first
I was initially a little thrown by the gentle, low-key tone of this mystery. Now I see that it is part of the evocation of an...
June 2020
30
liked:
Abandoned by Booklikes
June 2020
29
liked:
My Summertime Reading Plans
I got some nostalgia feels this weekend guys. I had so much fun reading the Fear Street series that I decided I am going to t...
reviewed: Calhoun Statue
So if you have seen the headlines about the Charleston Calhoun statue coming down, this book lays out, in great depth, the re...
Denmark Vesey’s Garden: Slavery and Memory in the Cradle of the Confederacy - Blain Roberts, Ethan J. Kytle
read and rated
Denmark Vesey’s Garden: Slavery and Memory in the Cradle of the Confederacy - Blain Roberts, Ethan J. Kytle
liked:
Completed Series / Authors
As I just finished the last book of Josephine Tey's Inspector Grant series (and have also read both of her nonseries mysterie...
liked:
Reading progress update: I've read 168 out of 1150 pages.
I knew that Andrew Carnegie lived through the American Civil War, but I don't think I ever appreciated how important of a rol...
reviewed: Great Read
I picked up the first issue of this limited series because it was free. And it still is free on Kindle, at the least. I t...
John Henry: The Steam Age Original Graphic Novel - Dwayne Harris
read and rated
John Henry: The Steam Age Original Graphic Novel - Dwayne Harris
liked:
Thoughts on Being a Reviewer for 16 Years
So I know that we all are feeling frustrated with Booklikes these days. Our posts crash. We can't comment on each other posts...
June 2020
26
reviewed: Fun
This a cute kids comic about a girl who learns not to be scared of monsters. And then about the Halloweens after. It is cut...
Scary Godmother: Omnibus - Jill Thompson
read and rated
Scary Godmother: Omnibus - Jill Thompson
June 2020
24
text: FYI
W W Norton is offering ebook format of their Critical Editions for $5 each, US only. You have to go to their website and pur...
June 2020
23
reviewed: Read for Book Club
So this is the first DeLilo I've read. It is beautifully written, and it was strange to read this in the mid of lockdow...
White Noise - Don DeLillo
next »
7555 BOOKS

Blog

Shelf

Timeline

Reading Challenge 2025

Favorite books

Nation - Terry Pratchett
Persuasion - Jane Austen, Gillian Beer
Native Guard - Natasha Trethewey
Evil Machines - Terry Jones
What Happens in Hamlet - John Dover Wilson
Prefaces to Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet - Harley Granville-Barker

Recently added

Denmark Vesey’s Garden: Slavery and Memory in the Cradle of the Confederacy - Blain Roberts, Ethan J. Kytle
John Henry: The Steam Age Original Graphic Novel - Dwayne Harris
Scary Godmother: Omnibus - Jill Thompson
Powered by BookLikes © 2015 | RSS