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Nicholas’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Nicholas’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Hobbiton for a pint with the hobbits, ideally at a big fireworks-filled event...
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How Not To Run 100 Marathons: And Other Stories *** Number 1 Sports Book ***
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How Not to Travel Around the World
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Hong Kong - nothing goes Wrong but race takes Long...
Marathon Number 117 would take my marathon adventures to the Orient for the first time, with Hong Kong (China I guess?) also to be the 31stcountry in which I have completed a marathon*.
Thanks exclusively to Gill, our accommodation in Hong Kong – the Mandarin Oriental - was probably the most fancy pre-race hotel I have enjoyed to date. This was assisted by an unexpected upgrade to a suite with Read more of this blog post »
Thanks exclusively to Gill, our accommodation in Hong Kong – the Mandarin Oriental - was probably the most fancy pre-race hotel I have enjoyed to date. This was assisted by an unexpected upgrade to a suite with Read more of this blog post »
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A gripping story starting with the mysterious disappearance of a boy from a prestigious school in Wiltshire. As the police investigate, it becomes clear that the crime may be part of a broader vendetta against a family with a dark past. The characters ...more |
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An interesting premise, starting with an attack on a school by an ex-student, and expanding from there into a story with multiple strands where various characters seem to be trying to cause trouble for others. It did get slightly far-fetched in places ...more |
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There is lots of intrigue and misdirection in this thriller about a vicious murder in an idyllic, remote family run resort in a remote part of Georgia that is home to a very dysfunctional family. Two of the resort guests happen to work with law enforc ...more |
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There is lots of intrigue and misdirection in this thriller about a vicious murder in an idyllic, remote family run resort in a remote part of Georgia that is home to a very dysfunctional family. Two of the resort guests happen to work with law enforc ...more |
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This was an epic and long (over 1,200 pages) read. The story is largely about a deadly virus which quickly wipes out the vast majority of the American population (there are references to other countries, but the story is set exclusively in the US) and ...more |
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A decent crime thriller set in Sheffield. When a property which was the scene of an horrific, unsolved double murder is due to be demolished, the case is re-opened and a damaged detective returns to the force to look into it. As people involved with th ...more |
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An excellent, fast paced legal thriller. A lawyer returns to his hometown in South Carolina after several years as a defence attorney in Chicago and is thrown straight into two very different cases in a town where most legal issues are dealt with by p ...more |
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“I called a team meeting (of one) and we decided I would run with the head torch around my neck and have my drop bag (jacket and painkillers) taken to the foot of the mountain. I couldn’t help but thinking that I was steadily becoming a knowledgeable ultra-marathon runner…”
― How Not To Run 100 Marathons
― How Not To Run 100 Marathons
“When I stepped on the pedal below the sink to flush the toilet, the whole plastic sink unit came away from the wall of the portaloo and – to my absolute horror – my phone plunged down the abyss. It would be fair to say that pushing my arm into the dark unknown of a portaloo in the middle of the night in Bangalore was something of a low point.”
― How Not To Run 100 Marathons
― How Not To Run 100 Marathons
