Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

This summary is copied from Goodreads: The tales told by Scheherazade over a thousand and one nights to delay her execution by the vengeful King Shahryar have become among the most popular in both Eastern and Western literature. From the epic adventures of ‘Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp’ to the farcical ‘Young Woman and her… Read more

This book is about 48 hours in the life of a warship in peril in the north Atlantic Ocean during WW2. It is told from the Commander’s point of view – he is shepherding a convoy of ships through submarine-infested waters, and there is lots of description about the ship, controls, difficult decisions, exhaustion etc,… Read more