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The Burning Blue by James Holland


2005
06.04

WW2 RAF fighter pilot war story of love and loss.
Nice enough, well written and from a young author which I hadn’t realised until after I’d finished the novel.

Score 6/10

Date read June 2005

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Hotel Babylon by Anonymous & Imogen Edwards-Jones


2005
06.04

I read this and then gave it to the manager of a 4 star hotel, he read it and within a week most of the staff did the same.
Supposedly real life anecdotes from a five star hotel in London cobbled together and created a 24 fly on the wall story.
Very easy and quick to read, amusing and as I spend a lot of time in hotels, interesting.

Score 7/10

Date read June 2005

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The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason


2005
06.04

Billed as the Da Vinci Code for people with brains…could only really end with disappointment, in fact I found this American novel ponderously slow and boring.
I gave up with just 70 pages to read.
Will they get to write another book, maybe but I doubt it would be published.

Score 5/10

Date read June 2005

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