After stumbling upon David Baldacci’s latest novel in Sainsburys I have become hooked and am quickly working my way through his back catalogue.
Split second is the first book in the Sean King and Michelle Maxwell series.  In a split second everything can change, and the King and Maxwell it did in the worst possible way, both secret service agents lost their principles.  King’s was assassinated, Maxwell’s was kidnapped several years later, but is there a connection between the two?
Here’s the blurb from the back of the book
‘He was the only …

As we approach the end of 2008 I felt I should post a short post to round off 2008 – The year of the Potato!
Cycling
Back in January I resolved to get fitter, to motivate me to this end I signed up to the Royal British Legion 2008 Poppy Cycle to Paris.  In January it seemed like a long time off – it wasn’t until September that the cycle started but I wuickly started training.  I soon bought a new bike a Giant OCR 4 (road / race bike) and almost …

Skeleton Coast by Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul.
Before I start writing about Skeleton Coast let me write briefly about Clive Cussler.  Clive Cussler is one of my all time favourite authors, I grew up reading my fathers Clive Cussler books, I have continued to read them as they are released and between us we own all of the books.  Originally Clive Cussler’s books concerned Dirk Pitts adventures working for NUMA (National Underwater and Marine Agency).  Aswell as a few Non Fiction books.  Clive Cussler has expanded his writing with …

Already, another book review.  Commuting to work every day usually I am listening to music, doing the Metro’s Sudoku or sleeping!  But yesterday I took a book with me.  One day later and I’ve finished reading a little over 400 pages.  Once I get into a good book I find it hard to put it down!  This was page turner from the start!
From the back cover
They found him in Ponta Pora, a pleasant little town in Brazil, on the border of Paraguay, in a land still known as the Frontier.
They …

I’ve Just finished reading “Pour Your Heart Into It.  How Starbucks built a company one cup at a time” by Howard Schultz the Chairman and CEO of Starbucks and Dori Jones Yang.  I thought it would be a nice extension to my site to develop it out of just cycling and into other things that I am doing or interest me.  Also if I start reviewing books it will make me read more which can only be a good thing!
So here goes.
Pour Your Heart Into It.  How Starbucks built a …