1/3 personal memoir, 1/3 biographies/history of paleontologists/ paleontology and 1/3 history of the Dinosaurs. Steve Burette makes the past academic in me jealous as he talks about the fieldwork he has done and famous paleontologist he has met since his undergrad, through his Ph.D. and now as a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh. Meanwhile, we learn the overall story of the Dinosaurs from Triassic, Jurassic up to their eventual almost (except birds) extinction in the Cretaceous period. I am disappointed that the skills Jurassic Park taught me to evade a T-Rex were incorrect :)

Overall a recommended read that has made the Science Nerd in me want to read a learn more!

Not so much a Horror story as a slow-burning psychological thriller with a supernatural twist. The only scary part is that Stephen King in this novel has predicted the possibility of an incompetent, arrogant, egotistical and narcissistic president of the USA more than 4 decades before it actually happened! I mean where is his chief protagonist Johnny Smith when we need him?

This is a story about a man that has an accident that leaves him with psychic ability. But what do you do when you can see the future? Do you try to change it at any cost?

It is also incidentally the story of the 1970’s in the US. Beginning in 1970 and ending in 1979. The story spans a generation that saw the Vietnam War, Watergate and the invention of the calculator.

Recommended for those who want to try a Stephen King book that is not too scary - unless you are keeping up with current events that is.

I have stayed up late to finish this - a charming book that needs a review soon but I need some shut eye first.

This is so recommended to anyone who has ever been a Student or Staff member in The University of St Andrews but those of a nervous disposition who are living there at the moment maybe should give it a miss :)