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Robin Phillips

Robin@books.babb.no

Joined 1 year, 9 months ago

Military history author (writing as Russell Phillips). Tabletop RPG and board game player. Lapsed wargamer.

Non-binary. They/them pronouns.

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Success! Robin Phillips has read 31 of 12 books.

Stella Rimington: Devil's Bargain (2022, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc)

One lie put the nation at risk. Another might save it.

Harry Bristow: policeman, …

Looking forward to the next one

A little different to the Liz Carlyle series, but very good.

I'm still irritated at proper nouns not being capitalised, though.

commented on Devil's Bargain by Stella Rimington (Manon Tyler, #1)

Stella Rimington: Devil's Bargain (2022, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc)

One lie put the nation at risk. Another might save it.

Harry Bristow: policeman, …

I'm enjoying the story, but I'm getting irritated that proper nouns at the start of chapters aren't capitalised for some reason.

For example, chapter 26 starts:

‘Well, manon,’ said wilberforce, ‘when I asked you to keep close to your friend Louise and find out more about this MP Peter Robinson, I certainly didn’t expect you to come back so soon with a story like this.

@kayeluvian@the.voiceover.bar Honestly, I laughed out loud on the street while walking my dog more than once.

I particularly enjoyed the Robert Llewellyn and Alan Rickman voices. I read the ebook a whole ago, but I'd forgotten the robots sounded like them.

reviewed Frozen Heck by Si Clarke (Starship Teapot, #4)

Si Clarke: Frozen Heck (EBook)

STRANDED IN DEEP SPACE ... BUT AT LEAST THEY HAVE DONUTS.

When a warp …

Great story, excellent audiobook narration

I read the ebook a while ago. When the audiobook was published, I bought that too.

Knowing what was coming made it a different experience second time around, but it didn't diminish my enjoyment, just changed it.

The narration by @kayeluvian@the.voiceover.bar was superb, as ever. Her Robert Llewellyn voice was spot on, and the Alan Rickman very good.

Overall, a really fun story with excellent narration in the audiobook.

finished reading The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games, #0)

Suzanne Collins: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Hardcover, 2020, Scholastic)

The odds are against him. He’s been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female …

Content warning Minor spoiler about the ending

David O'Keefe: One Day in August: The Untold Story Behind Canada's Tragedy at Dieppe (2013)

In a narrative as powerful and moving as it is authoritative, David O’Keefe rewrites history, …

Strong case for the pinch argument

O'Keefe makes a strong case for his assertion that the Dieppe raid was planned as a pinch operation. The audiobook narrator is also very good.