NonFiction
The Guy Under the Sheets: the unauthorized biography by Chris Elliott. Since no one else was writing an unauthorized biography of Chris Elliott he did so himself. Mixed reviews but second one is entertaining.
Booklist's David Pitt wrote: This hugely entertaining pack of lies reads like a Woody Allen essay from the New Yorker, but, buried among the silliness, there is a nugget or two of legitimate autobiography. Wildly weird and hugely entertaining.
Library Journal's Barry X. Miller wrote: a clunker...readers...will come away disappointed...ridiculous parody, jokes that go over like a lead balloon, and hyperbole of migrain-inducing dimensions. There is no narrative through-line, and everything, including all semblance of a coherent story or point of interest, is sacrificed on the altar of cheap laughs. VERDICT: Not funny! Recommended only for the hardest of the hardcore Chris Elliott fanboys.
Fiction
Centurion by Simon Scarrow. Adventure novel of the Roman Legions. A fun series featuring centurions Macro and Cato. Similar read to Bernard Cornwell.
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