Hmm, this book left me a bit mixed up.

I love the Young Bond series and so jumped at the chance to read a new story in the series.  As far as that’s concerned, I really liked this book but unfortunately that only covers the first fifty pages or so.

The rest is taken up by covering stuff anyone who has read the previous books already knows.  It’s a bit like a Young Bond encyclopedia if you like.

The easy times are over, this is the last of the Young Bond books so tougher times lie ahead!

I’ve been reading these at quite a pace as they are relatively easy to speed through, but I’ve a feeling further updates on books finished may be spread a bit further apart.

By Royal Command is probably my favourite of the series.  Although it is the end as far as the series goes at the moment, I really hope Higson gets the go-ahead to continue.  Unlike Harry Potter, each novel is set over a couple of weeks rather than a complete school year so there is ample opportunity to churn out a good few books yet which hopefully they will do.

Yes, it’s another of the Young Bond series - but they are a good read!

Hurricane Gold is the fourth of the series (my second of the year) and unfortunately is the second last one.  The lovely thing about reading a book from a few years ago is that undoubtedly the author has a bit of a back catalogue which you can read as quickly as you like - once you’ve caught up to date then it’s back to the boring spells in between as he writes something new.

One of my resolutions this year was to try my best to read more books than I have lately.  The target is to get through 30 this year - just over one every two weeks or so which I reckon is possible.

I’ll be keeping a note here of each one I finish so I can keep track of how I’m getting on, though I won’t be reviewing each book as such (unless it’s a real cracker!).