My To Be Read pile count match the leaning Tower of Pizza – though I think mine wobbles more. To bring it to some sort of order as well as to bring some focus here are my choices for Summer Reads 2009.
I’ve organised them into batches and I have to complete each batch before I [...]
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Summer Reads 2009
Some April Releases that Caught my Eye on Amazon.co.uk
Going on Amazon is a really dangerous thing for me, as is stepping in places that sell books, as I usually end up buying something. On this occasion I resisted buying anything but here are some of the books that caught my eye. I’ve also added a couple of moments about why they looked interesting.
It’s [...]
Missing from 2007 : The Book of Joby
I’ve been reading the round-ups of the best of 2007 and it reminds me how many books I’ve missed.
Starting with one that slipped past me even though I was looking for it’s UK release. The Book of Joby by Mark J. Ferrari has had some fantastic reviews from Fantasy Book Critic, A Dribble of [...]
The Year (so far) in Review
It’s not over yet, but I can’t see any final revelations happening, unless you count Nintendo suddenly releasing a billion or so Wiis. So what I have got to say about the year? I haven’t got a clue but let us see what I can come up with.
Way back in January I wrote a post [...]
Out of the depths
I’m feeling decidedly non-booky at the moment. No curling up on the sofa and letting the world fade away. Nothing read. Nothing bought. No obsessive surfing. But despite that let’s see what I can do as I’ve still been visiting my favourite blogs and keeping half an eye on the book-o-sphere.
Graphic Novels are the new [...]
Debut [not a] Review: The Electric Church by Jeff Somers
Title: The Electric Church
Author: Jeff Somers
Publisher: Orbit
Published: 20 September 2007
Price: £9.99
Review Copy
Normally I put down books that I don’t enjoy, stick it on the little list on the sidebar and move on. But there has been a lot of hype for The Electric Church so I can’t really just let it drift off.
It all comes [...]
October Reading Pile
I am a little behind with my reading pile, which should be no surprise really considering all the marvellous books that there and my reading rate of six books a month. So I might not get through this lot but I’m up for a challenge though it might not be in this exact order.
From [...]
Debut Review: HeartSick by Chelsea Cain
Title: HeartSick
Author: Chelsea Cain
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 3 August 2007
Price: £10.00
Review Copy
I said in a recent review that plotting takes practice and I want to know where Chelsea Cain took her lessons. Heart Sick is more than a catch-the-killer detective story. It plays with your mind.
What would happen if the serial killer you were [...]
And that’s not all
There’s more. To be honest there is always more. But these look like good reads. I’ve got some and some are waiting on my Amazon.co.uk wishlist.
If is a current theme in my reading it has to be life and death and how to avoid dying. In The Dreaming Void they have several ways of avoiding [...]
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What to read next?
This is always a hard choice for me. On the one hand I have books that have one the shelves for ages(read years) that I should give time to and then there is the pile of new releases that are shouting at me we’re new read me now! And usually I try and balance personal [...]