I’ve just started answering some questions sent by Harry for his Reviewer Time Feature and I’ve been thinking back to my reading in the mid to late 90s. One series that still stand out was Storm Constanine’s Grigori Trilogy a wonderful Dark Fantasy tale. Now I haven’t read something that is labelled as Dark Fantasy [...]
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Reading Update: March Reading Pile
Last month I set myself a challenge to read the following eight books in February:
The Secret War Twelve This is Not a Game Hunter’s Moon A Madness of Angels Deep Water [...]
Currently Reading: The Burning Man by Mark Chadbourn
After stalling on Martin Andrew’s The Necropolis Railway, I know it’s steam powered but good god get on with it!, I picked up the next title on my review copy pile and I’m engaged and reading every moment I can fit in.
What has me so excited? It’s the next title by Mark Chadbourn and his [...]
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 [...]
New and Interesting Reads
Let’s see. It’s coming up to Christmas so you might if you’re lucky have time to read or even luckier have someone that wants to buy you books or might want to treat yourself. Well there are a few that are gathering my interest.
Starting with a new favourite, Mr Charles Stross. Tor are issuing his [...]
Reviews or puff?
OF Blog of the Fallen: Yet another post on reviewing epistemology
Reviewing a book is an inexact science. In many ways, reviews are idiosyncratic and they reflect the reviewer’s personality and his/her take on reading. While some might argue that reviews are a take ‘em or leave ‘em affair, many have commented on what they call [...]
Review: Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
Title: Fool Moon
Author: Jim Butcher
Publisher: Orbit
Published: 01 September 2005
Price: £6.99
Own Copy
In Storm Front Harry Dresden had to battle with dark magic drawn from lust and desire. Now in Fool Moon he has to travel deeper into our animal natures and battle against werewolves. Being Chicago’s only wizard in the phonebook isn’t just about looking for [...]
No Excuses
I haven’t really. I’m out of the swing of posting but then I’ve had a couple of things on my mind that you don’t want boring with. Except to say that I’m older than I was last time I posted. I’m now 29! What does this mean? Well I’ve blown my chances at winning an [...]
No more paper?
It’s official Amazon have killed the paperback and they’ve called it the Kindle!
Well not really though the have made the reality of an ipod-esque book replacement one step closer. There are already a couple of ‘readers’ (for want of a much better term) in the US market. Sony Reader is now in it’s second generation [...]
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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 [...]