These Old Shades & Sylvester by Georgette Heyer
Over the Easter I wasn’t online, but I was still reading. And two books that Ninemoons gave me were Sylvester and These Old Shades. Both written by Gorgette Heyer and are...
30 March 2005
Le Chevalier de Sainte-Hermine
Lucretia Again posted this great news. A new Alexandre Dumas novel has been found and it to be published. Believed to be the great writer’s last work, The Knight of Sainte-Hermine...
24 March 2005
Questions for the day
Why exactly is it that people driving cars can’t use their indicators? And why do people riding bikes think it is okay to use the footpath? And do I sound like...
23 March 2005
Mary, Queen of Scotland and the Isles by Margaret George
0330327909 I read George’s Memoirs of Cleopatra a year or two ago, and really enjoyed it, so when I spotted this in the bargain basement I figured I may as well...
22 March 2005
What’s the story with Patty
So I’ve been doing a bit of surfing, and what with St. Patrick’s day having just been, there are quite a few sites that mention it. So my question: when did...
21 March 2005
So the Six Nations is over
And I think Ireland bottled it. They never played as well as they could, imo, and stuck far too much to the kick for position and set-piece game. Now I know...
21 March 2005
Weeks 110 & 111
Didn’t do this last week, so two entries for today: Week 111 Stink:: skunk Renewal:: work I remember…:: you in cinefilm. Loneliness:: Lonely but never alone Ooooh:: er, missus For real::...
21 March 2005
Brotherhood of the Wolf dir. by Christophe Gans
I just bought this on dvd after seeing many good reviews of it since its release. Plus, you know werewolf film so figured for 8 quid I wasn’t really wasting any...
16 March 2005
Flight of the Phoenix dir. by John Moore
You know this is the sort of film that doesn’t really deserve a review. It is cliché-ridden, the dialogue is terrible, you’ll laugh in all the wrong places. But still, it...
15 March 2005
Irish Grand Slam Hopes Dead
We had such high hopes. Grand slam, winning the championship. Not to be. French fuckers (fuckers meant in the nicest possible way) ruined it for us. But to be fair, they...
14 March 2005
Heeling to music…
So I was watching Crufts there on Sun. Well, I suppose I was really reading while waiting for ER to start, but I saw bits of the dog show. So can...
14 March 2005
The Storyman by Bryan MacMahon
I picked this up because I had nothing to read for some bus journey, but then didn’t read it on that trip. I thought the name of the author was familiar,...
14 March 2005
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