The Dark Is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper
ISBN: 0140316884 5 Vol.s in one Over Sea, Under Stone The Dark Is Rising Greenwitch The Grey King Silver On The Tree “Where is he?” Barney hopped from one foot to...
18 February 2006
The Shooting Party by Anton Chekov
Trans: A.E. Chamot It has take me quite a while to finish this short novel, still I would recommend it highly. Chekhov is famous for his plays, his Cherry Orchards and...
16 February 2006
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
ISBN: 0060987529 Hobbling home under a mackeral sky, I came upon a group of children. A retelling, a reimagining of Cinderella, Maguire here attempt to create a more realistic picture, through...
9 February 2006
Lovely Biscuits by Grant Morrison
ISBN: 1902197011 6 short stories plus an introduction by Stewart Home. Blind in the city of light, Patricia walked carefully back through the Cimitiere Pere-Lachasie Contents: The Braile Encyclopaedia The Room...
6 February 2006
Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan
After the last book, where nothing happened I was a little reluctant to start this. But although not a lot happens, some things do. And we can certainly see a lot of forward momentum and arranging for the next book, which is supposed to be the last in the series.
29 January 2006
Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan
ISBN: 1841491837 Wheel of Time #10 This was a reread for me, I first read it when the hardback was released a few years ago. Sped through it and then said,...
23 January 2006
According To Queeney by Beryl Bainbridge
ISBN: 0349114471 This novel may possibly have had a greater impact on me if I knew anything about the life and times of Samuel Johnson apart from the fact that he...
19 January 2006
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
ISBN: 0140108920 ; A Philip Marlowe Mystery #1 It was about eleven o’;clock in the morning, mid October, with the sun not shining and a look of hard wet rain in...
10 January 2006
what in the sphincter of hell are you playing at?
Obviously as the end of the year is nigh we have to have a few “best of” lists, a review of the year. It is one of those unwritten rules. We’ve...
28 December 2005
Eyes for teeth waving over me
Not to bring you down from your holiday cheer, but today marks a year since the Indian Ocean earthquake, and resulting tsunami. Since then 2005 hasn’t exactly been disaster free now...
26 December 2005
Rome 1.09 – Utica dir. by Jeremy Podeswa
Last week we had a quick year, and between that one and this it appears yet another has gone by. Caesar and all our soldier-boys have come home to Rome. A...
22 December 2005