The Gothic Challenge & Obscure Literary Monsters
In her round-up of 2014 and look forward to 2015 Katherine of The Writerly Reader mentioned she would be doing The Gothic Challenge this year. It is hosted by Books under...
2 January 2015
Happy 2015
Happy New Year everybody, I hope you had a great 2014 and that 2015 will continue that way. I did my mini book & film review of the year already, and...
1 January 2015
in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
Hmmm, I think I need to diversify my reading a tad more. I’ve had a quick look at the places I’ve visited in books in 2014, and that’s a limited geographic...
29 December 2014
Happy Holidays
or Merry Christmas/Hanukah/Kwanzaa/random winter day Whatever it is you are having yourself. I’m celebrating Christmas, as culturally catholic agnostic there really isn’t another name to give it. Went home to Sligo,...
29 December 2014
Once Upon a Time VIII
Yesterday was March 21st, which for many people means the start of spring. Here in Ireland spring starts on February 1st, and we already have lambs and daffodils about, which means...
22 March 2014
Little help?
Hi all, as you may have noticed I’ve changed blog theme. But before I changed Kailana told me she was having problems commenting. And she still is but I can’t recreate...
16 January 2014
Merry 2014
I know, we’re ten days into January now, but as I’ve said on numerous occasions here on this very blog, better late than never. We had an incident with a tree...
10 January 2014
A more diverse universe blog tour
This year from November 15th to 17th BookLust is hosting The More Diverse Universe blog tour A More Diverse Universe celebrates diversity in speculative fiction by encouraging people to read books...
4 November 2013
Template shenanigans
I am messing about with various templates at the moment. None decided on as final, but if you notice anything weird that is the reason why. Hopefully I’ll have a new...
28 July 2013
My wedding cake
I got married on Thursday, a quiet affair. Registry office and then out with the families for a meal. And maybe one in the pub afterwards :) This was what Himself’s...
13 July 2013
Hello world
Well it has been a while hasn’t it? My last post was way back in December of last year. That’s almost four full months! The main reason for my absence was...
4 April 2013
In the eye of the beholder
Kameron Hurley, author of God’s War wasn’t overly impressed by The Cabin in the Woods, as maybe you can tell from this short excerpt from her blog: Throughout the whole movie,...
11 May 2012