Blood-a-thon The Southern Vampire Mystery Series Charlaine Harris As I've wasted more time than I like to acknowledge looking up info on the new season of True Blood on the t'interweb, I've decided to re-read the Southern Vampire Mysteries (otherwise known as The Sookie Stackhouse or True Blood Series) by Charlaine Harris. Inspired by BOOKELF, … Continue reading Blood-A-Thon Book 1 – Dead Until Dark
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Guilty Pleasures? I feel no shame!
Totally necessary - topless Eric The fourth series of True Blood has just started in the U.S. Based on the tremendously popular Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris; this bonkers, bloody and barmy series can't make it to our shores soon enough for me! And as I've just finished two 'heavy' reads - The Line of … Continue reading Guilty Pleasures? I feel no shame!
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Oh this is a good book. This is a very good book. There are many many things that are good about this book so I'm going to devide it up as it is so multi layered otherwise I'll get all confused. ***MASSIVE SPOLIERS THROUGHOUT*** Oh shit, it's the vampires Parts of this book are just … Continue reading Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
A Response to ‘Date a Girl Who Reads’- by a Girl who Reads
Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who doesn't spend her money on books because she's a member of three libraries, and works in one, and runs three book swaps a month so has money left over for clothes but doesn't spend money on them either, but instead spends it on beer and … Continue reading A Response to ‘Date a Girl Who Reads’- by a Girl who Reads
Richard Nottingham Book One – The Broken Token
Leeds, 1731. On the dark and violent streets of Leeds, a gruesome double murder has taken place. Almost worse than the crime itself was the positioning of the deceased - male posed upon female - mimicking a sex act. The Chief Constable - Richard Nottingham - is called in to investigate, ably assisted by his dependable deputy - John Sedgwick. To … Continue reading Richard Nottingham Book One – The Broken Token
Tiger Hills by Sarita Mandanna
I do love a big fat saga, and this book, with its stunningly beautiful embossed cover in greens and yellows with running children, and a blurb that contains the phrase ‘forbidden love that will last for generations’, promises nothing less, and completely delivers. Possibly the most depressing, yet lyrical book I’ve read this year, this … Continue reading Tiger Hills by Sarita Mandanna
1066 and all that….
OK so I might have failed in the whole opposite covers month (1920s aristocracy-1980s aristocracy-1450s, well they weren't the aristocracy but you know what I mean fail) but I have learnt a little bit more about history. Not through the fiction, but the subsequent googling reading the fiction brings on. That's the reason I love … Continue reading 1066 and all that….
The Winner of our Caption Contest is…
Dane Cross - with his hilarious entry below!! "One more outburst like that, and so help me God I will break out the hoover." Well done!! That two tickets to the Hyde Park Picture House - when it suits you, to see what you fancy!!!
Inspired by Cadfael…
Back in the Mists of Time when I wanted to be a writer and smack myself on the forehead every morning I wrote the first three chapters of a book about a Charterhouse Monk living through the dissolution of the monasteries who falls in love with a farm laborer, has a breakdown, and drowns himself … Continue reading Inspired by Cadfael…
British Library goes Google!
Google (specifically Google Books) has been joining forces with libraries around the world to digitise documents from the past, then making them available to the internet trawling public free of charge! At the moment, approximately 40 libraries have agreed to take part. While that's exciting in and of itself - I'm particularly thrilled to hear about the most recently announced member of … Continue reading British Library goes Google!
