Winner of Confessions of a Fallen Angel Giveaway!
The lucky winner of Confessions of a Fallen Angel is… Damla! I will be contacting you shortly to arrange delivery. I’m not participating in the hop this week as I’m having a sociable weekend and won’t have time to visit…
Dead Reckoning
It’s very hard to review a book from a series without spoiling something that came earlier. Only this week I managed to ruin a series I hadn’t yet started by reading about a recent release. It’s OK though, I’ll bury…
The Novel: Live!
Hotel Angeline: A Novel in 36 Voices should be available to buy today. It was a rather unique literary project which resulted in a really enjoyable book plus 50% of proceeds go to a good cause. Below are a couple…
Top Ten Books Recommended To Me
This week’s Top Ten (hosted by The Broke and the Bookish) is for those books we wouldn’t have read without recommendations. I’ve found some of my favourite books by accident so a lot of this is more a top ten…
The Art of Steampunk
The Art of Steampunk is a companion book to an exhibition held by Oxford’s Museum of the History of Science in 2009/2010. You can view a lot of the exhibition content online at the museum’s website. There are 17 international…
The Iliad: Book One
Book one is called “The Rage of Achilles” however there’s a lot of angry bods at the start of The Iliad. It’s like picking up a book that’s number five in a series and wondering what’s going on. Fortunately I…
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
It’s another bank holiday Monday here! IMWAYR is hosted by Sheila @ Book Journey and is a little round-up of the week for bloggers that read. Books I’ve read: Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman 3/5 Working It…
Popcorn Moment: Water For Elephants
I have just got back from a preview screening of Water For Elephants based on Sara Gruen’s excellent book. I know, for most of you, it’s already on general release, but here in the UK we’re always miles behind. The…
Tomorrow I Embark on an Odyssey
OK, not The Odyssey but The Iliad which comes first. Though either they got very, very lost on the way back, or they must have had some sort of odyssey on the way to Troy which Homer didn’t write about….
