Category Archives: Books
2011 In Review–Part 2, The Books
Thursday 5th January: 2011 saw a couple of relatively major changes to my reading habits. My regular reader will know that I haven’t bought many new books for a while now – I have had a “to read” pile which, … Continue reading
2010 In Review – Part 1, The Books
Wednesday 29th December: I didn’t get round to writing about my year of reading last year so I’m going to get it out of the way first this time. As most people who know me are aware, I have had … Continue reading
Criminally Good Writing
Tuesday 6th January: I’m not a big reader of crime fiction but, every so often, I dip into it. Although I’ve tried a few authors, I only regularly read two – Patricia Cornwell and Jonathan Kellerman. A few days ago, … Continue reading
More Masterworks
Monday 15th December: Best laid plans of mice and men were thwarted on Friday evening when the non-appearance of a bus put a stop to me going out to see the Mojos again. Instead, cold and wet, I wandered home … Continue reading
2008 In Review
Wednesday 10th December: With just three weeks of 2008 left it seems that it’s the time to reflect back on the past year. It’s this coming Sunday that the BBC will announce its Sports Personality of the Year (and the … Continue reading
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Carrolls in November and Keyes to Intelligence
Monday 24th November: Because I currently have so many books waiting to be read, my usual modus operandi is to read everything that I own by any one author, one after the other. There are exceptions (for example, despite enjoying … Continue reading
Stealing the Wooden Sea
Monday 10th November: At this time of year, I tend to pick easy reads from the rather large pile of books that I have waiting to be read. It helps me bring my average pages per days up (I’m a … Continue reading
Reading, Listening and a Bit of Drinking
Sunday 2nd November: This is the second weekend in a row when I haven’t been to see any bands – not that the opportunity wasn’t there, but November could turn out to be busy in terms of music so I … Continue reading
More Welsh SF
Sunday 28th September: I nearly didn’t have anything to write about this weekend. Having had a cold and two very late nights (due to work) during the week, I chose not to join the group for Friday night’s visit to … Continue reading
A Rare Bit of Welsh SF
Sunday 14th September: No music for me this weekend (but that didn’t mean a weekend without going out – last night, Debbie and I went for a very nice Thai meal at York’s Siam House, as part of a friend’s … Continue reading
Not Quite Music Journalism 