Category Archives: Review
Let’s Go Shopping!
To celebrate the re-opening of my Etsy store, just in time for Halloween, I thought I’d share some of my very favorite stores from both Etsy and Folksy.
On Gary Numan
Hmmmmmm according the search facility and my tags I haven’t talked about Gary Numan here before. That seems a very strange oversight on my part considering the lengths I’ve gone to to talk about Abney Park. But then Numan’s music … Continue reading
Day 08 – A Book Everyone Should Read At Least Once
I know it’s traditional to point to something from the 100 Best Books Evor list or the classics section of the library, but my choice is a bit more obscure. Kim Stanley Robinson’s Years of Rice And Salt is a … Continue reading
Day 05 – A Book You Hate
Once again there was no contest for this one, it has to be Remains Of The Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. This the single most boring and pointless book I’ve ever been forced to read. I no longer remember if it … Continue reading
Day 04 – Your Favourite Book Series Ever
No contest for this question, there could only every be one answer- Terry Pratchett’s Discworld. Currently checking in at 38 individual books (Snuff, book number 39, is due for release in October 2011) and 5 short stories, The Discworld series … Continue reading
Day 03 – The Best Book You’ve Read In The Last 12 Months
Ok, for this one I’ve decided not to go with any of the books I’ve previously mentioned. Spring-Heeled Jack and Dreadnought would probably both qualify for this but I thought I’d pick something a little more obscure. I previously knew … Continue reading
Day 02 – A Book You Wish More People Were Reading
A year ago, if you’d told me that Gyles Brandreth, the slightly camp custodian of Dictionary Corner and wear of a thousand terrible jumpers, had a written a series of excellent historical murder mysteries starring Oscar Wilde, I’d have laughed … Continue reading
Filed under Books, Even Better Thirty Day Song Challenge, Music, Review, Thirty Days of Books
Day 01 – A Book Series You Wished Would Just End Already
For the next thirty days I’m going to attempt the Thirty Days Of Books meme. Just to stop this becoming an entirely book centric blog I’m also going to do the Even Better Thirty Day Song Challenge from Facebook. Day … Continue reading
Filed under Review, Thirty Days of Books
Good News Everyone!
I bet you read that in Professor Farnsworth’s voice. If you didn’t, you need to watch more TV. If you’re still reading in his voice, you need to watch less TV. Nah, not really, no such thing as too much … Continue reading
Powered By Audio
It’s exceedingly rare for me to buy an album as soon as it comes out. I have to be really devoted to a band to go to that kind of effort. Usually I stumble across albums a few years (or … Continue reading
