Knights of Madness by Peter Haining Peter Haining is my all-time favourite editor, he’s put together so many of my favourite anthologies that I wouldn’t know where to begin to choose just one. Instead I’ll talk about the latest one I’ve read. Haining has been putting together anthologies for longer than I ...
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." C.S. Lewis
Est. 2009
Tales before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy edited by Douglas A. Anderson I love anthologies. They’re a great way to find a number of different authors, to find new authors, new loves and authors you don’t agree with all in the space of one book. With 22 short stories written by ...
Sophie Masson is a fascinating writer, she seems to have a wide range of abilities. From fantasy to historical war fiction to non-fictional essays. I found this one and was very impressed with the information and the writing style, very easy to read. I fell in love with the name of this ...
Making Money – Terry Pratchett I’ve really put off reading this book as long as I possibly could, not because Pratchett died last year and there won’t be any more books and I want to put off reading the ones I haven’t read as it makes his death seem less ...
We stayed in a cabin at the Big4 Caravan Park while in Port Fairy. No, this isn’t an ad for them just an explanation. They were more geared towards families with young children who don’t mind being in close quarters and with activities for young children complete with pancakes for breakfast ...
This is the second last travel article for my Book Expo travels this year, next week I’ll do Yass and then make the move back to books until my next travels. On my way to Sydney I stopped in Chiltern but on my way back I decided to stop somewhere else ...
The thing about self publishing is that it’s entirely possible to write and publish a book without any reference to anyone else, before sending it off to a blogger/reviewer for review. With this method there are no checks and balances, no editing or proofreading other than that provided by the ...
Going Postal by Terry Pratchett You knew I’d talk about Terry Pratchett one day, didn’t you? I wasn’t planning on doing a reread right now but it was the day before my English exam, the nerves had finally hit and I needed to calm myself so I could sleep, I ...
Gold Denim I’m looking at remaking my Moist von Lipwig suit. It’s an awkward thing as I don’t want to pay the earth, I want to be able to throw it in the machine and I want it to be really comfortable as well as actually looking good. While I ...
Earth, Air, Fire and Custard by Tom Holt Custard? Custard? You’re probably thinking water and you’d normally be right as earth, air, fire and water are considered the four elements but Tom Holt generally has other ideas and has put custard in here instead. This book finishes the storyline of Paul and Sophie ...
As you might remember I’ve been reading the Gone Series by Michael Grant for a few years, I came to Grant a little late as the series was almost completely published when I found them but I’m trying to be good and read other books as well but this month I ...
Plague by Michael Grant I’m almost there, with only two books in this series to go. It’s an interesting journey and I can’t help wonder why young adults like such dark writing, there are a few series out there at the moment with writing like this and they’re doing well. ...
Andre Norton is one of those iconic writers and if you haven’t read any of her books then I must recommend you rectify that pretty quickly. I know I’ve had some of my shelf but maybe they were transient due to borrowing from somewhere else. I always wondered about her name and ...
While I haven’t actually finished writing about Israel I’m going to take a small break today and tomorrow. I have three more topics to write about but I’m struggling to find the time to work through my photos and pull out the evidence for the topics. I might publish rather late ...
I dub thee Sir Dragonlance Blue as I can’t read the language. Found in the Posh Op Shop corner Grange and Glen Huntly Roads, Glen Huntly. I dub thee Sir Dragonlance Red as I am remiss in not being able to read the language. Also found in the Posh Op ...