Squid Ink has been reading Sandman by Neil Gaiman. I can tell, vaguely. Squid comment: More specifically, The Kindly Ones. In which… well, not to spoil anything, but you can work most of it out a few books beforetentacle, if you pay careful attention to what seem like throw-away lines. ...
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." C.S. Lewis
Est. 2009
Squid Ink reads Perry Mason To me, Perry Mason always meant Raymond Burr and the beautifully built William Hopper, who played Paul Drake. While that’s all well and good the books came first and it’s nice to see Squid Ink going back to the basics and reading the books first. ...
Squid Ink watches a caterpillar Squid Ink must have been paying attention this week, he’s now interacting with a Very Hungry Caterpillar. ...
Squid Ink and Whiskey Galore Oh dear, who let Squid Ink loose on my bookshelves. Whiskey Galore is a comedy set in WWII. A ship is stranded in the Outer Hebrides, the inhabitants of the nearby island help to rescue the sailors and then the contents, 144 dozen bottles of ...
Sitting on Squid Ink is an Aye-Aye Squid Ink was entranced some time ago while listening to The Aye-Aye and I by Gerald Durrell, it’s a wonderful story of his travels to Madagascar where he meets the Aye-Aye. The Aye-Aye is a sweet little lemur with long slender fingers and ...
Politics I can’t help wondering if Squid Ink has it made in Animal Farm. If the slogan is Four Legs Good Two Legs Bad then doesn’t that make Squid Ink doubly good with eight legs (tentacles)? ...
Jean Craighead George was a wonderful author, she wrote about 100 novels and died on the 15th May 2012 at the age of 92. To my great shame I’ve only read one of her books but it’s on my list of books I recommend to all ages. My Side of ...
A new regular feature here is Mondayitis, published every Tuesday, it features guests discussing a series of questions. People have their own view of the questions and some use them as a starting point while others actually answer them, in their own particular way. What do you read? All books ...
Where the Wild Things Are Poor Squid Ink, he’s in mourning for a wonderfully talented author and artist. Maurice Sendak died on the 8th May 2012, not that long ago but it’s taken time for Squid Ink to feel able to let me publish this little tribute to him. ...
I know you’re all eagerly anticipating Mondayitis to see who is up next but I’m going to keep you waiting for another week. Today I’m talking about the slightly different direction I’m going in. It’s an interesting time for me at present. I’m trying to do some studies online to ...
Dreaming of a new life Squid Ink has hit the nail on the head with this one. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick is a classic science fiction novel, it was made into a movie with Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard under the title of Blade ...
Some of my favourite books as a child were the Moomin books by Tove Jansson. They have a magical, pleasant, gentle quality that many books don’t have. The covers match those qualities as you can see here. Moominland in Midwinter . ...
May the Fourth be With You This special Squid Ink celebrates Star Wars. It’s being published on the wrong day for a reason and you get 10 points for figuring it out. There’s a vague hint on Wookieepedia. ...
Saved! Peter Pan is one of those books from my childhood, from most people’s childhood. It is iconic and full of innocence with the most gorgeous images. I often wonder why one book can do so well when another flops. First published in book form in 1911 it has endured ...
Squid Ink meets Rufus. The Chalet School books were written between 1925 and 1970, all written by Elinor Brent-Dyer. They were and still are magical books with really lovely characters who all believe the best in everyone and are disappointed when someone turns out to be less than perfect. ...