Squid Ink reads Poirot Poirot (by Agatha Christie) is probably the most loved of fictional detectives. There are two more who spring to mind as being fairly closely loved and they are Miss Marple (also written by Agatha Christie) and Sherlock Holmes. These three detectives are very different personalities and ...
"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 IS The Man From Snowy River Written in 1890 by Banjo Paterson, The Man From Snowy River is iconic and makes one think of the outback and farms. It was first published on 26th April 1890 in The Bulletin. At the time of writing Australia was developing it’s ...
Squid Ink meets The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe I don’t have much to say about Edgar Allan Poe as I haven’t been able to read his works properly. I have a little volume of his short stories and made it halfway through before stopping due to ...
Squid Ink Goes Around the World in Eighty Days Way back when I was much younger than the 18 years I profess to be, we used to visit the Drive In Cinema at Tooronga on the on corner of Toorak and Tooronga Roads. Back then it was a shopping centre ...
Squid Ink PresentsThe Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is one of those iconic books, everyone seems to have heard of it and knows the story. I’ve known of it since I was very young and I’ve also known some vague details of the ...
Squid Ink reads Alice in Wonderland The full title is Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and it was written by Lewis Carroll in 1865. It is one of those iconic books that if you haven’t read then you should have. When my kids were in primary school I used to try ...
“I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD” I WANDERED lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that ...
I do wish I had enough hands to be able to hold a book like Squid Ink, it would be so much better. I’d also like to make a connection between Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner but I’ve only read Dirk Gently which ...
Moby Dick is one of the books that everyone should read and I’m only mildly embarrassed to say that I haven’t. I did pick it up a few months ago and stymied myself by insisting I read the introduction. One day I’ll get back to it and I’ll ignore the ...
This Squid Ink was designed especially for my moving and I didn’t get around to using it. Today is the last chance as after this I have to declare I’ve moved so here it is…let’s hear it for Squid Ink Move in progress please be patient ...
Squid Ink reads The Bible The Bible is the world’s most read book. I’m sure therefore it is the world’s most discussed book (that is discussed not disgusted, although if a book could speak it might tell us it was disgusted but that’s another story). Squid Ink seems to have ...
There have been many books and movies written about Dracula, but the best books are the original which I’ve scribbled a few words here about and Dracula – The Un-Dead written by a descendent of Bram Stoker, you can find the few words I’ve written here. Here is the Squid ...