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A Darkness Forged in Fire

Posted in Books, Recommendations, Reviews, tagged , , , on August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I finished reading A Darkness Forged in Fire by Chris Evans a couple of weeks ago, but I’ve been a bit slack in getting around to posting a review. A hugely enjoyable read, but I had one minor quibble that I’ll explain in a bit. A Darkness Forged in Fire is in some ways a very traditonal [...]

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Jasmyn

Posted in Books, Recommendations, Reviews, tagged , , , on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I really enjoyed Alex Bell’s first novel, The Ninth Circle, so I was looking forward to her next book, Jasmyn. I managed to get a nice signed copy, only to be warned by the author that the two books are very different. Jasmyn is a supernatural romantic suspense, which isn’t exactly the kind of book [...]

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Retribution Falls

Posted in Books, Recommendations, Reviews, tagged , , , , on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I just finished reading Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding about a week ago, and really enjoyed it, so I thought I’d write a quick review. This is the first book in a new series called Tales of the Ketty Jay. Each book is standalone, so no cliff hanger endings. Retribution Falls is centered around the escapades of [...]

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Coffee Table Books – The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss

Posted in Animals, Books, Recommendations, Reviews, Science, tagged , , , , , , , , on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

To me ‘coffee table books’ are big lavish photography books with stunning images. They sit around on coffee tables, waiting for guests to be lured into picking them during a conversational lull, and then they wow with glorious pictures. My current favourite is The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss by Claire Nouvian. As you can [...]

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Brotherhood of the Wolf

Posted in Films, Recommendations, Reviews, tagged , , , on June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Brotherhood of the Wolf is one of my favourite films. It’s not exactly a particularly well known film, which is a shame, as I think it has a lot to recommend about it. The film represents a glorious mixing of different genres. Brotherhood of the Wolf could be described as a French language historical drama, which would attract certain people and [...]

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Best Served Cold

Posted in Books, Recommendations, Reviews, tagged , , , on June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I managed to pick up a copy of Joe Abercrombie’s latest book Best Served Cold on Saturday. I was strong and resisted the urge to skip off work and put life on hold until I had read the book, so rather than reading it on one sitting I only just finished it on Tuesday. I’m [...]

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