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July 30, 2012
200th Blog: My top films and books
Seeing as I’ve managed to hit the 200th blog mark I thought I’d have a look back through my blogging history and recommend some of the best films and books that I’ve seen or read since I began blogging in Feb last year. Films There have been some really amazing films and Tv series out [...]
July 28, 2012
Reality Deconstructed: A New Release
I’ve posted about other releases from my publisher Red Feather Writing before and I’m pleased to say Andrew’s latest book Reality Deconstructed has it’s book launch very soon. This is another great short story in the fantasy genre. A genre Andrew writes very well in. Here’s a short blurb: Ever got the feeling you’re wandering [...]
July 27, 2012
Cornwall 2012
This summer I was invited to spend a week in Cornwall to see the J class regatta being held in Falmouth. I made mention that a good selection of the Mountifield family were hoping to get a moment or two on the J class yacht Velsheda. This boat was built in the 1930′s and was [...]
July 24, 2012
Bactine: A review
Bactine was gifted to me by the author Paul Kater shortly after I interviewed him and I added it to my very long TBR pile, hoping to get around to it at some point. Well I finally did and I’m so glad I skipped it ahead of the majority of the pile. The genre is [...]
July 21, 2012
Sherdan’s Prophecy: Chapter 20
Sherdan stayed with Anya until very late that night. She’d been shaken by everything that had happened and didn’t want to sleep. Now that he knew she’d been having nightmares he wanted to make sure she had calmed before he left her. Even once he’d gone to his own room he left the door ajar [...]
July 18, 2012
Hugo: A Review
At first I was a little puzzled by this film. I’d only vaguely heard it existed and knew absolutely nothing about it. The opening shot is amazing and made me think of the new Tin Tin film and I soon sat back to enjoy the mildly bizarre but awesome plot that followed. And awesome it [...]
July 15, 2012
How to survive 6 years of marriage
Ok, so this isn’t really a serious how-to post today but it is my 6th wedding anniversary. Whoop! I often wonder how on earth I managed to persuade a very clever, charming and, in my opinion, handsome man to ask me to marry him, let alone keep him for this long. (I also don’t feel [...]
July 12, 2012
Game of Thrones (book): A Review
I recently reviewed the first series which encompasses everything in the first book as well. I really have to say that the book was better. There was a little less of the pointless sex and more of the back story and I understand the whole world a heck of a lot better. The gore was [...]
July 10, 2012
Book launch results
As many of you are probably aware, yesterday I celebrated the release of my new book Chains of Freedom. I’ve posted about it recently but you can check out my book page by clicking on the cover on the right if you want to find out more about it. The launch went better than I [...]
July 9, 2012
Sherdan’s Prophecy: Chapter 19
Travelling to the theatre impressed Anya. The police were still at every barrier so they had to be driven via Sherdan’s emergency tunnel. She’d been awed by the secret entrance set up and likened it to the bat cave. She was also ecstatic over the tickets he’d acquired. They had the best box to themselves. [...]
