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Enough of the Cold

So it seems it’s that time of year when it’s cold outside and everyone is catching colds. It’s almost midday and everything outside still has a layer of frost on it (which is rather pretty I suppose) and I’m curled up on the sofa under my favourite fluffy blanket. Although it’s partially because it’s cold […]

1984: A Review

This was another bookclub book, and one I’ve wanted to read for a while. I’d heard lots about this book before I read it. Plenty about Big Brother and the idea of a controlled nation where no one could think for themselves but nothing quite prepared me for what I found once I read it. […]

The plan: 2015

This is a little later than I hoped but it took some more tweaking to get it straight than I thought. My plan for the year. I’ve got quite a lot written that needs to be published and a lot of it is already with the editors so I expect there to be quite a […]

The Hobbit: A Review

So I’ve finally seen all three of the films in the new Peter Jackson series, and I thought I’d make a post about what I did and didn’t like. In the first film, I liked that it had a more light-hearted feel to it than the Lord of the Rings films. The chases had me […]

Entropia: A Third Year of Investing

Happy New Year everyone! It seems every year at this sort of time I talk about the little investment I made in Entropia and how it’s doing. The previous post on the subject is here. This year has been very exciting in that regard. I’ve managed to more than double the initial amount and it […]

The 21 Day Debt Revolution

I grabbed this book on pre-order a week or so ago on recommendation from a friend (don’t worry I’m not struggling with debt, I just believe being responsible with money is a very worthwhile task). It starts off with a bit of an explanation about the author’s own situation and then a reassurance that there […]

A look back at 2014

I know there’s still a week or so of this year left but lets face it, that’s not much of the year and I’m unlikely to get much done in the way of work. This year I had quite big hopes in terms of book releases both in print and ebook and I think it’s […]

Great Expectations: A Review

This is the next of the classics books I challenged myself to read. I remember trying to read a Dickens book when I was a lot younger, although I can’t remember which one it was now but this is the first time I’ve finished one of his stories. I found myself quite disappointed with this […]

Ebook pricing change on Amazon UK

Recently the European Union decided that the way VAT was applied to a sale would change. Instead of it being the VAT of whatever country the seller is in, from January 1st it will be the VAT of whatever country the buyer is in. At the moment Amazon’s UK server is hosted in luxumbourg where […]

Gone Girl: A Review

I read this book for my bookclub in November. I must admit we only read it because the trailer for the film made us curious. The book has a bit of a slow start and isn’t quite missleading enough for you to not know what’s happened, although it makes a good stab at being unobvious. […]