Wow, for 2 months I have been in a reading rut. Don’t get me wrong, I have read some okay works of fiction lately but nothing that has really stood out at me. I easily finished off every Charlie Huston novel available to me and then nothing.....2 months of nothing. Sometimes I wish I wouldn’t... Continue Reading →
Strange Attractions, by Emma Holly
From L’Inferno to erotica fiction: well no-one could ever accuse me of having narrow reading tastes, or of being a prude. Mind you, I got a whole lot more than I bargained for when I pulled this little number off the shelf. I was thinking it might be a pleasant change to try a nice,... Continue Reading →
Everworld
K.A. Applegate's Everworld series came out around the time when she was writing the Animorphs series. I was really into Animorphs and, at the time, wanted to read Everworld, but just never did. I decided that there was no time like the present, and started reading all twelve books a few weeks ago. Everworld tells... Continue Reading →
L’Inferno, by Dante Alighieri
“Lasciate ogne speranze, voi ch’intrate” – Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. At the gates of Hell, this is Dante’s welcome and warning. Reading Dante in the original Tuscan dialect of Italian for a 14th century Italian literature unit at university was, naturally, a daunting task. The first of a three-part poem entitled La... Continue Reading →
Annie Freeman’s Fabulous Traveling Funeral
I read this title by Kris Radish several years ago. It came to mind yesterday, talk about life imitating art. This past weekend an old and very dear friend of mine passed away. I had the honour of being an honorary pall bearer. Prior to the service I met one of her friends who said... Continue Reading →
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