I was going to take a day off in November to go to London to catch some exhibitons. But there are a few things I want to see at the BM - some of them are small one-room exhibits, but the BM is a big place and it takes a while to get to them ( Read more... )

71. The Devil You Know by Mike Carey

When I reserved London Falling from the library, it reminded me that I never got around to reading the rest of the Felix Castor novels after reading and loving Dead Men's Boots some time ago. So I reserved the lot (there are only 5 in total ( Read more... )

51. Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch

The latest installment in the Peter Grant series.

Pretty much the same thing as the other three books. Enjoyed it slightly less - something was missing, not sure what.

The ending came as a surprise, till I thought about it, and it makes perfect sense.

48. Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem by Peter AckroydThis month's Bibliogoths selection, though I won't now be able to make the meeting ( Read more... )

Just got back from an adventure-filled weekend in London. The general idea was to get together with an American friend who has been living in Ireland but is going back to the States soon, and meet her husband and little girl. A surprising amount of exploration got done ( Read more... )

Very exciting weekend (for me).

nasrat and techbint had a housewarming party on Saturday night. Great fun was had, and once again, gluten free beer didn't have the horrible effects on my joints that normal beer does. Odd. Also discovered that St Peters Ales make a gluten free beer now. And that Oddbins deliver. Despite only having the one beer and going ( Read more... )