77. Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett

Having thoroughly enjoyed the last three Pratchett numbers I read (Thud, Snuff and Dodger), I'd kind of forgotten that I really dislike a lot of his work ( Read more... )

53. Dodger by Terry PratchettInstead of being set in a city that isn't "not Victorian London honest", this is set in early Victorian London. A loveable, too good to be true street urchin who goes by the name of Dodger rescues a lady in distress and makes the acquaintance of Charles Dickens and Henry Mayhew, who set him to solving the mystery of ( Read more... )

So much for not doing this.  I can barely remember the first couple.

28. Cold Mirrors by CJ Lines

Yes, naturalbornkaos, I've finally read it!

This is a spiffing collection of short stories, mostly, but not all, in the horror vein.  I've read some of them before - Lambkin was in the Tiny Terrors collection, CJ put The Trending up on line some time before the book ( Read more... )

12. Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil GaimanThis month's Bibliogoths book. I read it first in 1991 on a train from Edinburgh to Leeds and loved it. When I re-read it a few years ago I was less impressed, so I wasn't going to bother again, afraid it was a case of diminishing returns ( Read more... )

I've been too headachey to read much so far this month, but have finished:

15. Watchmen and Philosophy, edited by Mark D WhiteAs I mentioned earlier, this really is Philosophy for Dummies, and I still struggled with parts of it. It's a series of short essays on different aspects of philosophy and how they apply to Watchmen; as is usual with these ( Read more... )

57. Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett

Another stinking cold, another Terry Pratchett book. Not as compelling a mystery as Thud!, but as I have a soft spot for all the City Watch characters I was less bothered by this than I might otherwise have been.

58. Persian Fire by Tom HollandI'd been cursing myself for missing the Persian exhibition at the ( Read more... )

42.London Orbital by Iain SinclairIain Sinclair walks around the M25 (or as close to the M25 as he can) and writes about it. In a random, stream-of-consciousness sort of way. He is particularly fixated on how many old psychiatric hospitals (and a smallpox isolation hospital) were situated near to what is now the M25, and before that how it was ( Read more... )