Evening All !

For any of you who've not read it Namoi Novik has released the first book in her awesome series featuring Temeraire the Dragon free online in a non DRM PDF.

I read it (and a few of the next ones) as part of last years 52. The remaining books will no doubt get swallowed as part of this years' One Hundred.

For those not sure what the hell ( Read more... )

Book Number 01 : Bran Mak Morn by Robert E. Howard ( Read more... )

So over the Christmas break I got a chance to catch up on books 45 to 52 of my pledge to read 52 books in one year.

Here's what I thought of the last 8 books in 2008's fifty-two...

Book 45
Edge of Victory II: Rebirth
Greg Keyes
Another good installment of the NJO series. Keyes seems to have helped get things back on track and make it all a bit heroic ( Read more... )

Morning All !

I am back from the sunny yet crisp wilds of Wales as today I have had to return to work. It is only me in the office so far so obviously a late start was agreed and no bugger told me. Bastards.

Anyways so how was my Christmas, well a little different this year. Sadly my Dad took a tumble on Christmas Eve around 10:30pm and broke his ( Read more... )

Having seen my reading in 2007 drop off to one or two books a month I set myself a goal, to read fifty-two books in one year. I fell slightly behind but due to Force Unleashed and a renew3ed interest in Star Wars I've made good progress on catching up...

( Books 34 to 44... )

Having seen my reading in 2007 drop off to one or two books a month I set myself a goal, to read fifty-two books in one year. Tomorrow is the start of week 41 so I've fallen behind slightly due to comics and Silent Hill: Homecoming taking up my travel time but I aim to catch up soon as I have a few Who books and a couple of Georgiana books I'm ( Read more... )

Having seen my reading in 2007 drop off to one or two books a month I set myself a goal, to read fifty-two books in one year. here's how I'm getting on...

Some re-numbering too, the Star Trek S.C.E. books are all eBooks novella's coming in at around 100-150 pages each so I've decided to count them as four for one book just like the paperback ( Read more... )

Having seen my reading drop off to one or two books a month I set myself a goal, to read fifty-two books in one year. here's how I'm getting on...

Book Number Six: Star Trek - A Time to Be Born by John Vornholt (304)
Book Number Seven: Star Trek - A Time to Die by John Vornholt (320)

With the era of the Next Generation seemingly at a close with ( Read more... )

I used to read a lot on the way into work. My commute is about an hour and a half each way so I’ve got plenty of time. However what with the PSP I spend too much time playing games and not actually reading. Ipod too ! I spend so much time listening to audio's, which although good (sometimes excellent), aren't always as satisfying as a good read.
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