There's a terrific review of Atwood's The Year of the Flood over here, which is thorough without being spoilery. Just in case anyone was thinking "Megan! Stop making ridiculous monkey noises and tell us about the actual book ( Read more... )

Nuffin! :-D

(Which is sad, really, because I'm mooching around stealing awesome music from people and reading excellent fic and ogling seriously cool art... erm ( Read more... )

I have emerged from the depths of pre-exam jitters to recommend something amazing which I really hope you guys get the chance to read.

It’s the length and quality of a book, so I am reccing it as a book, despite the fact that it’s as yet unpublished. I’m talking about apiphile’s original novel, Pass the ParcelThe author says that it’s a story "about ( Read more... )

Please disregard my previous post on the subject: I unreservedly recommend Steven Hall's "The Raw Shark Texts".

Go forth and locate this book if you enjoy...
* amazing levels of creative thought and clever, clever writing a la Neil Gaiman ( Read more... )

In my humble opinion, a lot of Torchwood fic tends to gloss over the spectacular screwed-up-ness of the characters. Some writers recognize it and attempt to explain it. apiphile, in her 70,000 word (!!!), plot-driven 'Team B' series, revels in it ( Read more... )

Do you like old-school mystery stories? How about sexy men with an endless supply of one-liners, a don't-mess-with-me attitude, and the cutest boyfriend you ever did see?

Oh, have I got a movie rec for you. *g*

The Donald Strachey series, folks. There are two of these movies available so far, 'Third Man Out' and 'Shock to the System', based on ( Read more... )