Category: Book Club
Books of the year
with a nod to Ann Aguirre, I’ve scanned back through the books I’ve mentioned this past year, and come up with 10 worth mentioning again, plus it meant I got to play with an Amazon widget 🙂 Amazon.co.uk Widgets I’m hoping this doesn’t do anything too horrid to the blog, please let me know if…
oh so very tired
I really should be making things tonight, I’ve got PIFs to do (I have a plan 😉 ) and SS to think of and the normal ordinary S creeping up as well, and instead I’m going to do a couple of quick book reviews and go to bed. At the weekend I read Dragonhaven and…
Talli's secret.
I have no idea whether this book, Talli’s Secret, actually describes what it’s like to be dyspraxic or dyslexic, but it is fairly accurate on being misunderstood, miserable and grieving. The child heroine has had all sorts piled on top of her, including losing her sister in a car crash, the same one that put…
Reading again
This afternoon I felt wobbly, weak and cold, so I retreated to bed, with a couple of books. First there was AK. I picked this one up because Peter Dickinson is Robin McKinley‘s husband and I wanted to know more about his writing. I didn’t regret it, even though in some ways it’s a depressing…
Something New
Recently, I posted “Oh look, someone has noticed”, remarking on how the Government has suddenly noticed that we have a problem over food security and fuel security. Today we have something new: But Mr Woolas, who became immigration minister in the reshuffle earlier this month, said: “This government isn’t going to allow the population to…
The Bells of Mazahan – Robin McKinley
Robin McKinley So, speaking of bells, here’s the first page or so of The Bells of Mazahan because it’s much too late to come up with an entry from zero. This is the beginning of the draft after I realised it wasn’t going to stay a short story, but you’ll notice its antecedents as an…
Yet more Tepper.
Somewhat under a week ago, I ordered The Fresco (Gollancz S.F.) from the library. Was quite impressed when I went in to pay off fines to discover it had arrived already. I like Tepper, I’ve mentioned that once or twice before, but even I was pleasantly surprised by this one. Spoilers below, though not drastically…
Some more books
Over the last month or so, I’ve read a trilogy by Trudi Canavan, The Magicians’ Guild, The Novice, and The High Lord. I picked the first one up from the library on a whim and they were good enough that I ordered the second two, and devoured them within a day each time. They didn’t…
BBC NEWS | Education | Database of children is delayed
BBC NEWS | Education | Database of children is delayed The introduction of a database of details about every child in England has been delayed for the second time. The database of children’s names, addresses, birth dates and contact details for their doctors and schools, was due to be piloted from October. Children’s minister Kevin…
BBC NEWS | Health | Warning of epilepsy drowning risk
BBC NEWS | Health | Warning of epilepsy drowning risk People with epilepsy are up to 19 times more likely to drown than those in the general population, research suggests. A University College London review of 51 studies from around the world showed 88 deaths where five would be expected, adding many could have been…