I really like the circus, and I'm not talking about the clowns and animal stunts. … [Read more]
The start of the coolest witch in Discworld
I only started reading the Discworld series a few years ago. I was up late at night, trying to think of things to buy for my new Kindle, and faced with the problem I always have when shopping for entertainment: What in the hell am I supposed to buy? All ideas tend to run from me in that situation, … [Read more]
Jules Verne the Man Who Invented the Future
This book is a biography of Jules Verne from the '60s that has been lying around the house. It was impossible to resist such a hyperbolic title, additionally the blurb claimed "he saw into the future". Naturally I was disappointed when Jules Verne never demonstrated actual clairvoyance. I've only … [Read more]
KayKay #CRB6 Review #02 The Lost Fleet: Dauntless by Jack Campbell
Minute Review After reading The Fault in Our Stars I was going to start … [Read more]
You’re lucky, he’s lucky, I’m lucky, we’re all lucky!
Oh god, another post-apocalyptic YA novel in an already littered field! … [Read more]
A May December Romance That Doesn’t Make Me Gag
My plan was to start 2014 off with a nice, important classic: namely, Walden by Thoreau. But then, What I Did for a Duke (2011) by Julie Anne Long became available at my library. Probably no one will be surprised when they hear that I am finished with What I Did for a Duke and only about ten percent … [Read more]