The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear

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By Walter Moers David and Katie got me this for Christmas, and what a joy! It was totally surreal, yet immensely believable. It seemed totally random at times, but came together very strongly at the end. No loose ends is always a good way to end a book, less frustration on the part of the reader. The imagination on show…

Her Fearful Symmetry

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Her Fearful Symmetry By Audrey Niffenegger Now, I loved The Time Traveller's Wife, I absolutely adored it. It was so well written and thoughtful, so naturally, I had high hopes for this: Audrey Niffenegger's next book. I'm not going to beat around the bush. It was slow to get going, I found the characters quite boring and in some cases…

Happy Birthday to me

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I am now 32 years old, and I'm sure I say this every year, but I don't feel a day older than 25. My loved ones got me some smashing gifts. Jane got me Fable III, which, due to me working, she has played more than I have. Mum got me the new Rangers shirt, it's so nice, and a…
Reading list for August

Reading list for August

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LOL GOT YOU! I've not read anything for months, mainly because we've not bought any new books. Instead, I've been playing videogames. I'll be honest - I'm struggling a bit with Pokémon Emerald. It's not the difficulty, it's just the slog. The areas seem a lot farther apart in this game and I've not found Fly yet, and as such,…

Reading list for June

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The Timewaster Letters The Return of The Timewaster Letters By Robin Cooper I'll include both of them in the same entry, as concept and content-wise they are exactly the same. I thought these two books were very funny. Basically, the books consist of correspondence between the (clearly mad) Robin Cooper and the various comapnies and hobby groups he sends his…

Stuff what I read in May and that

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Hello there. This is what I thought of the books I read in May. May Contain Traces Of Magic By Tom Holt As usual, the universe that Tom Holt has created for his writing is very well realised and utterly believable, but this book centred around the main character's lack of knowledge about the situation he was unwittingly in, which…

Books I read in April

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Here we go then. Back to one post per month as I didn't really get through much last month. I've read one book, albeit an omnibus, and it didn't grip me as much as the Harry Potter stuff. Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy it, but if I didn't pick the thing up and read a bit of it…

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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There are too many cool moments or events in this story to go into full detail with, so I'll only do a few of my favourites. The gang breaking into the Ministry of Magic was brilliant - I loved how it didn't go to plan - like it ever would! I liked how Hermione stuffing Phineas Nigellus' portrait into her…

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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I felt that this book was mostly build up, although it was due to necessity really, to set the scene for the Horcrux hunting in the final book. This and Deathly Hallows felt as if they were two parts of one novel, rather than two episodes that could stand alone by themselves, something all the other books could reasonably do.…