RFBW: The Hobbit

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It's time for me to reveal my favourite book of all time! The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien My Dad used to read this to me at bed-time when I was, I guess, about 8, that was the first time I heard the story. The first time I read it myself, I was about 16, but I didn't finish it. I…

RFBW: Philip Pullman – His Dark Materials

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Northern Lights Dæmons. The manifestation of a soul outside of a persons body. It's such an imaginative, un-normal idea, and I love how in the parallel universe this is set, it is totally unimaginative and thoroughly normal. Lyra has to be my favourite heroine of all time. Feisty, aggressive, brave and very much a free-spirit, her unwitting betrayal of her…

RFBW: Jeffery Deaver

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The Blue Nowhere This is one of Jane's books that she recommended I read. She really likes her crime thrillers, whereas I am more of a fantasy/science fiction fan. Still, I'm always willing to give new things a try (even if it is just to say I don't like them). Basic premise is this: One gifted computer expert likes to…

RFBW: Jeff Lindsay – Dexter

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Darkly Dreaming Dexter This first book naturally sets up the basic premise: Dexter is a forensic scientist who works for the Police, and in his spare time he kills those killers who slip through the Police's net. Despite this, he is immensely lovable, partly thanks to the brilliant portrayal by Michael C. Hall in the TV series which I had…

RFBW: Robert Rankin

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The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse Take the successful late '80's cartoon/live action film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, replace "Cartoons" with "Fairy Tales", and there you have it: The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse. Quite an entertaining read, this. It takes everything you think you know about Little Boy Blue, for example, then eschews it with modern sensibilities.…

RFBW: Tom Holt

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The Better Mousetrap Take what you know about monsters of myth and creatures of legend. Now, let this story and Mr. Holt expand that to a modern setting. We all know Dragons love gold, but did you know they also have inbuilt, organic modems that scour the internet for the latest exchange rates, to see just exactly how valuable their…

RFBW: Miscellaneous

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A Snowball in Hell by Christopher Brookmyre Great read, this one. Although the characters have been developed in previous books, this is very stand-alone, it mattered not that I didn't know the full history between Angelique, Zal and Simon. The villain of the piece, Simon Darcourt (or maybe even the Author himself?), has a lot of derogative things to say…

RFBW: Introduction

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Oh, hi. It's Book Week this week on Waves, which basically means I'm posting a load of stuff about books I have read. I have been meaning to write up my thoughts on them in a while, so why not make some kind of half-arsed feature out of it? I wonder if, in the future, I note my feelings towards…