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I first became aware of Sarah Waters when the BBC released their controversial series based on her novel Tipping The Velvet a few years ago but neither watched the full series or read any of her novels. It wasn’t that the lesbian theme bothered me, I just wasn’t particularly interested in it but I was [...]

I’ve been a fan of Anne Rice’s since that fateful day in the library when I picked a copy of The Vampire Lestat of the shelf, read the summary, decided it wasn’t for me and put it back again. I couldn’t find anything else interesting to read, so went back and decided to give it [...]

I had a really hectic weekend so it is a good job I’m off for two weeks otherwise I would’ve been dragging my heels at work. We got back quite late from the Tattoo on Friday night and as usual I couldn’t fall asleep straight away so I watched the first episode of The Tudors [...]

The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko

I bought this book after seeing a trailer for the movie which included a battle scene that looked like something out of the LOTR movies. When I started reading the book, I realised it was completely different from what I had perceived so it kinda threw me a bit. [...]

I bought a copy of The Russian Concubine by Kate Furnivall after reading a recommendation on the website of Kate Mosse, author of Labyrinth and I’m so glad I did.
The Russian Concubine tells the story of Valentina, a White Russian, and her daughter, Lydia, who must fight for survival in the International Settlement in China [...]

It’s a bank holiday in the UK today and the sun is actually out! Of course that means all my neighbours are out doing the garden which is why my eyes and nose are streaming. Gotta love that fresh grass smell. Not!
I’m actually feeling very frustrated with myself. I’ve been messing around in PSP, [...]