“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies . . . The man who never reads lives only one.”
2025 is not far off being done :O We are already into October this year, and it started with people making sweeping declarations on what they are going to achieve (I put myself into the group), then losing any momentum by the end of January for most people. I am into October now, and although…
We have started a new year, and I have made a list in my library of books I want to read this year. I have no doubt it will change, as I have already added one. I was at a meetup with some BFS people, and I was recommended a Science Fiction book: Artifact Space…
It’s been a busy month leading up to Xmas and then the day itself, and I haven’t gotten as much reading done as I would like. I need to start posting more in here as it keeps me engaged. I set myself a Goodreads goal of reading 35 books this year and I managed this….
I love books, this goes without saying. But I also love to meet the authors that I love to read. This is something that is normally out of reach for me as I either don’t have the funds or it’s just too far to go to events that are more often than not, in London!…
I need to get posting on here a bit more and getting on track with my reading is one way of doing this. I am in a bit of a reading slowdown (I won’t say slump) I am currently reading: I said this year I would stick to one Audio, one Sci-Fi, and finally one…
Brandon Sanderson is a writing machine, the sheer amount of books he gets through is amazing and in the last few years he has become one of my favorite Fantasy authors, two shelves of my library are his books and I will soon need to move to a third. Dalinar Kholin has challenged the evil…
Last year I went to Fantasycon a convention hosted by the British Fantasy Society. (post here) and I loved it. From meeting authors, buying soooo many books, lots of them signed copies, and visiting the amazing panels and talks it was a fantastic weekend. This year it is in Chester and I have my ticket…
So the other day my wife and I were out for the day and as we do we were charity shop checking, her for teddys or clothes and me for books. While doing this I visited a bookshop I like in Pickering. It’s called Yorkshire Quality Books. I like this one as it has a…
