Lord Samper's Library

  Page Count: 154 Pages Now here’s a book that would have been on the ol’ TBR Pile for three years, next month, if I hadn’t picked it up yesterday… That’s not the longest a book has spent on the pile but is a little embarrassing; having said that though, there’s only a limited window to read Christmas fiction and if you miss that, it’s another year before you can try again ;o) It took me a little while then but I got there in the end! I didn’t want to wait another year so I thought I’d get in a little early this time (30th November falls within the ‘window’, please tell me it isn’t just me who is like this…) This will be a quicker post, than normal as I’ve got a couple of hospital appointments today and also, well… the page count is a big clue ;o) Here goes… When Christmas supply warehouse manager Jimmy tries to help new employee Tommy find a last-minute gift for his girlfriend, they accidentally unleash a long-forgotten and very seasonal genetic experiment with a taste for human f...

Remember yesterday, when I said that I’d be surprised if any reading happened? Well… No reading happened and I wasn’t surprised in the slightest. As much as I will happily take any opportunity to lose myself in a good book, there’s nothing better than hanging out with my daughters, especially watching my youngest play ‘GTA Vice City’ when she decides to go ‘off mission’ :o) Anyway… Where does that leave today’s blog post? Well, it’s going to be a short one but I’ve got my fingers crossed for a day involving nothing but books so things will balance out over the next week ;o) Just a couple of very short reads that I thought had fallen through the cracks; turns out they were being saved for today… ‘The Savage Sword of Conan Reforged’ #1 – Various (Titan Comics, Heroic Signatures) REFORGED revitalizes the legendary black-and-white magazine with vivid, all-new color restorations, bringing new depth and intensity to Conan’s celebrated adventures. This new series kicks off with two of Conan’...

  A little bit of a 'cheats post' today as I had my oldest daughter over last night, to watch 'Stranger Things', and today I've got my youngest daughter for a chunk of the morning... until my oldest joins us. The bare minimum of reading happened last night; I'd be very surprised if any reading at all happened today. We shall see... So that's why you have a 'recycled' review today (just to give me a chance to breathe) and just also so I don't come across too much like the 'Laziest of Bloggers'. I also like bringing old posts out of retirement and giving books a last shot at centre stage. You can see the original post Here but to be honest, I've left it more or less unchanged here so, it's up to you which one you read ;o) And that's enough of that, lets head back to the Old World and see what kicked things off for Archaon... In the north of the world the forces of Chaos gather, awaiting their moment to strike. At their head is ...

Sorry for yesterday's 'blogging silence'... Yesterday wasn't a bad one (well, it did get better, eventually...) but it was a very busy one that demanded all my attention. Book-buying happened but I didn't get a second to sit down and read, let alone post anything here. Oh well... :o) And part of that is down to my kids' new pet kitten (I'm looking after the girls and both cats this week). Pixel is a sweet little thing but honestly, it's like she has a secret stash of amphetamines that she takes when we decide that it's time for a break. For example... I think I'm on my own in the kitchen, I open the fridge and all of a sudden, Pixel has leapt (seemingly out of thin air) right into said fridge to grab what she can. And I'm pretty sure that the other cat has prematurely aged in an attempt to quickly shuffle off this mortal coil and get some peace and quiet. Still not the worst job I've ever had but damn, it's almost enough to make me wa...

I’ve got a few bits and pieces to sort out, over the next couple of days, so content here may be a little lighter than normal. And yep, I made a pretty big assumption, about the state of my regular content, in that opening sentence ;o) Anyway… I did a spot of Christmas shopping, the other day, and made a quick detour to pick the shelves (at Forbidden Planet) clean of some comics that I’d been waiting on. Look at me being all efficient, getting two things done in one trip ;o) Here’s some quick thoughts on the first couple of comics from that little haul… ‘Event Horizon: Dark Descent #2’ – Ward, Jones, Martin (ID Dark) The ‘Event Horizon’ continues its journey through chaos and most of the crew are now dead. The survivors must deal with Paimon having arrived on board as well as his twisted creations and the secrets of the crew, suddenly brought to awful life… Well, damn… Every time I think that things cannot get worse for the crew of the ‘Event Horizon’, they promptly go and get worse ...

  Page Count: 185 Pages So many books to read and films to watch, not enough time (by far) to get through them all; it’s inevitable that some will fall through the cracks. ‘Psycho’ is both a film that I’ve never managed to watch and a book that until last night, I’d never read. I’m slowly (very slowly…) working my way through Robert Bloch’s work so when I came across ‘Psycho’ in Waterstones, it didn’t take much for me to pick it up. And yesterday afternoon was when I finally got round to reading it, let me tell you about it… She was a fugitive, lost in a storm. That was when she saw the sign: motel - vacancy. The sign was unlit, the motel dark. She switched off the engine, and sat thinking, alone and frightened. She had nobody. The stolen money wouldn't help her, and Sam couldn't either, because she had taken the wrong turning; she was on a strange road. There was nothing she could do now - she had made her grave and she'd have to lie in it. She froze. Where had that come f...