Lord Samper's Library

Guess who has only been back at work for a couple of weeks (well, one week if you take into account that they've only been half days...) and now has two weeks off for Christmas and New Year? What? No... I'm talking about me of course ;o) Because I was off sick, I had some Annual Leave to use up and so, here I am... looking at two weeks of mince pies and Baileys for breakfast, hanging out with my girls and reading, hopefully lots and lots of reading :o) Because I'll take any excuse to drum up a quick TBR pile, here's what I'm planning on dipping into over the next two weeks and a bit... Now, here is a TBR pile that is unashamedly heavy on Black Library and 'Doctor Who' reading; it's Christmas and after this year, comfort reads are the order of the day. Tell me that you're not doing the same ;o) I'd like to finish 'Oaths of Damnation' and 'Skavenslayer' but we'll see... And as far as the comic books go... I've been trying ...

I’m not quite sure where yesterday went but there wasn’t a lot of time left for reading by the end of it; and even then, I kept falling asleep in my chair. Oh well :o) It’s at times like this when I’m glad that my Kindle app is always handily stocked with some short reads. I’ll always be a ‘paperback guy’ (especially since I finally got my glasses sorted out…) but the Kindle is a nice little backup. And reading is like exercise, do a little bit every day and it keeps your brain healthy ;o) A couple of Black Library ‘short reads’ then because, of course they were. It’s the end of a hard year, I’m really tired and more than ever, I’m after reads that will entertain. Did I get that this time? I think so... ‘Sarcophagus’ (David Annandale) Page Count: 26 Pages Trapped in an overturned tank after being caught in a bombing run on Armageddon, Commissar Sebastian Yarrick fights to escape and return to his forces, but as he emerges, he finds himself surrounded by greenskin foes. Can the Old Man ...

I’ve had a good run of books that entertained and made me want to keep turning those pages but, it had to end at some point :o) It happens and because I want this blog to be about all the books I read (not just the ones I enjoy), it’s time for another ‘DNF’ post. This time, it’s a book that I packed for a bus ride to Bromley but couldn’t continue with on the way back. They were caught in the ultimate trap. They faced the ultimate terror. Five men and one beautiful woman. Marooned on a floating island of arctic ice. Together they had the equipment and skills to fight the freezing cold, the violently savage storms. Then suddenly from the angry seas the jaws of horror opened wide as nature's deadliest creature rose from the depths — a huge killer whale of enormous intelligence, incredible power, indestructible endurance, ravenous for human prey.… Maybe I’m spending too much time in my own head right now (entirely possible) but just recently, I’ve been wondering if there is such a t...

It’s a quick post today… Yesterday, I went out for a spot of Christmas Shopping, in Bromley, and not only did I find nothing (nine days to go...) but the book I took with me (to read on the bus) really didn’t work out, not for a ‘bus read’ anyway. Not sure if it’s a ‘DNF’ or not, I might pick it up again, but it left me looking at a trip home with nothing to read so… Just before I caught the bus home, I popped into ‘Piranha Comics’, just on the off-chance that the latest instalment of ‘Event Horizon: Dark Descent’ was out. It wasn’t but I did find a couple of comics to read on the way home. And here is where I tell you about them… :o) ‘The Terminator: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town’ – Ganucheau, Goode (Dynamite) Because look at that cover, I just had to buy it. Don’t tell me you wouldn’t have done the same ;o) I love that there was a meeting, presumably, where Paulina Ganucheau pitched the idea ‘What if it’s Christmas Eve and a Terminator materializes outside a fancy-dress store where o...

  Page Count: 237 Pages So I’m on a ‘phased return to work’ right now and what that means is that I spend half the day at my desk and the other half is spent in my comfy chair, sometimes watching a movie but more often than not, reading :o) It’s been lovely actually, definitely a good way to get back into the swing of it after some time out. Yesterday afternoon (and a small part of yesterday evening) was the result of another trip to my shelves to pick a book that I’d bought and really should have read by now. This time round, I went for ‘A Nest of Nightmares’; I don’t think I’ve come across a bad Valancourt Horror/’Paperbacks from Hell’ book yet so I had a feeling that reading this book would be time well spent :o) And… Not every short story, in this collection, found its mark but that was never going to happen to be fair (law of averages and all that); there was definitely plenty here to unsettle and disturb though. In Lisa Tuttle’s stories, the everyday domestic world of her fe...

  Page Count: 244 Pages (give or take a page or two, I read it in the ‘First Omnibus’ and my maths is never entirely trustworthy) I went through a phase of collecting the ‘Gotrek and Felix’ novels, a few years ago, and then, true to form, I popped a large number of them on the shelf and never picked them up. I can tell you’re surprised ;o) Well, Christmas is looming, and that is traditionally the time of relatively easy-going comfort reads, so I thought I’d dig out those books and add them into what currently passes for my TBR pile (lets just say that it’s in a constant state of flux…) I’ll read the first three in order, I have the ‘First Omnibus’ edition, and after that, it will go by the books that I was able to collect. Lets see how it goes :o) On that note, lets talk a little about ‘Trollslayer’… Gotrek and Felix: unsung heroes of the Empire or nothing more than common thieves and murderers? The truth perhaps lies somewhere in between and depends entirely upon who you ask… Afte...