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Movie Night! ‘Cinderella Double-Bill’ Edition

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I managed to get a fair bit read this last week, mostly related to the last couple of books of the ‘Siege of Terra’ series. Yep, I’m reading ‘Era of Ruin’ now but that’s just mopping up the last little bits of story; the main feature is well and truly done now (I still have some gaps to fill in but, you know what I mean) and even though I knew the broad strokes of the tale, I’m not quite sure how I feel about the whole thing. I’ll see if I can get my thoughts in order for a post tomorrow. In the meantime, this has also been a week of watching movies (sick-leave is doing me so much good…) and that’s what I’m here to talk about right now. I’m hoping the title of the post has you a little intrigued but, I’m going to start with something completely different ;o) This last week, I watched… Every Single ‘Scream’ movie. Apparently, ‘Scream 7’ isn’t too far away so I thought that this last week was as good a time as any to have go through the franchise again, ‘Scream 6’ being a first time view...
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‘The Salt Grows Heavy’ – Cassandra Khaw (Titan Books)

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  Page Count: 125 Pages ‘The Salt Grows Heavy’ has only sat on the TBR Pile since February this year; that’s actually not bad going, given how long certain other books (naming no names…) have gone unread. What’s the longest you’ve had a book sit unread in your TBR Pile? No judgment here ;o) And, look at me…De-railing my own post before it has even got going. Sorry, yesterday was one of those kind of days (you know the ones). Lets try again. I’ve been trying to get on top of the piles of books in my living room (not literally, although that could be fun) and while sorting through one pile, I found my copy of ‘The Salt Grows Heavy’, nestled between two old Abaddon Books collections. I needed a little break from my current read and the slender page count (and blurb) suggested a short, but intriguing, diversion. So I settled down for a read, yesterday evening, and… Myths are full of lies. This is not one of them. Fleeing the downfall of an empire, a mermaid and her plague doctor comp...
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‘The Art of Ian Miller’ – Ian Miller & Tom Wyte (Titan Books)

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I was going to say that I wasn't sure what happened yesterday but... I know exactly what happened :o) I kicked things off with a visit from the insomnia fairy, dragged myself out to walk my youngest up to school, watched a bit of telly/napped and then back out to pick said youngest up from school. An evening at mine, involving more telly, food and chat. Then I dropped her off back at her Mum's and it was back to mine to round things off with even more telly ('Scream 6') You'd never have thought that I'm having memory problems, would you? ;o) You can see what's missing though... There wasn't any time for reading or posting about what I'd read. Dammit, I'll see if I can make up for that today. In the meantime, I've been dipping in and out of 'The Art of Ian Miller' (lost my old copy, managed to track another one down fairly recently) and thought I'd make use of an older post, that I wrote way back in 2014 , to give myself a little b...
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‘We Are Here To Hurt Each Other’ – Paula D. Ashe (Nictitating Books)

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  Page Count: 131 Pages I’m still not a hundred percent sure how I feel about it but it’s like someone told my phone that I like horror fiction and now it likes to recommend stuff to me. Which is nice of it, don’t get me wrong, it just feels a little disconcerting to be reading some horror, only to have my phone beep and suggest that I read something else instead. I’m not ready for this kind of interaction with my phone; in the words of Murtaugh, I’m too old for this shit ;o) Anyway… The other day, my phone beeped and pointed me at an article on The Quietus, their list of ‘The Best 25 Pieces of Horror Fiction of the 21st Century (So Far)’ . For the hell of it, I thought I’d have a read. I added a few books to my Amazon wishlist (because of course I did) but when I read that Paula D. Ashe is a ‘self-confessed Hellraiser obsessive’, I ordered ‘We Are Here To Hurt Each Other’ straight away. I'm a bit of a Hellraiser obsessive too (all of them, even that one). It’s only 131 pages long ...
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Books for the TBR Pile... 'Starting The Christmas Shopping Early(ish)' Edition

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I'm going to try and make this the last 'Books Bought' post this side of Christmas, lets see how that pans out shall we...? Anyway :o) I've been stuck inside the flat for the last couple of days (well, more like 'panicking about being around people', lets be honest) and yesterday, I thought that if I don't get out then I'll just go stir crazy. So, I talked myself into doing a little Christmas Shopping and off I went :o) I know there are people out there who are well into that already but I'm pretty pleased with myself. And of course, I came back with a few bits for myself... Not much but somehow more than enough, all at the same time ;o) Lets take a look. Yep, there was a quick stop at the Bromley Warhammer store to see what was new on the shelves. I've had half an eye open for 'Darkness Eternal', for a while, so that was an easy purchase. I don't normally go for Black Library hardbacks, as a rule, but 'Abraxia: Spear of the Everc...
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‘The End and the Death: Volume 2’ – Dan Abnett (Black Library)

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  Page Count: 737 Pages I’ll tell you what, I know it sounds really dumb but I didn’t realise just how much I was struggling with my reading until I got new lens’ in my glasses… :o) Just seeing words suddenly come back into focus was just the best feeling and gave me a little boost to finish off some books where the bookmark has stayed on the same page for far too long. And there was only one book that I could go to first… With its small, blurry font, ‘The End and the Death Volume 2’ has been a nightmare to get to grips with but that all changed yesterday when another visit from insomnia gave me some unexpected time to finally finish the book. Terra is besieged. Humanity’s salvation lies on a knife edge. The Warmaster Horus’ bloody seven-year crusade has led to this: the cradle of mankind, where he is to kill his father, the Emperor. With the war at this critical juncture, Sanguinius, primarch of the loyalist Blood Angels, braves the horrors of the Warmaster’s flagship, The Vengefu...
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‘Unicorn Academy: Olivia and Snowflake’ – Julie Sykes (Nosy Crow Ltd)

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  Page Count: 103 Pages Because ‘Lord Samper’s Library’ has a couple of shelves for children’s books, you’ve already seen a few feature here over the last few years. Or is it because my youngest daughter got me to read a ‘Unicorn Academy’ book and then suggested, with my ex-wife, that I post about it here? A little bit of ‘A’ and a little bit of ‘B’… Drunk with happiness at having new lens’ in my glasses, and a ‘soft touch’ when it comes to my daughters, I figured I’d go for something very different, to my normal reading, and see how it all went. Imagine a school where you meet your own unicorn and have amazing adventures together! That's what happens for the girls at Unicorn Academy on beautiful Unicorn Island. Olivia is so happy to be at Unicorn Academy. She hopes her sweet unicorn, Snowflake, will discover her magic before graduation day! Everyone is busy decorating Unicorn Academy for the graduation ball, but it looks like someone is trying to ruin the party. It's up to O...
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