Lord Samper's Library

Over the last eight years I've been lucky enough to be paid a yearly bonus; some of which went on books because of course it did ;o) Did I say 'some'? I meant to say... Erm... 'Some'...? Hush you, no judgment here ;o) Anyway... A few days ago, I got my last bonus from the old job. I didn't go crazy with it (you know, 'last bonus' and all that) but I did take myself for a little look round the Warhammer Store, on Tottenham Court Road, and managed to not only stay away from the cool looking models (for now) but come back with some cool looking books. Here they are... Apologies for the photo... Turns out that I'm not just missing the all round 'comfiness' of the comfy chair, I'm also missing the backdrop it provides for 'book pictures'. (Note to Self: Sort out a new comfy chair this week...) Part of the reason that I went in the Warhammer Store was that I wanted to give my reading a little 'shot in the arm' after a difficult ...

Just looking at the blog title here and there’s something quite pleasing (to me, anyway) about having two ‘Volume 4’s in the same title. Makes me feel like I’m actually making a little progress with the various series that I’m into and by extension, the TBR Pile. No! Don’t say anything, just leave me in blissful ignorance for a little longer… ;o) Anyway… Yesterday was a good day for getting called up about contract jobs (yes I know how that sounds, no I'm not changing it) and it was also a good day to put a little shine on my rusty old social skills. It wasn’t a good day for reading though… That’s becoming a little bit of a pattern and once again, I’m hoping to do something about that over the weekend. In the meantime, I did manage to find a little time for ‘Something is Killing the Children Volume 4’ and ‘Saga: Volume 4’ was already sitting patiently, waiting to be posted about, so… Lets get to it :o) ‘Saga: Volume 4’ – Vaughan, Staples (Image) Page Count: 144 Pages In this volume...

Well, not exactly forgotten, it's right at the corner of my eye whenever I'm working at my desk :o) But... It's also a shelf that's in a corner of my living room, just behind my TV, and is a little trickier to get to. If a book ends up on this shelf then, I'm a lot less likely to get to it than others. So, a kind of 'Forgotten Shelf' then but, my blog title sounds better ;o) A bookshelf is still a bookshelf though, forgotten or not, and just as deserving as a post here as the more accessible bookshelves that I've featured over the years. And that's where this post comes in. Lets take a look at 'The Forgotten Shelf' and see what's what... Not the best photo I've ever taken but hopefully you can make out the titles :o) Most of these books were unpacked straight onto this shelf and haven't been touched since, which is a shame really as they were all bought to be read. There are a couple here though that enjoyed a brief moment on this...

  Page Count: 248 Pages Everyone knows that there’s a new TV adaptation, of Stephen King’s ‘Carrie’, showing on Prime Video at the moment. Hardly anyone knows that there’s also a copy of ‘Carrie’ on one of my bookshelves that I haven’t got round to picking up. Which version did I get to first…? The page count gave it away ;o) I’d heard that the TV adaptation takes things in a slightly different direction and while I will get to it, yesterday seemed like the right time to go back to the source for a re-read (the first time in a long time) And I’ll be honest, I was at the point where I was thinking, ‘if I don’t read a novel now, I never will…’ ‘Carrie’ was a quick win ;o) It’s a lot more than that though… Carrie White has a gift – she can move things with her mind. To be invited to Prom Night by Tommy Ross is a dream come true for Carrie – the first step towards social acceptance by her high school colleagues. But events will take a decidedly macabre turn on that horrifying and endle...

Yep, it’s another ‘Bits & Pieces’ style post but that’s just what happens when what should have been a couple of hours job-hunting becomes a lot longer; thanks to my laptop deciding to play by its own rules and ‘take breaks’… You may see me actually finish a book this week, maybe… Oh well, fingers crossed for a better experience today ;o) Yesterday didn’t leave me with a lot of time for reading then but I did manage to read me some more ‘Conan’ and finally watch ‘Backrooms’ as well. And you know what? I’ll take that :o) ‘Backrooms’ (2026) When investigating powercuts in his store, struggling furniture salesman Clark finds an entrance into the Backrooms, a seemingly endless series of rooms and passages. Most of these are empty, others are less so… Now therapist Mary must find her way into the Backrooms and locate Clark, he doesn’t want to leave… My eldest daughter loves the lore around the ‘Backrooms’ and the plan was to go and see the movie at the cinema. We all know what happens t...

Another ‘I blinked and missed it’ kind of weekend… I’m not sure if it was something I ate, or my medication getting the better of me, but I felt pretty rough for most of Saturday (when I was awake, that is). Sunday… Sunday was mostly about my spending time with my kids but I did find some time, here and there, to have a little moan about the continued lack of a comfy chair in my living room. I really need to do something about that. Anyway… I did manage to get a little reading under my belt as well; not much but enough to feel like I hadn’t slacked off too much ;o) Let me tell you about some of that. Just a couple of comics for today but they’re both worth a look and definitely added to the ‘scary vibe’ that I’m aiming for this month… ‘Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees: Halloween Special’ – Various (ID Dark) Before I go any further… If you haven’t read the ‘Rites of Spring’ mini-series (collected or otherwise), you should definitely do that before reading this ‘One-Shot’ Halloween Sp...