Lord Samper's Library

  Page Count: 149 Pages A life-changing encounter. A fugitive from the stars. Wrathful warriors in pursuit. Landing on Earth, the Doctor finds a stranded alien in need of protection – and is dragged headlong into the life of his old friend Donna Noble, knowing that if she ever remembers their time together, she will die… Just a quick one today as I had my Covid vaccination yesterday and I’m feeling pretty rough with it right now. It’s worth it though :o) I will never say no to a ‘Doctor Who’ tie-in novelization, even if I wasn’t too keen on the original TV episode… And that is where I found myself with ‘The Star Beast’. The book works fine, I’m just not so keen on the story. Does that even make any sense? I’ll try and explain myself… As a tie-in novelization, ‘The Star Beast’ works just fine, laying out what happens and fleshing things out enough that you’re not left wondering why you didn’t just stick with watching it on TV. And that’s all you can ask for really, for the book n...

  Page Count: 393 Pages I’m not sure what happened to my TBR pile this week… I did have plans to keep working through it but somehow ended up travelling down the ‘Horror Road’ instead. That’s the way it goes sometimes, just remember to never take a road trip with me ;o) I’m half serious by the way, ask my ex-wife how good I am with a map. Anyway… My reading seems to be all about the Apocalypse this week ( humorous or otherwise ) so when I remembered that ‘Wake Up And Open Your Eyes’ was hidden in a pile of books, I dug it out and settled down for a quiet read. Let me tell you all about it… Noah Fairchild has been losing his formerly polite Southern parents to far-right cable news for years, so when his mother leaves him a voicemail warning him that the “Great Reckoning” is here, he assumes it’s related to one of the many conspiracy theories she believes in. But when his own phone calls go unanswered, Noah makes the long drive from Brooklyn to Richmond, Virginia. There, he discove...

  Page Count: 472 Pages Just over a couple of weeks ago, I picked up Keith Rosson’s ‘Fever House’ for a read and… Well, you can read my review over Here , if you like, or if not, lets just say that once I got going, I couldn’t put the book down until I’d finished. That should tell you all you need to know ;o) Well, it took me a couple of weeks to get round to it but there was never any doubt about my reading ‘The Devil By Name’. After sorting out hospital appointments, and bank card issues, yesterday, I settled down for a read and… No one expected the apocalypse would be broadcast via phone call; anyone who managed to survive that doomsday call has a harrowing answer to the question, "Where were you when the Message came through?” Five years after the event that drove most of the global population to madness, the world is overrun with the ‘fevered’ - once-human, zombielike creatures drawn indiscriminately to violence and murder. In a campaign to restabilize the country, the mass...

  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 ...