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‘Hunting Ground’ & ‘Lucius: Pride and Fall’ – Ian St. Martin (Black Library)

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This seems to be turning into a bit of a week, what with trying to get back into full days at work as well as having to deal with other stuff once I turn my work laptop off. Oh well, I’d get bored if there wasn’t stuff happening (spoiler, no I wouldn’t)… ;o) This goes a long way then towards explaining why this week is also turning into one of those weeks where my reading takes me into the grimdark universe of Warhammer 40K. It still feels a little weird to be calling it ‘comfort reading’ but I’ll be honest, that’s exactly what it is right now. A cast of morally dubious characters fighting the xenos (or each other), set against a backdrop that is almost the literal definition of ‘raging against the dying of the light’. If you’re me and just want to check out of the real world for a bit, what’s not to like? And there’s a lot to think about as well. Is someone a hero if they’re purging to the point of genocide (maybe), is there really any difference between the Imperium and the followers...
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‘Oaths of Damnation: An Exorcists Novel’ – Robbie Macniven (Black Library)

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  Page Count: 382 Pages Now here’s a book that I’d been trying to read, on and off, and then Christmas happened and that was more or less that… Until now :o) Like I said the other day, I’m trying to go a little easier on myself this year (as far as my reading goes) but I do want to read more of the books that I’ve already bought and ‘Oaths of Damnation’ felt like the best place to start for that. I’ve also read a couple of Macniven’s 40K short stories , fairly recently, and it felt like time to pick up something novel-length. ‘Oaths of Damnation’ it was then… :o) The Exorcists are a Space Marine Chapter unlike any other. To combat the forces of Chaos, they willingly accept daemonic possession, knowing that once it is purged their shattered souls will no longer be susceptible to corruption. Those who fail the banishment trials become Broken Ones, living prisons for the terrors expelled from their brethren. Should such desperate measures become known to the wider Imperium, there is l...
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‘Tales of the Walking Dead’ (2022)

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  A couple of years ago, I showed my eldest daughter the first episode of the ‘Walking Dead’ (Season 1), just to see what she thought of it Two years on and we’re deep into Season 8 so it’s fair to say that the experiment has been a success ;o) We have hit a bit of a roadblock though as a certain character is about to die, and she’s not ready to see him go, so I’ve been looked at a couple of the ‘spin-offs’, just to keep things ticking over until we’re ready to go again. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ is looking like a safe bet for future viewing, it will be a while before I give ‘World Beyond’ another go though… ‘Tales of the Walking Dead’ is an anthology series of stand-alone tales set in the ‘Walking Dead’ universe; it was also on sale, on Prime Video, so it seemed like a good ‘next stop’ in my journey to find more ‘Friday night zombie telly’. And… It’s not a bad series, not brilliant but not bad either. I spent most of yesterday working through all the episodes, which should tell you ...
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A Couple Of Bits & Pieces That I Watched Over Christmas and New Year…

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I’ll be honest, I did an awful lot of ‘re-watching’ over the holidays and it was just what this Graeme needed, a large dose of ‘comfort’ movies and TV shows. I wasn’t a lot of good for much else anyway but it was nice to have something on in the background while I did things like wrap presents and so on ;o) I did manage to watch some stuff that I hadn’t seen before though, and because my reading plans absolutely went down the drain over the weekend, this post (right here!) is where I’ll tell you about it. Lets start with the obvious one… ;o) ‘Stranger Things’ (Season 5) My eldest daughter and I have been working our way through the series, over the last few years, and while I wasn’t too bothered about watching ‘Stranger Things’ back in the day, watching it with my daughter has been brilliant fun. Now, we really need to finish watching ‘The Walking Dead’ :o) Anyway, there was never any question that we wouldn’t finish it and… I’m not going to go into it loads (the internet has done that...
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Trailer: 'Primate' (2026)

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What with one thing and another (including Cat 2 who is lovely but lets just say that looking after her is very much a full time thing), Friday night and most of yesterday was pretty much booked solid. And that was cool but my reading took a hit. Lets see how I do today :o) In the meantime, I try not to leave the blog unattended for too long (unless I absolutely have to) so when I came across the trailer for 'Primate', soon to hit cinemas, I thought I'd post it here while I got on with the reading side of the weekend. Will I give the film a go? I most definitely will, looks very much like my kind of thing. Will I see it in the cinema? Unlikely, my overtime got cut so I've got to be a little more selective about any trips to the cinema, that's the way it goes... Anyway, check it out...
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‘The Nice House On The Lake, Vol.1 & Vol.2’ – Tynion IV, Bueno, Bellaire (DC Black Label)

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Those few days between Christmas and New Year, days when the shops seem to open up especially so you can take back presents that you bought your daughter in error. There are sales as well but it’s mostly taking stuff back, at least as far as I’m concerned ;o) That’s what I ended up doing the other day, exchanging a ‘Christmas Manga Present’ for Volume 1 of ‘The Nice House On The Lake’. Now, here’s a book that I hadn’t planned on reading at all. I’d sorted something else out for my daughter so here was a chance to get something for me; I’d never even heard of this title until I saw it on the shelf but the cover looked cool and the blurb intriguing, that was all I needed. The title of the post gives it away really, I finished Volume 1 and, yesterday, went straight out for a copy of Volume 2. That should tell you everything really but that would make for a very short post so… Lets see if I can give you a little more than that. Everyone who was invited to the house knows Walter―well, they...
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Happy New Year!

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  So long 2025, not the worst year I’ve had but a long way from being one of the better ones… No pressure, 2026, but I’m hoping for better things from you, don’t let me down... To everyone who stops by, Happy New Year! I hope this year brings you more of what you’re after and none of the stuff that you’re not after, it’s that simple :o) This would be the paragraph where I talk about what I want to read this year, maybe even make a ‘reading resolution’ or two, but I’ll be honest… I failed to keep any of my Reading Resolutions, for 2025, and I’ve got enough going on right now, I’m going to be kind and not give myself any more pressure. If I’m making any resolution at all, it will be to just carry on enjoying what I read and posting about it here. And really, we should all be doing that shouldn’t we? The ‘enjoying reading’ that is; I’ll continue to be the only one posting here ;o) Actually, I do have one small resolution and that is to make a decent inroad into all the books that I en...
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