Halloween, what is it? Well no-one knows for sure. There are so many theories, legends, myths and Fairy Tales arising from both pagan and religious peoples (and probably atheists, agnostics and many more). And today’s Halloween is a conjoining and… Continue Reading
Reading By the Water. Wandering through life one often finds oneself near or in some sort of water body – be it bath, babbling brook, creek, stream, river, pond, lake, sea, ocean or even a dam. Water is one of… Continue Reading
Randall Garrett’s Brilliant, Twisted, Gripping Stories Master of Science Fiction Saint or Sinner Outrageous, tousled and seductively riotous, Randall Garrett most likely would have run the current gauntlet trend of people who are accusing select persons of past intimacies. From… Continue Reading
A Tale Between Times Imagine the present time with a mystical mist threading its way through it. And then have two more mystic threads entering the scene. Both from conquering peoples of long ago, with one trying to vanquish the… Continue Reading
Plunge into Reading with the New Kobo Aura Edition 2 There is wonderful news from Rakuten Kobo. Two new Kobo Aura eReaders have very recently hit the market. The one I am going to review now is the Kobo Aura… Continue Reading
Who Said Practice Makes Perfect The Practice Effect was my first David Brin book. And I now have many more. That is how much I liked this book. I was feeling a bit starved for humour the other day. Now… Continue Reading
Living with Peculiar Children One day not so long ago I was browsing the Kobo bookshop for a new eBook when I came across a very interesting sounding young adult fantasy story. Well that’s what the cover suggested. And per… Continue Reading
Who is Puck? Love him or hate him English folklore’s Puck is a complicated little fellow. He pops up everywhere and his tricks often lead to confusion for the human folks around him. A prime case of confusion is his… Continue Reading
Rosie My Relative the Unusual Bequest Imagine being a young fellow at the early twentieth century and bound to a boring job, as a clerk, in the big City. And this after growing up in an unusually quiet and equally… Continue Reading
The New Kobo Aura One; the Rolls Royce of eReaders Following my recent discovery that Kobo has two new Kobo Aura eReaders now included in their stable I have now reviewed the premium edition Aura One. I have also be reviewed the Aura Edition… Continue Reading