Best of 2015
Favourite discovery of 2015: The brilliant Witch, Please podcast. A fortnightly podcast about the Harry Potter world. The two hosts are academics who are rereading the Harry Potter books and rewatching the films for the …
Book club: October review
Audiobook: Last Song Before Night by Ilana C. Myer Length of audiobook: 17 hours 48 minutes Narrator: Alison McKenna (Irish accent) Genre: Fantasy Audiobook description on Audible: A high fantasy following a young woman’s defiance …
Update on Jenny’s operation and week in hospital – October 2015
Jenny arrived back home from hospital at 9pm yesterday. She is a lot worse. Her heart was too unstable and her condition too fragile in the first place for her to be moved from her …
Jenny’s virtual book club
In early September I had a mini-stroke (thankfully there were no lasting effects or damage from this; I was lucky), followed by the worst 3 weeks of my life, in which I had 10 severe …
Audiobook review: The Final Empire (Mistborn Book 1) by Brandon Sanderson
Length of audiobook: 24 hours 40mins Narrator: Michael Kramer (American accent) Genre: Fantasy Audiobook description on iTunes: A thousand years ago evil came to the land and has ruled with an iron hand ever since. …
What role have books played in my life?
Books were read to me before I can even remember, before my first memories of life. I wonder what impact they had on me and on my growing brain. Were the stories being woven into …
My greatest wishes on my 29th birthday
Today I am 29 on the 29th! The only time in my life when the age I turn on my birthday is the same number as the date of the month on which my birthday …
’80 days’ review: not only have inkle studios managed to create my dream game but it is also accessible enough that even someone as ill as me can (slowly, gradually) play it
One time when my brothers and I were huddled around the Playstation playing Final Fantasy VII in the late 90s, I remember saying something to the effect of “I wish there was a game like …
Let Me Entertain You: 101 songs that instantly transport me back to the mid 90s to early 00s
I’m not really a music person. Growing up, I didn’t listen to the radio, I didn’t seek out new songs to listen to and I didn’t buy CDs like everyone else did (but that was …