I am currently not doing that well on my 100+ Reading Challenge; I am currently up to book number 24, leaving me just under 5 months to read the remaining 76 books to get to the minimum 100. One of the things I am finding hard is the act of […]
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Tony Wrench’s “Building a Low Impact Roundhouse” is a book that I picked up while I was at university; this was a re-read to refresh my memory about the subject; Tony‘s ecohome in West Wales is completely off the grid (water is piped from a mountain source) It is of […]
Voltaire’s “Paint it Black” is billed as “A guide to Gothic Home making” its a mostly light hearted look at Goths, and how they dress, and like to live; however it also has some very cool ideas for home decoration, and some ideas I would like to try out when […]
Nick Billingham’s “Narrow Boats: Care and Maintenance” is another book, like the Inland Waterways Manual, that I borrowed from the library, it was an interesting book to read to see what the mechanical structure, and systems of narrowboats are, mostly it was an overview of some of the systems, but hopefully […]
Emrhys Barrell’s “Inland Waterways Manual: The Complete Guide to Boating on Rivers, Lakes and Canals” is an introduction, and a guide to getting started with boating on the UKs waterways; while it does not concentrate specifically on the subject of narrowboats, they are heavily represented in the book, with consideration on how Locks work, manoeuvring and handling; […]
Dan Vice’s “The Little Book of Goths” is an interesting satirical look at Goth Culture; however its amusingly accurate in some regards; Charlotte Hathaway wrote this book under the pseudonym Dan Vice “in case the hive has been stirred and angered by this light-hearted guide.” The book features well known […]
A while ago I read Lee Rouke’s “The Canal” as part of Task 16; yesterday Loupie and I went for a walk to look see if we could find where the bench in the book was; well this is my best guess: [photonav url=’http://skippy.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/the_bench.jpg’ mode=’move’ popup=’none’ animate=’1′] It is here […]
I have just finished reading Dr Seuss’ “The Cat in the Hat“, While I know it is supposed to be a ‘Kids’ book it is also first time I have read it; and there is also nothing in the 100+ Challenge to say I cant count it.
This is a book is a collection of short stories chosen and edited by Gordon Jarvie; the “Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales“, I picked this book up at the Wallnut Tree, the Weatherspoons local to where Loupie lives; The Book is split into a number of collections; Magic-Lore, Giants and […]
Loupie Gave me Lisa Myhre’s Nemi v.4 for valentines this year; Those of you have read the Metro Daily Newspaper will know Nemi form its pages; I have the othere three books as well, so will read them and catch up with all the four; From Wikipedia: Nemi is a […]
Jason “The Juice Master” Vale’s “7lbs in 7 days: Super juice Diet” is a book I read in conjunction with Task 81 of my Day Zero Project. I really don’t like his writing style; and I have to take issue with some of the things he writes, while most […]
Jason “The Juice Master” Vale’s “7lbs in 7 Days Super Juice Diet” is going to be book number 16 on my 100+ Reading Challange, while also carrying out Task 81 of my Day Zero Projects. I am approaching the “Super Juice Diet” not as a diet; but more as something […]
Marie Le Prince de Beaumont’s “Beauty and the Beast”; I read this book while not being able to sleep; its a nice gentle short book 😀 I also managed to read it all in one day (or less) well about 2 hours 😀 so that means that I have […]
Leonna Black’s “Rough Sex: An Explicit Fantasy” is a Kindle book that jumps about more than I would like, and one that I did not enjoy as much; th subject matter covered in this book is less caring and loving than I prefer; its not really a book about exploratory […]
Elinor Carr’s “Pleasing Him: An Erotic Story of Submission” clearly says on the cover its an Adults Only book 😀 This is another book about a new job leading to interesting circumstances; or is it. Another mainly enjoyable eBook; with a twist at the end; I really should read a […]
I buy most of my Dead Tree Ware books from Amazon; a very convenient way to acquire books; I select which ones I want; click send to me; wait a few days and a box arrives; What makes Amazon even more convenient than Water stones is that I can order […]
“Training Amy” is the second book I have read by Anne O’Connell, like most of the interesting books I read this one is a Kindle edition. Training Amy follows a main lead female character through a journey of self; and helped discovery; Frustrated with her boyfriend and needing a new […]
Jess C Scott’s “Master & Servant” is another book I picked up from Amazon on the Kindle format. The huge advantage of this format is its easy to read an interesting book in public on my iPhone or iPod; and nice and easy to read when I am alone […]
While no matter how tempting it is to bulk up my score with easy to read children’s books, I feel that this is not in the spirit of the 100+ Reading Challenge “That’s not my monkey” was being read by the child of some one I work with; While […]
Chris Fehily’s “Cancel Cable: How Internet Pirates Get Free Stuff” is an interesting getting started guide to bit-torrent, while I knew most of the content the book covered, it did hold a few bits I didn’t previously know, while I don’t know if i would recommend this book to […]
For Valentine’s Day, and her birthday I bought Loupie an Amazon Kindle 3G. after playing with it for a while; my misgivings about the e-book format changed; yes the screen sucks; yes it feels like a cheap toy, but it is a good tool for reading books; would i want […]
Catherine Millet’s “The Sexual Life of Catherine M” is tag lined as ‘One of the most explicit books about sex ever written by a woman’ – Edmund White. and it certainly lives up to that in my experience of books that I have read. Liz sent me this book to […]
“The Canal” by Lee Rourke is a book about Boredom, a guy who one day decides to stand by the canal and do nothing; I picked this book up on a whim, and despite it being in no way about the subject I thought it would be, its a good […]
“Time-Flight” is a Doctor Who book by Peter Grimwade, it charts the disappearance of two Concords, this short book was lent to me by a young lady I know from the London Geek Munch called Abigail; after we were at her flat for a Buffy watching session. I have not […]
“Lioness Rampant” is the fourth, and final instalment of Tamora Pierce’s “Song of the Lioness” series; the four books go together to chart Alanna of Trebond’s quest to serve her Prince on his way to being King; I would have to recommend these four books to anyone who is looking […]
One of the things I love about Weather Spoons Pubs other than the cheap real ale; is that they have a large collection of rather geeky books that most people overlook; however a few of us; tend to scan the titles of the books to see what there is that […]
For Task 15, I also asked some of the people I work with for suggestions; and this is what they came up with: Alex Muir: “For Whom The Bell Tolls” – Ernest Hemingway Chris Jones: “Glittering Images” – Susan Howatch David Hancock: “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” – […]
“The Woman Who Rides Like a man” is the third of Tamora Pierce’s “Song of the Lioness” series; this book builds on the previous two and shows us Alanna of Trebond continuing on her adventures; gaining acceptance as both a knight; and a woman. she comes out of this book […]
“In the Hand of the Goddess” is the second of Tamora Pierce’s “Song of the Lioness” series of books. Alanna has completed her time the Palace; and in the process of the book grows up; and gains the friendship and respect of her peers. I am now starting on the […]
So Far the suggestions for my 20 books by 20 Friends have been: Elizabeth: Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” LadySavage: Barbra Gowdy’s “we seldom look on love” Ryan Osborn-Smith: Alfred Bester’s “The Stars My Destination” Rozi Rowcroft: Voltaire’s “Candide” Davina Darmanin: A Collection of the Writings of John Donne Some […]