Karsa Orlong

Birthday books Thanks for CBtD, Sari

I think I found the woman of my dreams

It's good, I read it last year - and you can't lose for 99p Plus it won't be the huge hardback edition I had

Ha, yeah I noticed that, it was a cleverly composed shot. There were quite a few in that episode

Also in the Monthly Deals: The Once and Future King by T H White - 99p The Last Kingdom (Warrior Chronicles Bk 1) by Bernard Cornwell - 95p The Pale Horseman (Warrior Chronicles Bk 2) by Bernard Cornwell - 99p

I've still got that waiting to be read. Hmmm . . .

Me too I also got Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580 by Roger Crowley in the Daily Deal. For £1.19 I figured why not?

Hell yes - that's my favourite sf tv show of all (along with Farscape)! Great review of Wil Wheaton's book, Mona. I always felt he had a bit of a thankless task on TNG - everyone seemed to hate Wesley at the time (but then they hadn't met Neelix and Kes in those days ) - so I'm not surprised to hear that he struggled with it, and life after it. I love the fact that he sends himself up on TBBT

That I have the answer, or that you're impressed? Hey, this abandoning of scores in reviews is catching: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-02-10-eurogamer-has-dropped-review-scores

Suzie to her friends. Which doesn't include me, obviously The Walking Dead - some brilliant direction in that episode, I thought . . .

Is not! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAki-BXmbtM

and . . . I wouldn't mind, but it's one of my favourite AC/DC songs

Oops Well his solo stuff's great too . . . It's an album

No chance of that any time soon, I don't think He's got his new solo album out next month. Can't wait for it, actually, the last one was sooooo good! Oooh, I love me some Devin Townsend, especially Ziltoid the Omniscient

Glad I could help (for once!) I'm just annoyed it took me the best part of a year from buying it to when I actually read it. I kept reading the start and then putting it down to read something else instead

I pretty much inferred it from what you said, though

Yay, and I've still got seven and a bit to read Ooh! Ooh! I actually know the answer to this, because it's mentioned in The Thirteen Gun Salute - it's one of the Sultan of Pulo Prabang's titles, and the envoy has to be very precise about it because he's trying to broker a deal with the man before the French do so. I have knowledge Blast, I was hoping no-one would notice that

This works for me. I read a lot on the tube to and from work, and I always use my iPod to drown out the noise of other people (which I find more distracting than music, especially the ones who talk really loudly or sniff all the bloody time ). I have certain go-to bands, whose music I know so well I can put it on and it actually helps my reading rather than hinders it - my Rush playlist being the obvious one, naturally Singing doesn't distract me, if it's songs I know by heart. Soundtracks don't work so well for me, or -at least - the kinds of soundtracks I like, i.e. the BIG orchestral soundtracks by the likes of John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith et al. They always make me stop reading and think 'oh, this is the bit in the film where that happened'

Mwahahahaha!

And there was me just coming in here to drum my fingers awaiting your review of The Mangle Street Murders Brilliant review, Kay - you sum it up so well - and I'm really glad you enjoyed it so much And book three is on the way!

Taking a (brief) break from Patrick O'Brian to read the next book the 'Vorkosigan Saga', called Mirror Dance.

Great reviews, Anna - Yesterday's Gone, and the whole idea of serialised fiction, sounds very intriguing