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  1. Harbour - Paradise Lost
  2. Dyers Eve - Metallica
  3. Nowhere - Therapy?
  4. The Blade Itself, First Law Bk 1 - Joe Abercrombie Logen Ninefingers, Infamous Barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught up in one feud too many he's about to become a dead barbarian, leaving nothing behind but bad songs and dead friends. Jezal Dan Luther, paragon of selfishness, has nothing more dangerous in mind than winning glory in the fencing circle. But war is brewing, and on battlefields of the frozen north they fight by altogether bloodier rules. Inquisitor Glokta, cripple turned torturer, would like little better than to see Jezal come home in a box. But then He hates everyone. Cutting treason out of the heart of the Union one confession at a time leaves little room for friendships - and his latest trail of corpses could lead straight to the rotten heart of government... if he can just stay alive long enough to follow it... Well I've started this now and It's setting up the three characters named above so far, I'm finding it has got a slow start, but I'm sure I'll get into it. There's a good description of the book, In the book; ' ' I'm on Page 230 now There are some quite funny bits in it like the bumbling group of soldiers, but he still seems to be setting a lot of the story up. Other than the soldiers mentioned above this seems to be a straightforward fantasy so far. I've got to the bit where the old man is asked to prove who he is. Page 424. Overall A good read, I hope the bumbling guards make another appearance and have a bigger part to play, I was a bit disappointed when peoples own talents were boosted by helpers. Other than that it was a good start to a set. He laid the groundwork for a good story.
  5. The Dogs of War - Pink Floyd
  6. The Night Circus tryhardsu geldens Quintin Jardine. Bob Skinner
  7. Hour of the Wolf - P319. And still Very Good.
  8. Funny ;-)
  9. Don't Talk Old To Me - Alice Cooper
  10. Good , Only Joking (or am I). don't quote it. And that took me about 20 mins to write. Unbeliever - Therapy?
  11. Ender's Game, It's been some years since I read it. I enjoyed it at the time for the escapism of space and alien attacks. The sequels were more about attitudes to aliens / foreigners and how people from different perspectives treated each other.
  12. I've got to chapter 13 page 143 and I'm enjoying it so far. It's the snowball effect of trying to get away with a crime.
  13. Leftovers from the local eaterie
  14. Exactly, my feelings also. PB2 Please.
  15. Book Reports, (Do you understand how hard I find it just to write a review of my own. Sarcasm? Definitely

  16. Alone + Easy Target - Foo Fighters
  17. The Blurb Returning to her hometown after the funeral of her parents, writer Erica Falck finds a community on the edge of tragedy. The death of her childhood friend, Alex, is just the beginning. Her wrists slashed, Her body frozen in an icr cold bath, it seems like she's taken her own life. Meanwhile, local detective Patrik Hedstrom is following his own suspicions about the case. It's only when they start working together that the truth begins to emerge about a small town with a deeply disturbing past. Thoughts I like the characters and I like the outline of all the stories. The presentation with really long chapters isn't to my taste, I always found myself wanting to stop reading 5 to 7 pages from the end of the chapter. Babies, Just like the saying about Buses 'There'll be another one any minute' Being Born, Being Adopted, By main characters, Being taken to the police station to be looked after by a helpful colleague. Witnesses who can't hang around, because you've guessed it ' My daughters having a Baby.' I did find a couple of the books a chore to read. I still intend to read the lost boy at some point, but I do have a lot of books to read at the moment, so I'm not in a particular hurry.
  18. I've just watched Escape Plan/ The Tomb I really enjoyed it, Stallone and Arnie were great. It had a good story considering, that I expected it to be just an action film.They also had a good supporting cast.
  19. I'm up to chapter 9 page 91 in Hour of the Wolf.
  20. Good news first - Rush
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