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Seasons in Hell

Well, more accurately, Sunday in Hell. Saturday was a pink day, and all rather cute and cuddly, but we’ll talk about that later (or not). On Sunday, by way of redressing the balance, I read Christopher Fowler’s novel Hell Train and … Continue reading

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Pete’s Picks for 2011 – Part Two

I’m cross posting this with the Case Notes blog where it will pop up on the 23rd, so those of you who read my personal blog will get a chance to be indifferent about the books I especially liked in … Continue reading

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2011: The Story So Far – Third Quarter

Back in July I did a list of my favourite books of the year so far, and I intended to update this at the end of September, but circumstances prevented that, and so I am going to do it now. I … Continue reading

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2011 – The Story So Far

For the first quarter of the year I read thirty books (though I didn’t actually finish some of those started in March until April – this morning, in fact). I thought it might be interesting to compile a list of … Continue reading

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Clive of Hollywood

I spent much of my weekend devouring an advance reading copy of The Painter, the Creature, and the Father of Lies, a collection of Clive Barker’s non-fiction (primarily introductions to work by himself and others), and to complement that decided … Continue reading

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