Sophie Scholl: The Real Story of the Woman who Defied Hitler by Frank McDonough My rating: 4 of 5 stars I recently finished this moving account of the life of Sophie Scholl, a German student who bravely resisted the Nazis. The book does a good job of telling the story of Sophie’s life and the […]
So many books, so little time! I’m enjoying having more time for reading for pleasure now I’ve finished my MA. It’s sometimes possible to feel guilty about going back to reread books, when I’ve got so many unread books waiting for me. But you never actually read the same book twice. You never have the […]
Some of the books I’m reading or have read in the last few months: Boundaries – Cloud & Townsend – generally very helpful, a few reservations Starcross – Philip Reeve – just riproaringly good fun Fever Crumb – Philip Reeve – mostly good, but feels incomplete Perelandra – C S Lewis – brilliant, an all-time […]
I received the book Planet Narnia for my birthday in November. It’s a fascinating and compelling look at the seven classical planets in C S Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia, and does a great job of making its bold claim that the seven planets are the hidden key to the books seem plausible. Even if you […]
The latest Doctor Who Magazine has a review of Short Trips: How the Doctor Changed my Life, which is very exciting, especially since reviewer Matt Michael speaks very highly of it! Here are a few quotes: Big Finish’s new collection of short stories is a departure from previous releases in that it’s entirely written by […]
Short Trips: How the Doctor Changed My Life, a collection of brand new Doctor Who short stories published by Big Finish is now available, and it includes The Shopping Trolleys of Doom – my very first piece of professionally published fiction! The theme of the collection is people’s lives who have been changed by the […]
I went to see The Golden Compass on Wednesday, despite having been invited by a Christian friend to join a Facebook group inviting people to boycott the film, warning that it “promotes atheism”. It’s based on Northern Lights, first in the His Dark Materials trilogy written by Philip Pullman , which is certainly very critical […]
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows“, eh? Doesn’t give anything away, but sounds suitably ominous! Here are some of my thoughts on what will happen in the last book. Be warned, SPOILERS for the previous books (but anyone who cares will have read them all by now, I’d guess!) I’ve thought that Harry is a […]
Continuing a list of 21 things that I’m thankful for… 14. Doctor WhoI’ve waxed lyrical about Doctor Who before, and few things have shaped my imagination more. I love the collision of the fantastic and the everyday, the triumphs of ambition over budget (and occasional endearing defeats!), the sense of humour and optimism in the […]
A few months ago, I noticed something of a bargain on Amazon.com: volume one of Absolute Sandman, collecting issues one to twenty of Neil Gaiman’s weird and wonderful The Sandman comic series in a very snazzy deluxe edition. When I say “comic”, this isn’t just some Beano effort, or well-worn tale of some superhero in […]