Monthly Archives: September 2013

Apology

For the really poor standard of music reviews at the minute. I’m so out of practice! I’m also feeling more than a bit off my game today. I’m coming down with another cold, the first for a long time. It’s making me a bit too woolly headed to really write properly. The other posts are pre-written – I write the review when I finish the book, and then copy and paste once I get to a WiFi connection.

I’ve managed to get all my other reviewing admin done today so I think I’ll probably go off line for a bit and have a nap, or possibly read the new issue of Mslexia that arrived just before I left home this morning

Have a good week everyone,

Rose

Avenged Sevenfold ‘Hail to the King’

Last evening my brother-in-law asked whether I’d heard the new Avenged Sevenfold album. When I told him I hadn’t had a chance yet he recommended I listen to it when I had the chance. I had that chance this morning (Spotify/internet connection – same old story). My bro-in-law described some of the songs as being a bit like Metallica, some a bit like Iron Maiden. He also thought the title track ‘Hail to the King’ was the weakest of the lot. I had heard ‘Hail to the King’ on Kerrang! and was quite impressed by it. If it was the weakest, I said, then the rest must be quite something.

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The changing face of CD packaging

And to continue the subject of music…

 

It’s probably not the most fascinating of subjects to most people but something caught my eye as I was contemplating my CD collection recently. I was sizing them up for new storage. This never used to be a problem because I hardly owned any music, but in the last couple of years I have collected rather a lot. During this operation I realised I might have a bit of a problem getting storage because standard CD racks are designed for one format of CD case and I had several different types. And that was when it hit me.

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‘The Paleo Diet’: Latest fad based on bad science?

If there’s one thing I can’t stand its people who manipulate the ignorant with bad science for profit. If you are going to claim something make sure those claims stand up to rigorous investigation. This isn’t news to people who know me well but it might be to you, my dear readers.

I should probably give you a bit of background to the statement I just made, and probably the title of this little blog post. I don’t want any misunderstandings after all.

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Review – ‘The Black Lion: Satan’s Kingdom’ by Anthony Karakai

 

2013

A modern spy thriller set in Hungary

Jackson is one of an elite covert force, ‘The Black Lions’, recruited from the CIA and ready to deal out violent justice. His team mates are a mixed bag of ex-security services from around the world.

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Review: ‘Improbable Women’ by William Woods Cotterman

 

2013

Syracuse University Press

Augusta Zenobia ruled Palmyra in the mid to late third century and made a terrible nuisance of herself to the Roman Empire. Eventually she lost her fight and after being taken to Rome a prisoner disappeared in to obscurity. Sixteen hundred years or so later the first of five remarkable English women explored the Middle East inspired by her and the romance of the east.

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Review: ‘Affliction’ by Laurell K. Hamilton

 

2013

Headline

 

In the twenty-first Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, novel, our heroine finds herself in an unusual situation: meeting her in-laws in Boulder. Unfortunately she’s meeting Micah’s parents because his Dad is dying from a zombie bite that’s rotting faster than the doctors can cut it away.

Probably not the best time for a family reunion?

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