Category Archives: Book Reviews
November Reviews: Part 1
Good evening, ladies and gents; the new job is taking up a fair bit of my time but I’ve managed to get some reading done.
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All Hallows Eve?
Evening ladies and gents.
It’s Halloween or Samhain for some people. Whether as a religious or secular occasion, it has been a few years since I gave much thought to it. I don’t celebrate either the religious festivals of All Hallows Eve etc., or Samhain. Nor am I a child so I find the whole trick or treat business a nuisance. I have dogs; random strangers knocking at the door upsets them.

October Reviews: Part Two
Good morning ladies and gentlemen, once again I return with a collection of book reviews. Work is still occupying half my days and the rest I am trying to dedicate to writing. Best of luck to everyone taking part in NaNoWriMo 2014, have a good November.
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Some people have no manners
Have you seen this video? It’s been all over my Facebook and WordPress dashboards for the last couple of days. After a couple of my friends were tagged in or commented on it in Facebook post I thought it was about time I found out what all the fuss was about. For the sake of being able to make conversation. Because I try to do that now.
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October Reviews, part 1
While I’m getting used to my new job I’m going to post my reviews in a single blog post. They will probably be quite short, a summary of the content or plot, followed by my opinion and reasons for that opinion.
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I really shouldn’t have bothered with this book
Review: ‘Talk yourself slim with Dr. Rocket’s self-chatter diet. Behaviour Focused Weight-loss Success’ by John Richardson
Troubadour Publishing Ltd
28th June 2013
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Review: ‘Comradely Greetings’
The Prison Letters of Nadya and Slavoj
By Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Slavoj Zizek
Translated by Ian Dreiblatt
Introduced by Michel Eltchaninoff
The Fair Fight by Anna Freeman
Review: Fashioning Fat by Amanda Czerniawski
NYU Press
23rd January 2015
ISBN:9780814789186
Price:24.00 USD
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