Tonight I finished reading The Pull of the Moon by Diane Janes – another of my freebies from Amazon’s Vine programme. In this case it was a pre-publication uncorrected proof. I’m not sure why exactly, but I do get a little extra thrill from reading pre-publication proofs, something I possibly do more than most people [...]
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The Bookman
February 27th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Life
Last week I finished reading The Bookman by Lavie Tidhar. It was another book from Amazon’s Vine programme. Normally when I finish something from Vine I review it immediately (so I can get something else from them) but I decided to wait a little while with this one so I could get some perspective.
Ed Hardy: Art for Life
February 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Life
Last month, when I was choosing things from Amazon’s Vine program to review, I picked a book listed as “Ed Hardy Art for Life: Pop Culture“. I was in a hurry, saw the title and a thumbnail picture that looked like a roughly square format book and picked it without really reading the description. I [...]
Fool by Christopher Moore
February 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Life
This week I finished reading Fool by Christopher Moore. It was another of the freebies from Amazon’s Vine programme, and one of the best things I have got through the scheme because not only was it a good read but it introduced me to an author who was new to me but who has written [...]
Survive Style 5+
February 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Life
Tonight I watched a Japanese film called Survive Style 5+. It is another one I got from Amazon’s Vine programme. I actually got it last month but kept putting off watching: I never really felt in the right mood. Tonight I decided to give it a try and found it to be a remarkable film, [...]
Viral Loop
January 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Life
I finished Viral Loop: the Power of Pass-it-on, a book about how companies grow virally in the internet age, a little while ago but only just got around to writing a review of it – yes it was another of those Amazon Vine books. They are starting to pile up a bit now. I have [...]
Stuff White People Like
December 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Life
This week I read Stuff White People Like, a book by Christian Lander. Net-savvy readers will recognise the title from a website of the same name, well this is one of those books where a successful blog is turned into a paper product, and a lot of the content is very familiar to anybody who [...]
Philips SPF4008/12 8 inch LCD Digital Photo Frame
November 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Technology
In this month’s Vine program from Amazon I was fortunate enough to get hold of an electronic picture frame for review. When I was looking to buy a similar frame for Jayne last year I did look at the Philips ones but they were just a bit too expensive compared to the Kodak I eventually [...]
The Noughties by Tim Footman
November 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Life
I have just finished the last book in my supply of freebies from Amazon’s Vine programme. It is a history of the decade 2000-2009 called The Noughties by Tim Footman. Like somebody hearing a World Trade Centre joke on September 12th 2001, my first reaction on seeing it was “too soon” so I approached it [...]
Retromancer
November 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Life
Yesterday I finished Robert Rankin’s latest book, Retromancer, which hits the shops on December 17th. Just in time to be the ideal Christmas present for any Rankin fan. My uncorrected manuscript proof (thanks Sis!) let me get ahead of the crowd, although at the expense of missing out on the illustrations – I may have [...]
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