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.
Entries Tagged as 'Vine'
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 [...]
Dirty Jokes
October 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Life
This evening I watched a DVD called Dirty Jokes – a standup comedy DVD by American comedian Gilbert Gottfried. This was another of my Amazon Vine freebies. I am finally getting through them all now.
Any regular visitors here will know that I do enjoy comedy, but I didn’t really enjoy this one much. For a [...]
Less than super freakonomics
October 28th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Life
After getting past the mental stumbling block of Snark I whipped through Superfreakonomics in no time at all. This was another book I received through Amazon’s Vine programme free in return for a review. I had read the authors’ first book, Freakonomics, and greatly enjoyed it, so I was looking forward to this one.
Unfortunately I [...]
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