Monthly Archives: January 2018

Play: Human of the Year

Posted on 20 January 2018 by Spuggy

This is a play we wrote for a Play in a Day event. It’s not exactly as performed (the director and actors did a good job of cutting it down and neatening it up a bit), but not bad for … Continue reading →

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Frankfurt Sneak Statistics IV – Sne4k

Posted on 16 January 2018 by Spuggy

Here we are again.* A year of Frankfurt movie sneak previews, in statistics! You can see 2014, 2015 and 2016, now without further ado, here’s 2017!

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Thoughts: Promise of Shadows, by Justina Ireland

Posted on 14 January 2018 by Dove

This book found its way onto my TBR list because a friend found it on Goodreads and the summary sounded like amazing, silly fun to fill the impending Kitty Norville-shaped hole in my life. I want to say it sounded … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: A Tale For The Time Being, by Ruth Ozeki

Posted on 12 January 2018 by Dove

This isn’t going to be a nuanced piece at all, just to warn you. There won’t be any analysis of technique or meaty musings on style and technique and effect. This is going to be a gush. You have been … Continue reading →

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Short Story: The Judgement of Dr Solomon, Neurologist

Posted on 11 January 2018 by Spuggy

Does this count as a story? A work of some kind of fiction anyway.

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Thoughts: Clockwork Princess, by Cassandra Clare

Posted on 11 January 2018 by Dove

Thank you all for accompanying me on this journey. I feel much better now that I’ve written out my feelings on this trilogy. Also, spoiler alert ahead. All the others had spoilers alerts too, but this is the finale so … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Clockwork Prince, by Cassandra Clare

Posted on 7 January 2018 by Dove

You’ll be glad to know that this is much shorter than my ramble on about Clockwork Angel. Most of what I said there still holds here, so let’s just take all that as a given. Now that we’re in the … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Clockwork Angel, by Cassandra Clare

Posted on 6 January 2018 by Dove

This is going to be an absolute monster post, so bear with me. I don’t usually talk much about the authors of the books I read, because I like a work to stand on its own merit. But Cassandra Clare … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: A Hologram For The King, by Dave Eggers

Posted on 5 January 2018 by Dove

This was my first Dave Eggers, and I was almost sad it wasn’t the extravagantly-titled, Your Fathers, Where Are They? And The Prophets, Do They Live Forever? but we can’t have everything. This is another starkly-written one, and it took … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Sympathy For The Devil, by Howard Marks

Posted on 4 January 2018 by Dove

I deserve all of this. I brought this one on myself. Howard Marks has written memoirs and all sorts but I was just not in the mood for more non-fiction and he seemed like a bit of a dodgy character, … Continue reading →

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