Tomorrow

So, JK Rowling's new novel The Casual Vacancy comes out tomorrow and you don't need me to big it up any more than the rest of the media will do. Suffice to say I am incredibly excited for this book and shall be picking up my copy from my local Waterstones tomorrow and no doubt walking down to the seafront all bundled up to read it on a bench.

I will be taking a break from Bad Science with the release of this book, but do not fear, it shall be finished and reviewed, but I feel it is enough of a dip-in book to justify this break.

ROWLING <3

STARTING: Bad Science by Ben Goldacre

After being outraged at Jeremy Hunt's new job as health secretary, and venting my feelings on facebook, my lovely godmother sent me a copy of this in the post. It seems right up my street what with the first chapter being on 'Brain Gym', something I endured in Primary School but never thought to question... Let the questioning begin. Of everything.

FINISHED: Reaper Man (somewhat spoilery)

I FINISHED IT. I really did! I read the last quarter this morning and it was lovely and beautiful and just... Pratchett every time leads you through his book with hilarious one liners ("Mrs Evadne Cake was a medium, verging on small."), hilarious running gags such as the aforementioned Mrs Cake forgetting to turn her premonition off and answering questions before they are asked, and then, just near the end, hits you with beautiful lines which lead you to question who you are, how you live, and why we are alive.

Pratchett's Death remains one of my favourite characters in contemporary fiction, his humour, and love for humanity despite his job just make him a fantastic character to read about.

The story involving Windle Poons dragged a little in the beginning, as I often find with Pratchett's wizards, but was definitely worth sticking with for some of the jokes that came about from it, such as Lupine the reverse werewolf. A wolf for 3 weeks out of the month until the full moon when he becomes a wolfman.

If you haven't read any Pratchett I strongly suggest you do so. And stick with it, because the laughs and the stories are worth the effort!

8/10

Update: Book Rainbow

So.. it's been a bit quiet here for the past month, hasn't it? Sorry about that!
I promise I'm getting there with Reaper Man, I really am! I hit 80% today, so I'm nearly done. What with trying to meet up with people before I go back to uni and having started a new job for a few weeks in a school it's all been a little bit manic.

So, to the real point of this blog post. After watching Rosianna's video about her new room and seeing her amazing, colour coordinated bookcase, I took it upon myself to reorganise mine. Not only because my bookshelf has been horribly neglected since I left for university last year, but also because it had collected a layer of... stuff. Receipts, hair products, cables. It was getting ridiculous, so I thought it deserved some TLC and I had work to put off today.

Not all of my books and DVDs are in this bookshelf, some are in other bookshelves in the house, some are in Wales and some are in the attic. Madness.

HERE IT IS.

The full book shelf, complete with reading lamp stolen from my mother's office, broken camera and wooden viking.

 A closer look at the book section and my two ridiculous union flags.

 My red books, I have yet to read Revolutionary Road.

I can only apologise for the fact that I own Alan Carr's autobiography, I haven't read it I swear.
Shame the same can't be said for Sharon Osbourne's which you can see a little of on the right.

My white books, all of Jeffrey Eugenides' books happen to be in this section, although they're not together.

I thought I would add in a closeup of my dvd collection too!

See you when I've finished Reaper Man!