Wednesday 26 December 2012

Molly Synthia's Carnivale: The Complete Collection by Molly Synthia.


Meet Sara, who goes to a fetish club for anonymous sex with strangers. This book is an erotic Adult novella. It is very easy and pleasant reading that gives titallation from consensual but anonymous sex with strangers behind masks. This story is harmless fun and is not offensive. It is an Adult fantasy that entertains the reader. You can picture the scenes quite easily from the text! It gives a thrill as you go on these erotic adventures with Sara and enjoy her pleasures.

Each chapter starts off the same and is a little repetitive but this book is okay and fun to read. I will be voting it 3 stars on Goodreads. Carnivale was written in 2012 and is available as a 155 KB Amazon Kindle ebook. Sara can brighten up your day as she is a written distraction.

Tuesday 11 December 2012

Dark Video by Peter Church.

Dark Video get's off to a good start as Terri is jogging through the forest. Cue video...

This crime thriller was written in 2008 and I purchased the 437 KB Amazon Kindle ebook. It is set in South Africa and is a blokey tale of young men's aspirations. Dark Video is entertaining and shows the darker side of video production - hence the title but nothing is offensive. It is exciting as you wonder "what next?". This novel keeps you second guessing as the plot develops.

Dark Video described very well the thrill of video and the joy had by the voyeur. This book has a good explanation of the technology and software used in making and promoting video in our internet age. There is a good pace to the plot and it does not run out of steam.

This is a good book and I will vote it 4 stars on Goodreads as it is an enjoyable read. Everything comes together by the end of the story, with a twist that makes you smile.

Tuesday 27 November 2012

The Linux Command Line by William E. Shotts.

This book is not a novel but a computer manual. It is available as a free 2,009 KB PDF download from the Linux Command website and was published in 2009. This book shows how Linux from the command line actually works behind the scenes. It gives a full explanation of how Linux works and the history of computer operating from the birth of Unix. It explores the reasoning behind Unix and you begin to understand exactly how computers work with this great tale of logic. William writes a lovely background and history of computer operating techniques, theory and best practice. He illustrates the power, efficency and beauty of working from the command line. This book entertains as you discover the bash shell. The text works very well as a book and it gave me the same reading pleasure as I get from a regular novel.

This book is not dull but it is lively and thought provoking. At the end of this book you wonder if you would ever miss a graphical user interface now that William has shown you the other way, which is Linux at the command line. You can always refer back to this book and use it as a reference. It was such an enjoyable read that I will vote it the maximum score of 5 stars on Goodreads . The Linux Command Line is a good adventure that makes you wonder about all the bloat with Microsoft Windows.

Saturday 10 November 2012

Love All the People - Bill Hicks .


Bill Hicks was born on 16/12/61 but sadly died at the age of 32 on 26/2/94. He was a very loved and respected comedian, especially among other comedians. This book has been made up by John Lahr in 2004 and is a collection of Bill's comedy routines, letters and lyrics.

This book is absolute rubbish and I will vote it the minimum of one star on Goodreads . The content does not work as a book and it is the worst book I have ever read. Love All the People never moves on because it is so shallow in content. Bill's stand up routines are repeated time and time again as an account of each venue is replayed. His routines revolve around the war on drugs, how musicians have used drugs to become creative, magic mushrooms, smoking, the Kennedy asassination, the Waco seige, celebrity endorsements,  bland musicians, abortion, easter bunnies and creationism. These routines are repeated time and time again. The reader knows what is coming next in Bill's comedy routine because they have read it earlier in this dreadful book. This book could have been a quarter of it's size and the reader would have lost nothing, rather than wasting their time reading more of the same as Bill retells his comedy routines. These jokes might have been amusing the first time you read them but with constant repettition they become tiresome.

To give a flavour of Bill's humour, here are a few snips...

That’s what I hate about the war on drugs, I’ll be honest with you, it’s what I can’t stand is all day long when we see those commercials:

‘Here’s your brain, here’s your brain on drugs’,

‘Just say no’,

‘Why do you think they call it dope?’

And then the next commercial is:

‘This Bud’s for you.’

Come on everybody, let’s be hypocritical bastards. It’s OK to drink your drug. (laughs) We meant those other drugs. Those untaxed drugs. Those are the ones that are bad for ya. Nicotine, alcohol . . . good drugs. Coincidentally, taxed drugs. Oh, how does this fucking work?

...With the presidential election currently taking place here, it has become more and more obvious that there is one political party in America, and that is – THE BUSINESS PARTY. And, in order to placate the masses with the illusion of democracy, they hold a purely ceremonial election every four years while their propaganda arm – the corporate-owned mainstream media – obediently and even gleefully plays it to the hilt, as though there was actually a choice and you, the American people, were the ones getting to make that choice.

...‘Whaddya say we stay inside tonight, baby? Let’s let the pizza delivery guy deal with that shit out there. Hello? Pizza delivery, could you send another car over please. I know that’s your third one, that last guy almost made it. I can almost reach the pizza box with the broom handle. How come those pitbulls are eating your driver but they’re not touching that fucking pizza? What do they know that we don’t know, hellooo?’

...And this fascination with fucking chips – french fries. You call ’em chips; they’re french fries. I love fries, don’t get me wrong. If you leave here tonight going, ‘Bill doesn’t like fries’ . . . you’ll be wrong. But every single fucking time you eat? Come on! You’re having too many fries! You’re over your spud quota. Everything has these. I saw hookers on London streets going, ‘Head and chips!’ You may think you’ve gotten good head before, but unless you’ve had it with a big, hot, piping plate of fries in front of you .

...OK, here we go. It’s about my life as I did growing up in a happy, healthy, loving family: ‘Good evening everybody. Momma never beat me and Daddy never fucked me. Good night!’ (in deep voice) ‘T-shirts are on sale in the lobby.’ In Stokey West Virginia, people come up, real excited: ‘That was a great show. Liked it a lot. Little long . . . but ah . . . my attention span wavered towards the end. One thing though: that part about your dad never fucking you – that’s a joke, right?’ Course it is.

Is that a bus? I’m outa here.

Saturday 3 November 2012

The screen breaks.


I have had my Amazon Kindle since February 2011 and have been very pleased with it. I think it is a great device with a wonderful design.

However, when I turned it on the other day the screen had black lines across it. I wondered what had gone wrong as it looked like the screen saver image had not been cleared from the display. I tried to get rid of these lines by doing obvious things like flicking pages, going to the home screen, opening other books, turning the Kindle off and on plus even trying a reset procedure. All to no avail as the black lines across the screen remain.

A quick search on the internet shows that I am not the only person to have a faulty Amazon Kindle screen. This fault is rather common as the device gets older. I have had my Kindle for 20 months and have read a total of 30 books on it, in that time. I wondered what to do and because this appears to be a common failing with the e-ink display on the Kindle, I decided not to buy a replacement Kindle. Any books you purchase from Amazon are archived on their servers and you can re-download them at no charge to another device.

Fortuneately I have a Samsung Galaxy Tablet, so I downloaded all my Amazon Kindle ebooks to it the other night. I like the idea of a Kindle but the failing of the e-ink screen has put me off the device and I shall never buy another one. I like ebooks and prefer them to paperbacks, for the obvious reasons. I love being able to carry my library around on my tablet computer and the Kindle Android app is a very good program. The Kindle app is a good solution to this problem and I will stick with it on my tablet.

I am still a fan of Kindle ebooks and will continue to buy more in the future as it is my drug of choice.

Sunday 28 October 2012

The Istanbul Puzzle by Laurence O'Bryan .

Alek, a photographer is beheaded in Istanbul. A video of his murder is posted on You Tube. Sean Ryan, who works with Alek, tries to find out why he was killed.

There is a nice mix of chapters in this book, with the bad guys having a brief one to keep the reader in the loop and longer chapters written in the first person as Sean tries to solve this mystery. This novel has a good plot where you read what the bad guys are up to something but Alek got in the way. With Sean investigating what went wrong, will he become a victim?

I enjoyed reading this book which is a good conspiracy tale. It is very thought provoking with a realistic scenario. The story is very current day and has an engaging plot involving the war on terror. The reader develops a good expectation that Sean will discover just what Alek had found. But a find worth killing for? You learn to understand Sean's motivation and thoughts because most people would abandon this dangerous search to solve the mystery...

What his father told him afterwards had stuck in his mind; when you’ve done things that can never be forgiven, you become free, because you can never go back, never undo them.

...The story is very realistic with lots of knowledgeable background thrown in...

Heathrow Airport, Terminal 5, the largest free-standing building in the UK, looked as busy the following morning as it had during the nightmare snow storm the previous winter.

The report confirmed the existence of a Yersina Pestis bacterium in the doctor’s blood. That fact alone would not be enough to ring warning bells. Every year many thousands of cases of plague ended up being reported to the World Health Organisation.

... The ending of this story was well explained and reasoned. This book raises issues of fear within our society...

‘Today,’ he began, dispensing with any opening pleasantries, ‘the Muslim faith is the fastest growing of all Europe’s religions. By some projections, within some of your lifetimes, it will be the faith of the majority, given the comparative birth rates. An Islamic Europe may not aspire to tolerance, either. It may well be fundamentalist. And they don’t usually take kindly to dissent. When they offer your granddaughter a burqa, she may have to put it on.’

‘People used to believe the world was full of evil spirits,’ I said. ‘They had no other way to explain things they didn’t understand. That’s my explanation for evil spirits. And I’m sticking to it.’

...The Istanbul Puzzle was written in 2011 and I purchased the 1631 KB Amazon Kindle version. I thought it was a good book and I shall vote it 4 stars on Goodreads .

Tuesday 16 October 2012

Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures by Ian Stewart .


This book was written in 2009 and I bought the 3285 KB Amazon Kindle edition published in 2010. Sadly there is no structure to this book, there is no theme, it is more like a collection of magazine tit bits. Ian may be a good mathematician but he is not a good author. This book was a big disappointment for me and I did not enjoy reading it. The text does not engage or inspire the reader. It is quite dull, which is a shame because of how mathematics explain our world. This book is very bitty, made up of little short sections. There is an awful lot of algebra to read through, making this book very easy to put down.

I did not find any mathematical treasures at all, just a collection of bits and pieces. I thought this book a poor read and shall only be voting it 2 stars on Good Reads . I took very little away from this book, the best snippet being...

Traces of sexagesimal arithmetic still linger in our culture. We divide an hour into 60 minutes and a minute into 60 seconds. In angular measure, we divide a degree into 60 minutes and a minute into 60 seconds, too - same words, different context.

Tuesday 9 October 2012

Boston Manor Viaduct now open to all.

Since April the Boston Manor Viaduct has been closed to ALL vehicles over 7.5 tonnes maximum gross weight. All buses, coaches and lorries were banned from using the M4 motorway between junctions 3 and 2 eastbound and junctions 1 and 3 westbound. This  involved a time consuming diversion along the A312 and A4 adding over 20 minutes to your journey time in each direction.

For all our government claims to promote the use of public transport, this weight restriction became a class divide with Johnny big pockets thundering along the motorway in his car towards London, whilst the plebs crawled along the A4 in their buses and coaches. For a motorway to have a 7.5 tonne weight restriction is obscene. For the repair work to take over 6 months shows our government is not bothered about people travelling on public transport or the increased costs put on operators.

Was this 7.5 tonne weight restriction really necessary? I doubt it because ALL official Olympic Games Vehicles were allowed to ignore this restriction and their buses and coaches used the M4 motorway without diversion, whether they had passengers or were empty.

Think about the total weight of all those cars thundering over the Boston Manor Viaduct. Some of these  Chelsea Tractors are running around 2 tonne, so 9 of these gas guzzling monsters would equal 1 coach. Safety is important but was the motorway in such a risk of collapse that the odd coach could bring it down but the constant stream of private cars were not at risk?

I think the decision to impose the 7.5 tonne weight limit was political. If the government banned all vehicles from the motorway, then the protest would be huge and something would be done. By imposing a 7.5 tonne weight limit, passenger and haulage contractors did not dare challenge the restriction in case VOSA come down heavy on vehicle maintenance and drivers hours. Any company challenging this weight restriction would be subject to extra inspections by VOSA in a revenge attack ordered by the politicians.

If this closure of a motorway to vehicles over 7.5 tonne was in France, I am sure protests would have been made, with the region's roads in gridlock until the restriction was removed. But the British suffer from apathy and simply do not challenge a silly restriction.

Wednesday 3 October 2012

Touch by Mark Sennen.

Follow Detective Inspector Charlotte Savage with an enquiry into rape, missing persons and murder. Touch is a crime thriller set in Devon. This novel follows both the police and Harry, the perpetrator along the same time line. I liked the way the plot developed, getting the story from both sides. I enjoyed this creepy tale that had a good pace. The story deals with the darker side of pornography...

‘Some sort of snuff film?’
‘It is the stuff of fiction, respectfully, sir. There is very little evidence of real snuff movies ever being made. Certainly not for distribution.’

...and deals with men's relationship with images and pornography. Touch offers a good explanation of Harry's motives and desires.

There is some good banter between police officers...

‘Result, ma’am. You don’t have three big screens connected to one machine just to waste your life on Facebook.’

... and this book is a good mix between police procedure, the perpetrator and a good social commentary. It is also good at describing how people relate to one another. This is a murder story but it is very British in it's attitude...

The line of mid-range cars – some new – parked on the road testified to the fact that the area had aspirations. Still on-street though, Savage noted. Only once you parked your car on your own land could you finally say you had arrived in true middle class suburban heaven.

... Mark also wrote a lot about the weather, very British but unnecessary! Harry's last actions were however unrealistic and made a disappointing end to this novel.

Touch is a good book and I shall be voting it 4 stars on Good Reads . It was written in 2011 and I bought the 729 KB Amazon Kindle version.

Thursday 20 September 2012

Growing Up bin Laden by Jean Sasson .

The subtitle of this book reads "Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World" and this is exactly what this book does. Najwa was just 15 when she married Osama bin Laden who was 17 at the time. This book was written in 2009 and published as a 1057KB eBook in 2010.

Growing Up bin Laden was written as it was told to Jean Sasson by Najwa bin Laden, who is Osama's cousin and 1st wife, plus Omar bin Laden, their 4th born son. Each chapter is written in the first person with a seperate chapter for mother and son. There are seperate chapters written by Jean to explain Osama's political activities. This is an amazing story spread over 37 years and describes the busy family man and examines his role as a husband and father. It is a nicely told story of a very large family. It is an enjoyable read as the reader travels through Syria, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Pakistan and Afghanistan. This great adventure brings a good understanding of Osama who was a very private man.

Growing Up bin Laden is very good at explaining Muslim culture which helps the reader understand the dynamics of family life in Muslim countries. Najwa and Omar give the reader a wonderful insight into their family life with all it's joys and frustrations. This is a very honest family tale and because it is written in the first person, the reader really gets engaged with the story. The strongest part for me told by Najwa was when she moved to the Tora Bora Mountains in Afghanistan...

I sat there, peering through the burqa’s latticed opening into the star-filled skies of Afghanistan. I was no longer a part of the hustle and bustle of earthly life. In fact, I knew that somewhere beyond the mountains of Tora Bora a busy world was passing me by. Such thoughts made me feel entirely alone in the world, a burqa-clad woman forgotten to all. Few people in the world even knew that Najwa Ghanem bin Laden existed. Yet no one could deny that I had lived, for I was a woman who had given life to nine children, with a tenth child soon to be.

...The strongest parts for me told by Omar were also when he moved to the Tora Bora Mountains in Afghanistan...

I really could not believe that our lives had come to this. My father was a member of one of the wealthiest families of Saudi Arabia. My cousins were relaxing in fine homes and attending the best schools. Here I was, the son of a wealthy bin Laden, living in a lawless land, wheezing for air in a small Toyota truck, surrounded by Afghan warriors carrying powerful weapons, on my way to help my father claim a mountain hut for our family home.

...There is also that lovely mother and son dynamic when Omar recalls...

Peaceful hours passed as we sat quietly or, when in the mood for talking, discussed our lives, and how strange it was that we had started out in a palace in Jeddah and ended in a rock hut on a mountain in Afghanistan.

...Growing Up bin Laden starts with Najwa's marriage in 1974 and ends in September 2001 with the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers. By 2001 Najwa had given birth to a total of 11 children. Osama had other wives and children too but with the illegal invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, many bombs were dropped and many civilians were killed. The bin Laden family is very large indeed and the great sadness was that family members from 2001 did not know what happened to other family members, where they lived or if they survived the bombing. This book concludes with some final comments from Jean plus 3 appendix's and an index.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading Growing Up bin Laden. It was a great adventure story that answered a lot of questions. I loved the way the story was told from 2 seperate points of view that followed the same time line. I can't find any fault with this book so I will be voting it the maximum of 5 stars on Good Reads .

Najwa's, Omar's and Jean's chapters let the reader form their own opinion of Osama bin Laden, Islam and the West. The reader then understands why things developed the way they did and all the mistakes of history. At the end of this book you draw your own conclusions, I certainly have and must say thank you to Najwa, Omar and Jean for publishing this amazing story.

Thursday 30 August 2012

Killing Faith by Eric Meyer .

This story gets off to a good start...

She lay on her back, spread-eagled on the bed. He knelt over her, and then put his hands around her neck. She closed her eyes, ready for him to lean down and kiss her again. But he didn’t, and the pressure on her neck started to increase. Jesus, it hurt. “Would you ease up? You’re hurting my neck.”
“I know,” he replied. Her eyes flew open. The pleasant, good-looking guy had gone, and what stared down at her was the face of a monster.

...So, we have a killer and as this story unfolds, a serial killer. Meet Gabriel de Sade, our tough New York cop and veteran of the illegal American invasion of Afghanistan. He is the tough no-nonsense cop on the trail of this serial killer who has murdered 2 victims before this novel begins.

Gabriel just starts his investigation when he is joined by FBI Special Agent Faith Ward. From this point onwards this story leaves reality. The start of this book was so good but then the action is so far fetched, it is comical. There is love and plenty of gun-ho action as our hero searches to bring the serial killer to justice. There are many flash backs as Gabriel relates his current investigation to his experiences in Afghanistan.

Killing Faith gives the reader a good insight into the Russian mafia and their use of extreme violence to intimidate their helpers. The ending of this book comes as no surprise because you knew that Gabriel would get the killer in the end.

I will vote this novel 3 stars on Good Reads as it is okay. It fills my daily read requirement but only just. This book was written in 2011 and I downloaded the 267 KB Amazon Kindle version.

Friday 24 August 2012

Fare dodger strikes unlucky .

Some people will try it on for a free ride. I have no sympathy for these people who are simple criminals trying to steal a free ride. This is not just a revenue loss problem on buses, coaches and trains but you can also get dare-devil fare dodgers on planes too. This is silly because outside of the pressurised passenger cabin their is a lack of oxygen and temperatures drop to minus 60C due to the altitude.

The body of a presumed stowaway was discovered on a British Airways plane that arrived at Heathrow from South Africa on Thursday.

The airline said the unidentified man's body was found in the landing gear bay of a Boeing 747. The hiding place would have exposed the man to temperatures as low as 60C below freezing and oxygen deprivation during the 11-and-a-half-hour flight from Cape Town.

Metropolitan police officers and ambulance staff were called to the airport at 6.25am, and the man was pronounced dead at 7.07am. A police spokesman said: "The death is being treated as non-suspicious. Inquiries are ongoing to establish the man's identity."

Airports Company South Africa, which runs Cape Town international airport, said a man had been spotted scaling its perimeter fence on Wednesday night and heading towards a BA plane preparing for takeoff. It said security officers had searched the airfield in vain.

The BA spokesman said stowaways were a rare occurrence on any passenger aircraft, and there was very little chance of surviving a flight in the landing gear bay. Anyone hiding in the compartment risks being crushed or burned by the wheels after the plane takes off.

Thursday 23 August 2012

Strip billiards and press freedom.

A strange title to this blog post you may think but there is a connection, a royal connection. There are 2 photographs of Prince Harry playing strip billiards in Las Vegas that were published on the American gossip website TMZ . If you look at the Guido Fawkes blog he also publishes the 2 photographs.

The TMZ website is celebrity gossip but Guido Fawkes is a political blogger and he highlights the big problem. Playing billiards naked is not a problem, just a bit of harmless fun between consenting adults. What is not fun is that Clarence House has leaned on all the British press asking them not to republish these photographs.

This restriction by the Palace to restrict press freedom really stinks. Our press must be free to publish what it wants, otherwise it is nothing more than a government mouthpiece. This is a bad day for freedom of speech and the implications affect everyone. You have to draw the line somewhere and if the press are persuaded not to publish some fun party photographs, then the whole public are being treated like mugs. Respect from the public is earned over time and the attitude of both Clarence House and the press leads the public to distrust them.

What else are the press keeping from us?

There are too many gagging orders and other restrictions around. This is a nasty trend and employers are catching on by stopping employees writing about their workplace on social media websites. The net is drawing in and by the press not republishing these 2 photographs, slowly but surely freedom of speech is being eroded.

Friday 17 August 2012

Hostile Witness by Rebecca Forster.

Did Hannah Sheraton start the fire that killed her step-grandfather Justice Fitz Rayburn? Josie Baylor-Bates, a friend of Hannah's mother, defends her daughter.

This story slowly unfolds in the court and with Josie's investigations outside. Very little is said between Hannah and Josie. You are unsure of her guilt and Hannah believes her problems will blow away. You do not develop an empathy for Hannah because she does not co-operate fully with Josie. This crime thriller is basically a court room drama featuring regular court procedures and dialogue between counsels.

Hostile Witness is dull, it is not an exciting novel. There are no big surprises, it is drab and it is not a gripping story. There are no likeable characters in this book. I have nothing to recommend in this novel. This book was written in 2004 and I downloaded the 562 KB Amazon Kindle copy. I took nothing away from this book. It was not a reading pleasure but a drag. I think that Hostile Witness is rubbish and I shall be voting it the minimum 1 star on Good Reads as I consider this book one to AVOID. I will not be reading another of Rebecca's books.

Thursday 16 August 2012

Boston Manor Viaduct.

Since April there has been a 7.5 tonne weight restriction on the M4 motorway between Junctions 3 and 2 eastbound and Junction 1 and 3 westbound. This is a result of ongoing repair work at the Boston Manor Viaduct. The diversions in place greatly add to journey times to and from London.

Drivers of buses, coaches and lorries are getting fed up with this restriction, that has gone on for far too long. This section of motorway is very busy and every day thousands of cars thunder along with no restriction. If this bridge is so weak as the warning signs claim, then how can these cars safely cross?

The Department of Transport will not move on this restriction and has sent out a nagging email...

VOSA is working closely with the Met Police and the Highways Agency to identify and take action against road users who do not comply. This action includes the issuing of fixed penalties for vehicles not complying with the weight restriction and reporting repeat offenders to the Traffic Commissioner.

Sarah Bell, Traffic Commissioner said: “I am pleased that the vast majority of bus, coach and freight operators are heeding the 7.5t weight restriction in place on the M4 viaduct. It is disappointing that a few are not, presenting a poor impression of the industry. I have asked the Highways Agency and VOSA to report direct to my office any operators and drivers that appear to be disregarding the clear signs.”

...Why is this work taking so long and is it really necessary to have a 7.5 tonne weight restriction? To make drivers even more hot under the collar is the fact that official London 2012 Olympic vehicles were exempt from this restriction...

* Exemptions apply for LOCOG Olympic coaches, laden and unladen - with a vehicle access and parking permit – which are being allowed to use both carriageways of the M4 between Junction 1 and 3 over the Boston Manor Viaduct.

...This makes no sense at all. VOSA have bent over backwards for people playing games but people who are trying to make a living are threatened with a fixed penalty. What is good for LOCOG should apply to everyone and if this bridge was so weak then LOCOG should have been told to take a jump.

A temporary restriction is understandable for essential work but to allow alleged VIP's access is totally unfair. I am disappointed that the freight and passenger industries have not taken on the government and challenged this weight restriction.

Friday 10 August 2012

Saffina Desforges Presents... The Kindle Coffee-Break Collection. Volume 1.

This anthology of short stories starts by Saffina Desforges introducing the aim of this book. Readers should be able to read it when they only have maybe 15 minutes to spare. They should be able to get a quick buzz from reading these short, snappy stories. It is the first volume of a series that may grow over the years. I downloaded the 257 KB Amazon Kindle file which was published in 2011. This anthology consists of 9 short stories by different authors. These stories are of varied length and are a variety pack across different genres of novels. Each short story is introduced by Saffina in the style of a compere at a stand up comedy gig. This book also doubles up as a showcase for these 9 authors to get readers interested in their other works. This is a good concept and Saffina means well.

However, this Coffee-Break Collection did not work for me. Although this anthology is a nice idea, it FAILS and I prefer the one big book that really gets you involved with the tale. The brevity of short stories leads to low expectations from the reader. No story was outstanding or made me want to explore more material from that author. Will I bother with Volume 2? No thanks. This book is poor and I suggest you don't bother and give it the miss. I shall vote it only 2 stars on Goodreads because it disappoints the reader in their search for a frequent reading fix.

Thursday 9 August 2012

Setting template of my new blog...

We took it all apart
But I'm wishing I'd stayed
In the back room something I heard you say
We didn't want to call it too early
Now it seems a world away
But I miss the thing, are we ever gonna feel the same?

Standing in the light till it's over
Out of our minds
Someone had to draw a line
We'll be coming back for you one day
We'll be coming back for you one day
I don't even care if I know you
Out of our minds
Got to leave it all behind
We'll be coming back
We'll be coming back for you one day

[Beat break]

You can see it from afar
We were riding that wave
Blinded by the lights, and it's something not great
We didn't want to call it too early
Now it seems a world away
But I miss the thing, are we ever gonna feel the same?

Standing in the light till it's over
Out of our minds
Someone had to draw a line
We'll be coming back for you one day
We'll be coming back for you one day
I don't even care if I know you
Out of our minds
Got to leave it all behind
We'll be coming back for you one day
We'll be coming back for you one day

Gonna rise, gonna fall, getting pulled apart
And we all do it all cause it stole our hearts
Gonna light up the skies, or ignore the stars
And we all do it all cause it stole our hearts

[Beat break]

Standing in the light till it's over
Out of our minds
Someone had to draw a line
We'll be coming back for you one day
We'll be coming back for you one day
I don't even care if I know you
Out of our minds
Got to leave it all behind
We'll be coming back for you one day
We'll be coming back for you one day