Nope, I didn’t like that at all. I think Chuck Palahniuk is a very clever, innovative writer. It’s why I’ve decided to do a talk on him at the Nova Mob (an SF book club held in Melbourne). I’ve loved Fight Club, Invisible Monsters and Survivor, and I was really looking forward to Choke. And …
Monthly Archive: April 2007
Apr 23
A Review of Stiff by Shane Maloney
So, about a month ago I went to this writing conference at work. It dealt with writing in the public service and one of the guests was Shane Maloney. If you don’t live in either Melbourne or Australia you’ve probably never heard of Maloney. He’s the author of a series of crime/mystery novels involving Murray Whelan, a cynical, …
Apr 16
A Review of Old Friends – A Benny Summerfield Adventure
I’ve been a bit late with this review, what with life and wedding preparations and such getting in the way. But true to my New Year resolution guns, here’s another wonderful, mind blowing, possibly even world changing review. Old Friends was the last Benny Summerfield book for 2006, so it’ll be the last Benny book …
Apr 11
So the Passover is… well… over
Yeah Passover is finished and so it’s back to the real world for another 7 weeks (up until Shavuot, also known as Pentacost, the Jewish Holiday where Moses came down with the 10 commandments). Anyways, Jules and I are seeing rude muppets tonight, which should be fun and I’m hoping to see Sunshine on Thursday …
Apr 10
Dennis Lehane and why you should be reading him.
This isn’t so much a review as it is a community announcement. For some reason, I was often asked last week what I was reading. And rather do what I normally would do, that is tell said person to piss off and leave me alone, I informed them I was reading Sacred by Dennis Lehane. Unfortunately, …
Apr 05
I just won a Freddo Frog
We had this competition at work where we had to count how many cadbury easter eggs were in the jar. I came second with a guess of 219 (there were 218). And I won a huge Freddo frog with smarties included. The sad thing is, I can’t eat it, or even have it on my …
Apr 04
Passover…
I love Passover. I love the coming together of family, the yelling and the screaming the jokes and my fiance, Jules, experiencing the Monds at their best and worst (sometimes in the same half second – though to be fair, after 13 months, she’s mostly experienced everything the Mond family has to offer in terms …
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