The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 3,900 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 3 trips to carry that many people. Click here to [...]
FullyBooked- “Like a lamb to the slaughter” May 17, 2012
Homework for the holidays
A sample of some of the books I hope to get though over the christmas break . . .
Purple pants just aren’t enough!
Ever wondered which of those superheroes might need to get a day-job? Have a look at this entertaining article, The five poorest comic book characters, that discusses the assets (or rather, lack of) that have put The Hulk and Spider-Man amongst the five poorest super-heroes.
Climb a tree
So suggests John Marsden. Well he did on Monday night after a screening of Tomorrow When the War Began movie. Audience members had the opportunity of a Q and A session with the author and tree climbing came up in a response as to why the books have been so popular. Marsden suggested that [...]
It’s a book
Just love it
Start practising!
I loved this video! Stay tuned for Barker’s own competition!
Need something else to read?
Here are two great sites to help you choose what to read next. Just type in what you’ve been reading, or a book that you really liked, and they’ll recommend what to read next. The Book Seer and Your Next Read are both really easy to use, but I like the way Your Next Read [...]
Are you in or out?
Heist Society Ally Carter I’m putting this up on the blog because it might be overlooked otherwise which would be a shame because Heist Society is great fun and perfect if you don’t want to think too hard. The protagonist is teenage con artist Kat Bishop whose father is a world renowned thief. When a famous artwork [...]
Alex Rider in a tin…
Looking for that perfect Christmas present… for yourself? Then go no further than the recently released deluxe tin set of the first 6 Alex Rider novels by Anthong Horowitz. It’s available at a recommended retail price of $74.95 from most bookshops.
Still here…
We’re still here, but just going through a period of thinking how we might re-invent our blog. Stay tuned…
