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The latest book and publication reviews

How to Thrive in the Digital Age - Tom Chatfield
This book is so topical it's unreal: we are ALL slaves to our mobiles, emails tweets etc and this book recognises this, celebrates technology but equally our human quests. Highlighting our inability to moderate our usage of technology (see page 34 where Chatfield warns against us beginning to "turn the miracles into snares" is insight the extreme) this is a refreshingly truthful yet non scathing look at how technology is shaping our habits . . . .whether we like to admit it or not
My Life as an Alien - Edwin Page
James’s unwraps one of his birthday presents to find an alien suit. He’s happy with the present from his parents, in fact he thinks it’s great and it feels kind of natural dressed up as a Cyclopian. But of course he would, he’s really the only remaining alien Cyclopian, the last one of his kind that hasn’t been exterminated by the ugly Sloths.
Marathon Sex - Sonia Borg
Sonia Borg is a good authority on sex and sexual pleasure as all her previous books exude. With tasteful non graphic photos, Top Tips whenever necessary (sometimes one per page) combining sex with other activities (using a swiss ball to work the glutes) this is a good kick start manual.
The 12 Minute Sex Solution - Robin Westen
Colourful (lots of bright yellow & cerise) fun book with cheeky chapters like Chore-Play and even cheekier titles like Spin Cycle Sex, Unloading More than the Dishes and my personal favourite, Cupcake Cooling Cunnilingus....
One Long Hot Summer - Antonia Adams
Superbly luxurious cover of black flocked velvet, gives this collection of 3 erotic novels a Victorian flavour, even though the three stories are very modern.
When Blood Calls - JK Beck
Interesting novel about Sara Constantine who prosecutes vampires, werewolves and others who dance to the tune of the moon.
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Runecasters Handbook by Edred Thorsson
Do you want to read the runes? Have you ever wondered what each rune means? Or maybe you just want an in-depth handbook, if so then this book maybe for you, it’s packed full of information for novices and adepts.
Glimpses of Eternity by Raymond Moody
Raymond moody is the leading authority on near death experiences; and he proves once again he’s at the top of his field with this fabulous book about the investigation into shared death experiences.
The Templar’s Code by C M Palov
A typical Conspiracy Thriller which is what the genre now seems to be called. This one concentrates on the missing Emerald Tablet a tablet that is meant to (at least in this novel) give the secret from creation.
Promised Land by Anthony Clavane
This is a spiritual exploration of the Jewish life in Leeds and the ups and downs of the City and Leeds United. It is a social history as much as it is a footballing history.
Mercy by Jussi Adler-Olsen
A Scandinavian police thriller, and with the success of Stieg Larrson and others I was looking forward to reading as they do trend to have an underlying darkness that seems to have been missing in UK thrillers of recent.
The Paris Vendetta by Steve Berry
I normally love Steve Berry’s thrillers with their mix of facts and historical theories woven into a modern day espionage thriller
Belching out the Devil by Mark Thomas
This is a story of corporate greed and corporate negligence. Mark Thomas goes in search of the atrocities performed in the name of Coca-Cola.
The Secret Life of Girls by Chloe Thurlow
What doesn’t this saucy novel from the masters {XCite} have: we have seduction by nuns, the deflowering of young girls, spankings by a grimy handed gardener, an evil step father and the creation of a porn star. . .
Blood Song by Cat Adams
In the light of the Buffy, Angel and Twilight franchises, the heroine , Hollywood bodyguard Celia Graves is not having a great time: she’s been framed for murder, which all but one cop believes she’s guilty of, she’s being hunted by a “master” and to cap it all she’s neither fully mortal nor fully vampire.
Sugar Daddy Diaries by Helen Croydon
A frank, fun and teasing insight into the authors refreshingly honest self assessment that what she needed in her modern, career sated life was the charm and sexuality of older men; Sugar Daddies.
People Who Don’t Know They’re Dead by Gary Leon Hill
Studying the evidence that spirits, ghosts, call them what you will, are often confused, angry and often trapped between worlds. This book really confronts the, often rejected facts, that the problems, temperament and issues they one dies with don’t simply evaporate because they’re dead.
We’ve Never Been Alone by Paul Von Ward
Such a relevant a topical book based on the juxtaposition humans who believe we know it all and those of us who believe that we’re being guided, helped or re-introduced to things but higher beings . We all have names for that higher self: our instinct, guardian angels, inner voice, aliens . . . .
Dust by Joan Frances Turner
An ideal novel for anyone into corpses, vampire, zombies, Buffy or Twilight