The Naming Of The Beasts
Posted on October 3, 2009 in Books
I picked up Mike Carey’s new book The Naming of The Beasts, the fifth book in the Felix Castor series, on the release day September 10th and was lucky enough to get it signed by Mike Carey himself. As I’ve noted in my posts on the previous books in the series (The Devil You Know, Vicious Circle, Dead Men’s Boots and Thicker Than Water), the...
Read MoreHow I caused the Credit Crunch
Posted on August 22, 2009 in Books, Finance
I recently used my flight to Iceland for a three week visit to read Tetsuya Ishikawa’s book, How I Caused The Credit Crunch. Unlike Michel Lewis’ much acclaimed Liar’s Poker which I also read recently, Ishikawa chooses to portray his story through a fictitious character by the name of Andrew Dover. Dover is based on Ishikawa himself but he...
Read MoreSkullduggery Pleasant
Posted on August 20, 2009 in Books
On my recent trip to Spain I read the first book in the Skullduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy. The books mqin characters are Stephanie, a young ambitious teenage girl and Skullduggery, a wizard who was burned alive centuries ago but lives on with his life force bound to his skeleton. The book starts of after Stephanie’s uncle has recently passed away...
Read MoreLiar’s Poker
Posted on August 19, 2009 in Books
Whilst on the beach in Spain back in July I finally got around to reading Michael Lewis’ book Liar’s Poker where he goes over his experience working for Salomon Brothers in the 1980s. The book is written in 1989 but the settings, the people and their activities are reflective of our own time and the financial world is very similar but obviously not...
Read MoreBarry Ween, Boy Genius
Posted on July 5, 2009 in Books
What 10 year old doesn’t daydream about being able to invent wonderful things and build them on his/her own. Unfortunately for many of us we were limited to achieving these goals via Lego bricks or other simplistic means. This is not the case for young Barry Ween, created by Judd Winick and published in the Barry Ween comic books from Oni Press. Barry is...
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