that no one can hear the whispers
they’ve lit the world so bright
that no one can see in the dark
they’ve told so many lies
that no one knows the truth now
they’ve ruined all of nature
and told us to play in the park
The Rise of the Red Shadow — Joseph R. Lallo
At the time of writing this is the very first book in The Book of Deacon series, and what a book.
Essentially, it’s just an introduction to one of the series’ main characters, Lain, aka, The Red Shadow.
Lain is a kind of human/fox hybrid creature known as a Malthrope: which is where all his problems begin. Malthropes are feared, hated, despised, distrusted and hunted to near extinction by almost everyone, and it’s only by pure chance that Lain is not killed when he is captured as a kit after his mother is killed. But it’s a chance with a rather serious problem: he’s only being kept alive as a slave until he’s big enough for his tail to reach to the required length for his owner to claim the bounty on it. And if that’s not enough, as a slave he is forced to work with the other slaves who all hate, distrust and despise him and are more than eager to let him know — apart from one old blind slave who seems to have different ideas about him.
Although this is only an introduction to Lain, it’s over 400 pages long and is a complete story in its own right; so if all you want is a taster for the rest of the series, it’s a great book to taste.
Action packed, lots of other great characters coming in and out of the story, twists and turns, engrossing, enjoyable. Lain is a character you really want to root for.
This book can also be found in The Book of Deacon Anthology.
Joseph’s Page
#fantasy #josephrlallo
Quarantine — Jim Crace
At last, a Jesus story that’s actually well written, captivating, and isn’t pretending to be historical fact. A good one for all you baby Jesus fans at lent, me thinks.
I will definitely give it a re-read sometime and write a proper review.
Jim’s Page
#jesus #jimcrace
Complete Works of Mark Twain — Mark Twain
Now i have the ‘Infinite Improbability Drive’ picking out my next book i might actually get around to reading some of this. 
The Novels
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Prince and the Pauper
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
The American Claimant
Tom Sawyer Abroud
Pudd’nhead Wilson
Tom Sawyer, Detective
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
A Horse’s Tale
The Mysterious Stranger
The Short Stories
Chronological List of Short Stories
Alphabetical List of Short Stories
Mark Twain’s Library of Humor
The Essays and Satires
List of Twain’s Essays and Satires
The Travel Writing
The Innocents Abroud
Roughing It
A Tramp Abroad
Following the Equator
Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion
The Non-Fiction
Old Times on the Mississippi
Life on the Mississippi
Christian Science
Queen Victoria’s Jubilee
My Platonic Sweetheart
Editorial Wild Oats
The Letters
The Complete Letters of Mark Twain
The Speeches
The Complete Speeches
The Criticism
Mark Twain by Archibald Henderson
Mark Twain by Brander Matthews
The Americans by David Christie Murray
Mark Twain by Frederick Waddy
New York Times Articles
The Biographies
Chapters from my Autobiography by Mark Twain
My Mark Twain by William Dean Howells
Mark Twain a Biography by Albert Bigelow Paine
The Boy’s Life of Mark Twain by Albert Bigelow Paine
Mark’s Page
#delphicompleteworks #marktwain
Awesome stuff for F1 fans.She Wore Only White — Dörthe Binkert
I have no idea why i bought this book, as at a glance it appears completely outside of my normal reading spectrum.
Based around a true story, which is always a good grounder for any story. I may have to give it another read sometime and do a real review of it. In the meanwhile though, don’t let my lack of review put you off, it’s well worth a read. In fact, i enjoyed it so much that i bought Dörthe’s second book ‘Portrait of a Girl’: and i really enjoyed that as well.
Dörthe’s Page
#dorthebinkert
Lightspeed Magazine, September 2011 — John Joseph Adams
The still life photo of the old book, parchment, crow quill and bottle of the Indian ink[/caption]This month had Ursula in it.
Join — Liz Coleman
Bubbles — David Brin
Thief of Futures — D. Thomas Minton
The Island of the Immortals — Ursula K. Le Guin
John’s Page
#scifi #ursulakleguin #johnjosephadams
Lightspeed Magazine, December 2010 — John Joseph Adams
This month had Ursula in it.
In-fall — Ted Kosmatka
The Observer –Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Jenny’s Sick — David Tallerman
The Silence of the Asonu — Ursula K. Le Guin
John’s Page
#scifi #ursulakleguin #johnjosephadams
It looks interesting, like a non-fiction version of Life Of Pi — Yann Martel
What an utter mess the film made of this incredible book.
I’m not sure i’ve ever been hit by such a powerful and moving ending in any book i’ve ever read as much as the one in this. I’m ever so glad i didn’t watch that crappy film first, it would have totally ruined the book experience.
If you consider what people thought of the nazis turning books into flame and smoke, then what should we think of people who take great literature and turn it into 2 dimensional shit? 
I’ll write a proper review of this book when i re-read it in a few years time: i need to let my experience of the film get washed out good and proper before i go back to the book.
I do hope the people that made that 2 dimensional shit out of this wonderful book come across this page.
Coz this is for you . . .
Yann’s Page
#yannmartel
Luku Makes a Didgeridoo — Kyle Maplesden
A nice view into how a traditional didgeridoo is made and crafted, explained in language that i would probably reckon about 7 years upward. But as a Kindle has it’s own look up dictionary it’s always a good thing to push a few new words — like “pigment” — onto young minds. 
Illustrated throughout with some lovely pictures which unfortunately don’t get full justice on the black and white Kindle screen.
Nice first book, Kyle.
Kyle’s Page
#kylemaplesden
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