This is my updated list of the first twenty books in my 1001 authors and books to read before you die.......
1) The Terror by Dan Simmons
2) The complete work of fantasy author, Robin Hobb
3) From A Buick 8 by Stephen King
4) Mao and Wild Swans by Jung Chang
5) IT by Stephen King
6) A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
7) Sarah's Key by Tatiana De Rosnay
8) Ways To Live Forever by Sally Nicholls
9) Charlotte Grey by Sebastian Faulks
10) Headhunter by Michael Slade
11)The Charlie Parker novels by John Connolly
12)The collected work of Clifford.D.SimaK
13)Let The Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
14)The Elvis Cole novels by Robert Crais
15)The Quiller novels by Adam Hall
16)Kamikaze by Michael Slade
17)Lost And Found by Oliver Jeffers
18)The Grail Quest books by Bernard Cornwell
19)Poison Study by Maria.V.Snyder
20)The Stone And The Flute by Hans Bremmann
Friday, 29 October 2010
Childe Roland to The Dark Tower came.....
I am obsessed with Stephen King's Dark Tower series!
I have just finished reading the Marvel comic book series which starts with the past events depicted in Book 4: Wizard And Glass and carries on with new and original stories that take us right up until The Battle For Jerhico Hill which sees Roland first start off on his quest to reach The Dark Tower.
This has prompted me to read the Stephen King novels again as well. So far I am up to Wizard And Glass and throughly enjoying them once more but, as I remember (and I have only read the end books once), the series begins to decline from here onwards as Roland gets closer to his goal! Wizard And Glass though is truly amazing and really helps us understand the boy that once was The Gunslinger before he started out on his life's journey. It is good because in Wizard And Glass, we do not just get a flashback story but also get to pass through an alternate version of the world featured in King's novel, The Stand!
On a slightly different note, this has also prompted me to finish my painting of The Dark Tower that I started back in Febuary. I will post a photo here in a couple of days but if you check out my Profile on FaceBook, I will also be posting photos of all my other paintings too! I cannot believe it has been nine years since I last painted anything except for a birthday card I drew for Emilie recently with a Toy Story theme. Hopefully this might inspire me to do more painting......it would be good if it did!
Anyway, I am a bit behind with my list of 1001 books and authors you really need to read before you die and haven't updated for a while so it is time to give you another!
This time, the book I wish to include is (20) The Stone And The Flute by Hans Bremmann. It tells the story of a young man, Listener, who comes to the aid of a fallen enemy in battle named Arno who gives him a mystical stone amulet in gratitude. Listener spends all his life trying to discover the secrets of The Stone and has lots of adventures in the meantime that see him turned first into a Faun and then later into stone for several decades. As well as all this, Listener is also able to find true love and ultimately he comes to the realisation that what he has finally found may be far more valuable than anything else he might have sought!
This is less one story but instead several different sub-stories all cleverly inter-linked and joined together to form a cohesive whole. It is a book I first read at a very young age but which has stayed with me through until adulthood and is still a firm favourite of mine. The test of a good book is one that stays with you through the years and loses none of its magic or charm. This is truly one of those books!
I have just finished reading the Marvel comic book series which starts with the past events depicted in Book 4: Wizard And Glass and carries on with new and original stories that take us right up until The Battle For Jerhico Hill which sees Roland first start off on his quest to reach The Dark Tower.
This has prompted me to read the Stephen King novels again as well. So far I am up to Wizard And Glass and throughly enjoying them once more but, as I remember (and I have only read the end books once), the series begins to decline from here onwards as Roland gets closer to his goal! Wizard And Glass though is truly amazing and really helps us understand the boy that once was The Gunslinger before he started out on his life's journey. It is good because in Wizard And Glass, we do not just get a flashback story but also get to pass through an alternate version of the world featured in King's novel, The Stand!
On a slightly different note, this has also prompted me to finish my painting of The Dark Tower that I started back in Febuary. I will post a photo here in a couple of days but if you check out my Profile on FaceBook, I will also be posting photos of all my other paintings too! I cannot believe it has been nine years since I last painted anything except for a birthday card I drew for Emilie recently with a Toy Story theme. Hopefully this might inspire me to do more painting......it would be good if it did!
Anyway, I am a bit behind with my list of 1001 books and authors you really need to read before you die and haven't updated for a while so it is time to give you another!
This is less one story but instead several different sub-stories all cleverly inter-linked and joined together to form a cohesive whole. It is a book I first read at a very young age but which has stayed with me through until adulthood and is still a firm favourite of mine. The test of a good book is one that stays with you through the years and loses none of its magic or charm. This is truly one of those books!
Monday, 25 October 2010
When I get angry and I get pissed.....I sit myself down and write a list...and you've made my Shitlist!!
Grrrr......every time I try to make a concerted effort to spend more time on this Blog and give it more of my attention, things always seem to get in the way and I end up neglecting it all over again! Anyway, am going to try and be a bit more regular (o'er missus!) from this day on but am also going to stop worrying about it if I don't manage to keep to my promise. After all, this is my Blog and I shouldn't feel guilty about whether or not I keep it updated; it's up to me what I write and when I choose to write it!
Isn't it funny how the actions of just one person can really frack you off? There's this D.M (Duty Manager) at work whom we will call BH who has been there for a while. She is abrasive, constantly narky and walks round with a bag of potatoes on her shoulder as opposed to just a chip. With one comment, she can somehow manage to piss everybody off and get their backs up without even trying but goes around thinking everybody loves her. Well...Newsflash....Everybody thinks you are a fracking bitch and if any woman deserved a slap, it would be you!
I try not to HATE anybody as HATE is a very strong, powerful and negative emotion but some people just beg to be despised. Which is why, tonight, I have belatedly added BH's name to my Shit list; so called after the song by the group L7!
This list so far comprises of only three people: Penguin Zero, whom I infamously had a run-in with some time ago as readers of this Blog may remember; Creepy Crazy Dave, our freaky Kitchen Porter who has earned himself the moniker Captain Slow of late because he is so useless and is one hell of a nutcase who really has more than just a few spanners loose in his toolbox: and now BH, a stupid little bitch who now works part-time since the birth of her little boy and really can't seem to be able to take the pressure of working at The Hotel any more meaning that she storms about throwing her attitude around like a squat, obese Storm-trooper managing only to leave a trail of equally fracked-off people in her wake!
It's not just me either; Bon Jovi Roy has a similar reaction to her that I do, if not magnified ever so slightly. It is just one more way in which me and him are alike and another reason why we get on so well!
Until a hopefully-much-happier next time......Au Revior Mon Amis
Sparky xxxxxx
Isn't it funny how the actions of just one person can really frack you off? There's this D.M (Duty Manager) at work whom we will call BH who has been there for a while. She is abrasive, constantly narky and walks round with a bag of potatoes on her shoulder as opposed to just a chip. With one comment, she can somehow manage to piss everybody off and get their backs up without even trying but goes around thinking everybody loves her. Well...Newsflash....Everybody thinks you are a fracking bitch and if any woman deserved a slap, it would be you!
I try not to HATE anybody as HATE is a very strong, powerful and negative emotion but some people just beg to be despised. Which is why, tonight, I have belatedly added BH's name to my Shit list; so called after the song by the group L7!
This list so far comprises of only three people: Penguin Zero, whom I infamously had a run-in with some time ago as readers of this Blog may remember; Creepy Crazy Dave, our freaky Kitchen Porter who has earned himself the moniker Captain Slow of late because he is so useless and is one hell of a nutcase who really has more than just a few spanners loose in his toolbox: and now BH, a stupid little bitch who now works part-time since the birth of her little boy and really can't seem to be able to take the pressure of working at The Hotel any more meaning that she storms about throwing her attitude around like a squat, obese Storm-trooper managing only to leave a trail of equally fracked-off people in her wake!
It's not just me either; Bon Jovi Roy has a similar reaction to her that I do, if not magnified ever so slightly. It is just one more way in which me and him are alike and another reason why we get on so well!
Until a hopefully-much-happier next time......Au Revior Mon Amis
Sparky xxxxxx
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Twitter ate my hamster...2
Tweet @ 09:08 ~ How can anyone diss Split Second on Dooyoo? It is a classic Rutger Hauer sci-fi flick and is British!!
Twitter ate my hamster...
Tweet @ 08:08 ~ Yesterday was a freebie- today, day 2 of hols, must DO stuff!
Monday, 4 October 2010
I don't normally use Twitter, but if I did......11
Tweet @ 16:40 ~ Poor Picasso.....Emilie just WILL NOT leave that poor cat alone. Means well but I bet he don't see it like that!
I don't normally use Twitter, but if I did......10
Tweet @ 2 pm ~ phew-exhausted after making lots of product suggestions on dooyoo for graphic novels, hope they don't take too long to process!
I don't normally use Twitter, but if I did......9
Tweet @ 12:37 pm ~ hmm manky sarnie ham rates joint first place I think!
I don't normally use Twitter, but if I did......8
Tweet @ 12:30 pm ~ is there anything worse than manky milk?
I don't normally use Twitter, but if I did......7
Tweet @ 12:13 pm ~ just found out why shouldn't let Ems go upstairs for wee on own! she had been up 4 a while so went up 2 find she had put my hair gel in hair and squeezed half a tube over her top and the duvet!
I don't normally use Twitter, but if I did......6
Repeating a joke new chef Alex at work told us via Tweet @ 11:48 am ~ asked gal in bar "can I call u Gillette?" She says "why bcos I am best a man can get?" I said "No cos u r bout 2 b used repeatedly n left bloody!"
I don't normally use Twitter, but if I did......4
Tweet @ 11:37 am ~ wishes Ems would learn she can't do everything on own, sometimes she NEEDS a little help! Bless, daughter is sooo independent now!
I don't normally use Twitter, but if I did......2
Tweet @ 10:47 am ~ @ 3 yrs old, daughter Emilie already understands value of money! keeps going through my pockets and stealing my change 4 her money box!!
I don't normally use Twitter, but if I did......
So, been a bit of an Internet recluse these past few months for a variety of reasons that incorporates XBOX LIVE and a busy time at work but am off on holiday this week so am taking the opportunity to revisit my Blog and try and be more proactivewith it! With that in mind, I have also decided, for this week only, to try and use my Twitter account a little more than I might have done in the past to Tweet everything that I get up to. For those of you who don't follow me there (sparkymarky1973) but do follow my Blog either on Facebook or at Blogger.com, I have decided to simultaeneously post my Tweets on here. So be prepared for a few random Blog posts, some mundane observations on life in general and a complete Blog overdrive as I flood these pages with the intimate details of my experiences this week!
Tweet @ 10:27 am ~ Is it wrong that on the first day of my holiday, I have so far acheived absolutely nowt?
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