Rule #3: Don’t stare at invisible faeries.
Rule #2: Don’t speak to invisible faeries.
Rule #1: Don’t ever attract their attention.
I listened to the audiobook version of this story, narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan, and I have to say I was very impressed with the production, Bresnahan doesn’t so much as narrate or read the story, as [...]

It was a pleasure to burn.
Thanks to the Decades ‘09 challenge and Carl V’s Science Fiction Experience, I this week read one of those books that can be defined as a ‘classic’.
I thinks most people know the basic plot of this book, so I’m going to be lazy and quote from the blurb:
Guy Montag was [...]

Carl from Stainless Steel Droppings, is hosting the Out of This World mini-challenge this weekend as a part of both the Sci-Fi Experience and the challenge in Dewey’s memory. The idea is just to read at least one Science Fiction short story over the weekend. Carl even provides a link to a fabulous online [...]

So, in amongst the traditional smellies and socks I  received a rather nice set of 14 Penguin Modern Classics and a model of the Hogwarts Express! Hope you all had a fantastic day and received a decent bookish stash!

“I’ve watched through his eyes, I’ve listened through his ears, and I tell you he’s the one.”
How to go about writing a review on a book rightfully considered to be a classic (and not just in its natural home genre of Sci-Fi) Well the only way is to treat it like any other book and [...]

I’ve really enjoyed taking part in Carl’s [intlink id="926" type="post"]R.I.P III Challenge[/intlink] and read some really great books, but sometimes spooky stories work best when told to you…
So, for my audible download this month I went searching for a suitable creepy story. Now I do enjoy audiobooks, but I also have to have a [...]

Here is the Top 100 Most Popular Books on LibraryThing. Bold what you own, italicize what you’ve read. Star what you liked. Star multiple times what you loved!

Via, a fair few places but lastly, here, is Entertainment Weekly’s “100 Best Reads from 1983-2008″, and like everyone else I thought I’d look through them and see how many I’ve managed to read.