by Graeme Cumming | Feb 20, 2020 | Fiction, Reading |
Is it just me? That’s the question I’ve asked myself a lot recently. And it’s about my Kindle. I got my first Kindle eight or nine years ago. I got it reluctantly, determined not to like it because I liked books. You know, the proper things: made of...
by Graeme Cumming | Feb 13, 2020 | Book Reviews, Events |
One of the great things about going to literary events – whether they’re festivals, or book signings, or book launches, or gatherings of authors and bloggers – you get to meet and learn about new authors and, more importantly, new books. But...
by Graeme Cumming | Feb 10, 2020 | Gogglebox, Nostalgia, Television |
In the mid-1970s, Brian Clemens and Albert Fennell, the main drivers of The Avengers, had another crack with John Steed and introduced The New Avengers. By the time that’d run its course, though, they had a completely different project in mind. Where The New Avengers...
by Graeme Cumming | Feb 5, 2020 | Events, Literary Festivals, Meetings |
When I wrote my last post about the Read Dating event at Bourne Town Hall, I provided names and pictures of the authors who’d be there. Since then, I’ve realised there was more I could add (I really must learn to read a leaflet properly). If you’ve...
by Graeme Cumming | Jan 31, 2020 | Book Reviews, Fiction, Literary Festivals, Uncategorised |
After reviewing Thirteen the other week, I turned to the next book I’d acquired at the Murder Mystery dinner at the Harrogate Crime Festival, East of Hounslow. Round the dinner table, I’d overheard comments about how good it was supposed to be. By...
by Graeme Cumming | Jan 27, 2020 | Life Lessons, Thinking Aloud |
Legend has it that my birth was traumatic. I nearly died, although the only lasting reminder is a small indentation where forceps barely missed my right eye. Between them, my godmother and my dad spent all night keeping me alive while my mum recovered from her own...
by Graeme Cumming | Jan 24, 2020 | Events, Literary Festivals |
Last week, I wrote a post about the Read Dating event taking place at Bourne Old Town Hall on 15th February – just over three weeks away. The concept is easy enough. It’s a bit like speed dating, or so I’m told (I’ve never done it, but...
by Graeme Cumming | Jan 18, 2020 | Events, Literary Festivals |
Last May I went to the Deepings Literary Festival and had a great day out, some of which I wrote about here. On reflection, I now know I should have had two or three great days out. Maybe next year. There was a specific event there which was promoted as Read Dating....
by Graeme Cumming | Jan 14, 2020 | Book Reviews, Fiction, Nostalgia, Publishing, Thinking Aloud |
In a recent blog post, I mentioned browsing in a second hand bookshop. I’ve picked up a few books there over the last couple of years – always picked something up while I was there. One of the last purchases was an impulse buy triggered by nostalgia. As a...
by Graeme Cumming | Jan 8, 2020 | Nostalgia, Thinking Aloud |
Last summer I spent a lot of time browsing in a second hand book shop in our little town. I loved going in there because… well, books obviously. But they also sold drinks and cakes you could either eat at a table in their little cafe at the back or they’d...
by Graeme Cumming | Jan 5, 2020 | Book Reviews, Events, Literary Festivals |
A few weeks ago, I wrote a review of Stone Cold Heart by Caz Frear. In the post, I explained how I came to have a copy of the book and, in the process, managed to acquire a few others. It has taken a while to get to those others, but I’ve made a start now,...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 22, 2019 | Music, Nostalgia, The Gigging Years |
A few months ago, I wrote about gigs at Loughborough Students Union, and one of the acts I mentioned was Slade. I did see them more than once, and felt there was more to add. When I saw them, it was the early 1980s, some years after their heyday as, allegedly, part of...
