Episode #74 Doctor Who – The Art of Destruction By Stephen Cole The Book BBC Books published this book in 2006. BBC Books is a publishing imprint majority-owned and managed by Penguin Random House through its Ebury Publishing division, with BBC Studios holding a minority stake. My copy is the 6th printing with 258 pages….
Episode #18 Part 2 … April 2025 Tuesday 1st The wife woke up with back pain, and it’s her first day back at work. I took Ne Ne to the mechanic for service and some other things. When I went back, Ne Ne seemed to be in good nick. They even buffed up the passenger-side…
Episode #16 … February 2025 Saturday 1st I bought something for the missus and when I received it it was torn. I wasn’t happy with the way it was torn. This was something that couldn’t have happened in transport. And the item description said it was in “very good” condition. So I sent a few…
Episode #57 Fox Tales by Tomihiko Morimi The Book The original book from Japan was first published by SHINCHOSHA Publishing Co. in 2006. I don’t know why they want you to shout their name, but… Anyways. The English version went through the same publication with the help of Tuttle-Mori Angency, Inc., Tokyo. The translation was…
Episode #15 … January 2025 Wednesday 1st The start of a new year begins. And nothing is happening. I have uploaded the latest life blog and the missus, who isn’t feeling well, is ignoring me again by continuing to do the housework when I have told her to stop and relax. Progress has been made…
Episode #11 …September 2024 Monday 2nd I bought myself a box set from my favourite Poirot. David Suchet. I recently read Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie and then watched the Kenneth Branagh movie version. There are several deviations from the book to the 2017 film. Never mind, I am still waiting for…
Episode #12 The Phantom Tollbooth By Norton Jester The Book The book was published in 1961 by Epstein & Carroll and distributed by Random House. In 1970, it was turned into a feature-length animated/live-action movie. Would you like to see it? Then click here. An updated version has been in the works since 2010. But there…
Episode #11 Sword of Destiny By Andrzej Sapkowski The Book This is the first book published in the Witcher series but is classed as the second in chronological reading order, published in 1992 by the Polish publisher SuperNOWA. But didn’t get translated into English until 2015. This book, just like The Last Wish novel, continues…
Episode #10 Days At The Morisaki Bookshop By Satoshi Yagisawa Warning! Some Spoilers, Ahead! The Book This book was first published in Japan in 2009. It was quickly snapped up and made into a movie in 2010. Satoshi Yagisawa also won the Chiyoda Literature Prize. But it wouldn’t be until 2023 that Eric Ozawa translated…
Episode #2 Self-help books are a multi-billion pounds/ dollar (add your currency here) industry. But are they any good? Like with most things I see nowadays. It started by watching a YouTube video. Well, truthfully, I watched several. Videos recommending books, and this one kept on popping up. So after a while, I thought, what…
