Literary-based humblebrag

My dad mentioned last Christmas that he'd written a list of all the books he'd read over the year.  I liked the idea so I did it myself for 2016.  And since I don't want the piece of paper kicking around anymore, I'm copying it up here.  This also serves as a neat way to brag about my reading habits to the Internet at large, aren't I clever etcetera.  (Seriously though, it turns out I read a lot more than I realised.)

Books in bold are non-fiction, books struck through are ones I gave up on.

BEGIN

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (not sure if I'd already started this one or not when 1 January rolled around)
The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
The Celts by Alice Roberts
Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman
The Children Act by Ian McEwan
Tales from Earthsea by Ursula LeGuin
Leaving Berlin by Joseph Kanon
A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor
Hokusai's Great Wave by Timothy Clark
Futuristic Violence & Fancy Suits by David Wong
The Other Wind by Ursula LeGuin
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Kingdom Come by J. G. Ballard
The Peasants' Revolt by Alastair Dunn
The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Fingers in the Sparkle Jar by Chris Packham
Enchantments by Kathryn Harrison
Everything's Eventual by Stephen King
Japan: A Short History by Mikiso Hane
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
London: A Short History by A. N. Wilson
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
Ships and Seafaring in Ancient Times by Lionel Cassan
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
The King in the North by Max Adams
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne
The Bachman Books by Stephen King
The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan
Half a King by Joe Abercrombie
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Militant Midwives by Michael Bond
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Our Kind of Traitor by John le Carré
Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie
Judi Dench: With a Crack in Her Voice by John Miller
The History of Mr. Polly by H. G. Wells
The Concise Pepys by Samuel Pepys
The Universe versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
Half the World by Joe Abercrombie
Grotesque by Natsu Kirino - and that's what I'm currently about halfway through.

So, yes.  BOOKS

Watch this space

This one, right here.


There, that one.    <-----

Yeah, anyway.  At some point in the near future, this blog will host my Top 50 Games Ever.  Because it's something to do.  And it'll provide some much-needed practice for my writing skills, which have got somewhat rusty due to the fact I haven't had any professional writing work for the best part of a year.

(Hi, Mr/Ms Writing Job Person!  You should totally hire me!  I can almost guarantee wacky hijinks!  Or at the very least punctually-filed copy!)

That's all for now.  MESSAGE ENDS

Why you should go to the UK Web & Mini Comix Thing 2009

That's right, the UK Web & Mini Comix Thing 2009. The reasons you should go are many!

Reason #1: it's good, probably. I dunno, I haven't been before.
Reason #2: John Allison will be there. So will many other excellent people, admittedly, but John Allison.
Reason #3, a.k.a. The Main Reason: I have combined powers with the much-more-talented-than-me Matthew Smith to unleash The Royal Society for the Preservation of Sub-Literature Presents: A Series of Fragments from Lost Novels upon an unsuspecting planet, and copies of same will be available for your perusal at table 27.

To quote the peerless wisdom of Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon, "You will be there or kindly be square."