Archive for 2010

Making a pumpkin lantern for Samhain

Samhain or Halloween, is very important to us pagans. In a previous post Pagan Festivals, I said this about Samhain (Halloween to most people): Samhain – 31st October The last harvest. When the vails between the worlds are thin. Seen as the pagan ‘New Year’. Also known as Halloween. The goddess is now the crone. [...]

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The long fantastic weekend, that never happened

Hello all, I’m still alive! It’s been a few weeks since I’ve posted and the last few blog posts have been about books I’ve read, rather than what I’ve been up to. So don’t worry, I know we are well overdue a catch up. Let’s start with the weekend. I was all set to have [...]

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Book Review: One Day by David Nicholls

I bought One Day by David Nicholls after hearing about it on The TV Book Club. The book follows the lives of Dexter and Emma over twenty years, each chapter being a year in their lives. Dexter and Emma meet at a party on graduation night at University and spend the night together. Dexter a [...]

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Book Review: The Dead by Charlie Higson

The Dead is a prequel to The Enemy and like most I desperately wanted to find out what would happen to Maxie, Blue and the others on the cliff hanger at the end of The Enemy. I wanted to find out if Little Sam would ever make it back to the group and expected to [...]

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New books, but is it a good sign?

The publishing industry have released a few books by some of my faviourate authors. I knew about The Dead by Charlie Higson, which I bought this month. I’m about half way through it, so expect a review soon! I’ve reviewed The Enemy which you can read here. I also bought The Diary of a Young [...]

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