No.21 8=bit zombie #Drawlloween
Today is day 21 of Drawlloween – a fun event that I found out about here on the lovely ‘Not Yet Read’. Today is an 8-bit zombie. Wasn’t entirely sure what this was – and I could have been a bit more careful but here it is:
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Waiting on Wednesday…
20 October 2015
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: Breaking the Spine, Ghost Talkers, Mary Robinette Kowal, Tor Books, Waiting on Wednesday
“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine. Every Wednesday we get to highlight a book that we’re really looking forward to. This Wednesday’s choice is again a bit of a long wait but I do like the look of this one
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Ginger Stuyvesant, an American heiress living in London during World War I, is engaged to Captain Benjamin Hartshorne, an intelligence officer. Ginger is a medium for the Spirit Corps, a special Spiritualist force.
Each soldier heading for the front is conditioned to report to the mediums of the Spirit Corps when they die so the Corps can pass instant information about troop movements to military intelligence.
Ginger and her fellow mediums contribute a great deal to the war efforts, so long as they pass the information through appropriate channels. While Ben is away at the front, Ginger discovers the presence of a traitor. Without the presence of her fiance to validate her findings, the top brass thinks she’s just imagining things. Even worse, it is clear that the Spirit Corps is now being directly targeted by the German war effort. Left to her own devices, Ginger has to find out how the Germans are targeting the Spirit Corps and stop them. This is a difficult and dangerous task for a woman of that era, but this time both the spirit and the flesh are willing…
No.20 Skull #Drawlloween
Today is day 20 of Drawlloween – a fun event that I found out about here on the lovely ‘Not Yet Read’. Today is a skull – I changed this a little you may notice to give it a Halloween twist. Not sure what an 8 bit zombie is – hints??
‘Are you looking at me? Did you rub my lamp? Did you wake me up?’
19 October 2015
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: 10 wishes from the book genie, The Broke and the Bookish, Top Ten Tuesday
This week over at the Broke and Bookish the topic for Top Ten Tuesday is :
’10 Wishes I’d Ask The Book Genie To Grant Me’
Well, this could have been easy – I could just pick 10 books that I’m desperate to read!
- Instead, not to be greedy or anything, but I want ALL the books that I want and I want them NOW! And now, I still have 9 wishes left.
- Wish No.2 is easy, now I need a time turner – how else can I find the time to read ALL those books.
- I need Santa’s little helper to come and do all my chores – that helps with the reading time after all – I do have ALL those books to read.
- ‘I wish, I wish I had a wormhole’ – yeah, a wormhole to disappear down into! A nice comfy space with a huge soft chair. A cosy little hobbit hole type place.
- I need one of those magic bowls and a magic glass – the kind that just refills automatically with delicious things. I might forget to eat and drink otherwise. I haven’t got time for trivialities.
- I should probably get a bigger house – I have to fit ALL those books somewhere. It’s reasonable.
- I need to be able to shrink all my books so that they fit in my bag. Hang on – I already have that – a kindle!
Okay, I don’t need any more wishes from the book genie. These’ll do for now – perhaps I can keep my last three for a rainy day or the next available books from Patrick Rothfuss, Mark Lawrence and Scott Lynch.
No.19 Creature from the black lagoon #Drawlloween
19 October 2015
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Tags: Drawlloween, Halloween, The Creature from the black lagoon
Today is day 19 of Drawlloween – a fun event that I found out about here on the lovely ‘Not Yet Read’. Okay – this is the toughest one off the list – it IS!
So, with that thought firmly in mind, and keeping your sense of humour intact, try and picture a creature from the lagoon, pre special FX, your basic black and white ‘B’ type movie. Now, you have all that pictured? Yes? so this won’t be too much of a shock – maybe squint your eyes or something before looking at it, or just shut them completely – and, be aware that I tried to make it very dark – in fact I considered making it completely black – the creature from the black lagoon on a very dark, moonless night – it could’ve worked. Oh, whatever, here it is – you were warned.
you don’t have to look at this…
oh look, is that Superman flying by
really…
don’t do it…
Well, nobody can say I didn’t warn you.. And, you can stop laughing now – I can’t be held responsible for any accidents while you’re all splitting your sides. That is all.
