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I fancied a quick read last night so went for ' #DoctorWho and the Invisible Enemy'. Here's what I thought, plus a random picture of a Firey... 😉

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‘Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy’ – Terrance Dicks (Target)

Page Count: 110 Pages With ‘The Siege of Terra’ books done and dusted, and a couple of other large books lurking in the TBR Pile, I though...

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November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM

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ICYMI earlier... 'The Siege of Terra' is done and even though I knew what was coming... #HorusHeresy #warhammer30k #warhammer40k

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‘The End and the Death: Volume 3’ – Dan Abnett (Black Library)

Page Count: 487 Pages I still have a large number of ‘Horus Heresy’ and ‘Siege of Terra’ books to get to and through (and given how much s...

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November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM

Lord Samper

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Kicking off the week with the final instalment of the #HorusHeresy #SiegeOfTerra novel 'The End and the Death: Volume 3' and damn, I need a hug now...

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‘The End and the Death: Volume 3’ – Dan Abnett (Black Library)

Page Count: 487 Pages I still have a large number of ‘Horus Heresy’ and ‘Siege of Terra’ books to get to and through (and given how much s...

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November 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM

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ICYMI earlier... If a movie starts with 'Cinderellas' and ends with either 'Revenge' or 'Curse', I'm all over it 👍

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Movie Night! ‘Cinderella Double-Bill’ Edition

I managed to get a fair bit read this last week, mostly related to the last couple of books of the ‘Siege of Terra’ series. Yep, I’m reading...

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November 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM

Lord Samper

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A movie round-up post featuring all the Scream movies, an awful zombie film and... two Cinderella movies? Oh yes, two Cinderella movies 😉

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Movie Night! ‘Cinderella Double-Bill’ Edition

I managed to get a fair bit read this last week, mostly related to the last couple of books of the ‘Siege of Terra’ series. Yep, I’m reading...

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November 9, 2025 at 1:14 AM

Lord Samper

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And I'm rounding off the week with some quick thoughts on a quick read, the superb 'The Salt Grows Heavy' by @casskhaw.bsky.social . @titanbooks.bsky.social

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‘The Salt Grows Heavy’ – Cassandra Khaw (Titan Books)

Page Count: 125 Pages ‘The Salt Grows Heavy’ has only sat on the TBR Pile since February this year; that’s actually not bad going, given h...

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November 7, 2025 at 12:43 AM

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Today is all about trying to catch up with a couple of other books so 'past me' kindly helped out with some quick thoughts on 'The Art of Ian Miller' from @titanbooks.bsky.social 😉

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‘The Art of Ian Miller’ – Ian Miller & Tom Wyte (Titan Books)

I was going to say that I wasn't sure what happened yesterday but... I know exactly what happened :o) I kicked things off with a visit from ...

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November 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM

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800 (and a bit) words of me saying just how much I enjoyed @pauladashe.bsky.social's 'We Are Here To Hurt Each Other'. I'm probably the last person to read it (as usual) but if you haven't, you absolutely should 👍

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‘We Are Here To Hurt Each Other’ – Paula D. Ashe (Nictitating Books)

Page Count: 131 Pages I’m still not a hundred percent sure how I feel about it but it’s like someone told my phone that I like horror fict...

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November 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM

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It was inevitable... I started my Christmas Shopping and bought more stuff for myself than my kids... 🤔

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Books for the TBR Pile... 'Starting The Christmas Shopping Early(ish)' Edition

I'm going to try and make this the last 'Books Bought' post this side of Christmas, lets see how that pans out shall we...? Anyway :o) I've ...

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November 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM

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ICYMI earlier... There are thoughts to be had on the penultimate book of the #HorusHeresy 'Siege of Terra' series 👍

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‘The End and the Death: Volume 2’ – Dan Abnett (Black Library)

Page Count: 737 Pages I’ll tell you what, I know it sounds really dumb but I didn’t realise just how much I was struggling with my reading...

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November 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM

Lord Samper

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Normal service is resumed and we're now one step closer to the conclusion of The Siege of Terra... #HorusHeresy #Warhammer40K #SiegeOfTerra

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‘The End and the Death: Volume 2’ – Dan Abnett (Black Library)

Page Count: 737 Pages I’ll tell you what, I know it sounds really dumb but I didn’t realise just how much I was struggling with my reading...

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November 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM

Lord Samper

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My daughter didn't think I'd read one of her 'Unicorn Academy' books, she certainly doesn't believe that I'll post about it. Shows how well she knows me... 😉

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‘Unicorn Academy: Olivia and Snowflake’ – Julie Sykes (Nosy Crow Ltd)

Page Count: 103 Pages Because ‘Lord Samper’s Library’ has a couple of shelves for children’s books, you’ve already seen a few feature here...

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November 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM

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While I'm sitting quietly and reading... Have a grim and slightly nauseous trailer for 'Wormtown'. I've got a good feeling about this movie 👍

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'Wormtown' - Trailer

I'm feeling pretty rough today so am going to sit in my comfy chair and read; I've got my glasses back so now, reading has suddenly become a...

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November 2, 2025 at 2:34 AM

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I (finally) read @sgj.bsky.social's 'Killer On The Road' and it was awesome. Not hanging about, it's straight on to 'The Babysitter Lives' now 👍 @titanbooks.bsky.social

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‘Killer On The Road’ – Stephen Graham Jones (Titan Books)

Page Count: 278 Pages I had to take a slight detour, from the intended route, but I’ve made it to Halloween having read a decent chunk of ...

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October 31, 2025 at 1:50 AM

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I never saw Kingsley Amis as a writer of horror or sci-fi, until I read 'Something Strange'...

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‘Something Strange’ – Kingsley Amis

Page Count: 19 Pages Damn I’m getting old now. Here’s a sentence I never saw myself having to write… I’m waiting for my glasses to come ba...

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October 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM

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I've finally read something of Arthur Machen's and it was 'The Great God Pan', have a click below and see what I thought... 👍

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‘The Great God Pan’ – Arthur Machen

Page Count: 58 Pages Regular visitors to the blog will know that every now and then, I decide that I really need to read something of Arth...

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October 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM

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Rounding up the movies I've been watching recently (one was 'The Long Walk' which made up for my watching 'Death Proof'...)

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October 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM

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Kicking off a week of horror reading/watching with some thoughts on Kit Reed's short story 'Chicken Soup' 😃👍

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‘Chicken Soup’ – Kit Reed (From 'New Terrors 1' - Edited by Ramsey Campbell)

Page Count: 10 Pages Just a quick post today as I had a late night/early morning with my new ‘friend’ insomnia. I say ‘friend’, probably m...

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October 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM

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I tripped and fell into a bookshop 😁 Well, four bookshops... 😂

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Books for the TBR Pile... 'A lot of walking (for me)' Edition

As always, the plan is to keep working my way through all the unread books in my flat before buying any more. But... I end up doing things l...

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October 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM

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ICYMI earlier (and even if you didn't 😉), my week of classic #DoctorWho reading comes to an end with 'The Green Death'...

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‘Doctor Who and the Green Death’ – Malcolm Hulke (Target)

Page Count: 142 Pages When I found my copy of ‘The Twin Dilemma’, the other day, ‘The Green Death’ was sat right next to it so I thought I...

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October 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM

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My impromptu week of reading old #DoctorWho books comes to a conclusion with some things that I say about Malcolm Hulkes 'The Green Death' 👍

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‘Doctor Who and the Green Death’ – Malcolm Hulke (Target)

Page Count: 142 Pages When I found my copy of ‘The Twin Dilemma’, the other day, ‘The Green Death’ was sat right next to it so I thought I...

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October 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM

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ICYMI earlier... Have some thoughts on the novelization of #DoctorWho 'Shada' 😃

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‘Doctor Who: Shada’ – Douglas Adams & Gareth Roberts (BBC Books)

Insomnia has been biting hard, these last few days, up to the point where on Tuesday night, I didn't get any sleep at all. Not quite sure wh...

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October 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM

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The insomnia gave me a real kicking yesterday so while I try and sleep (finally!) here's an old #DoctorWho post that I thought could hold the fort while I'm not here... 👍

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‘Doctor Who: Shada’ – Douglas Adams & Gareth Roberts (BBC Books)

Insomnia has been biting hard, these last few days, up to the point where on Tuesday night, I didn't get any sleep at all. Not quite sure wh...

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October 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM