Category Archives: Books

Old fat spider spinning in a tree…

June 2, 2007 – 9:24 pm

Anyone who knows me will know that I love Tolkien. And anyone who is a fellow Tolkien fan might find the title of this post reminiscent.
Do you remember the song Bilbo sang to the spiders in Mirkwood forest in The Hobbit?
Old fat spider spinning in a tree!
Old fat spider can’t see me!
Attercop! [...]

By Legal Eagle | Also posted in Fark! | Comments (1)

Dolly and Ferris

May 27, 2007 – 11:43 pm

“Dolly clasped Ferris to her ample bosom. ‘Promise you’ll never leave me,’ she said, tears welling in her eyes.”
If I ever write a novel, I have decided that I will steal names from the wonderful people who send me spam. Dolly Burroughs and Ferris Kasper are two of those people. I’ve decided that they are [...]

By Legal Eagle | Also posted in Fark! | Comments (2)

Potter Schmotter

April 19, 2007 – 5:27 pm

Why do we read books? And what makes a book “well-written”? I have been thinking about this in the run-up to the imminent publication of J.K. Rowling’s seventh and final installment to the Harry Potter series. Seems I’m not the only one who is a bit sick of the series.
Litlove wrote a great blog post [...]

By Legal Eagle | Comments (7)

Books

March 14, 2007 – 9:39 pm

The lovely miss v has started a blog of her own. Her recent post on books inspired me to finish a book I had borrowed from her a couple of months back. After a search, I found it under the lounge. I think my little girl had pushed it under there.
Anyway, the book I have [...]

By Legal Eagle | Comments (6)