Author: valleyreading

The Knight Cartoonist and Her Orc Editor Vol. 3 by Indoso

I finally got around to reading this third and final installment of this series. A lot going on here with our Editor having a family issue and a subsequent monster attack. It was a fun volume to read and it wrapped up nicely, but I wish there was more. Feels like there would be more to come from this series. And it being several years old now I guess that really was that.

A fun, light and enjoyable series. A little bit of implied nudity but hardly anything really. You see more on pulpy book covers.

Super-Frog Saves Tokyo by Haruki Murakami

An interesting short story. I haven’t read much of Murakami but what I have read has been okay. This was a short and fun read, a bit odd too. I did squirm at the end reading about the bugs especially being tucked up in bed myself.

The illustrations and design of the book are excellent though makes a little tricky reading on the Colorsoft Kindle. It does showcase the abilities of coloured e-ink though. See Kindle screenshot below.

The Penguin Classics Book by Henry Eliot

What a beautiful and rich book and reading experience. This is a readers book.

Essentially this is a book that covers Penguin Classics books. From the figures behind the books inceptions and the editors and translators. The book is split into sections like Ancient Greece, Rome, Republic Rome, Middle Ages, Renaissance etc up to World War 1. It features fiction, poetry, non-fiction, sagas. Each author featured has a short biography where one exists along with books they have printed as part of Penguin Classics. Each book shows covers of the editions of the books along with a paragraph long commentary/synopsis.

It really is an interesting and insightful read, I have bookmarked many books through my reading of this one, lots of new to me books and authors.

Another interesting tidbit is the breakdown and meaning behind the ISBN of books, something that is overlooked can be so fascination such as the 978 or 979 portion is a country code for books or Bookland as its known in the industry.

Saturday Afternoon Fever by Jeff Stelling

I enjoyed this book, I did hope it would be more Soccer Saturday focused snd more storeis from the show and a peek behind the curtain.

Enjoyable read though and an honest one too with Jeff’s opening up on family matters like his daughters battle with eating disorders.

A man who is very much part of my adolescence and Saturdays are not the same without Soccer Saturday in it’s heyday with Paul Merson, Phil Thompson, Charlie Nicholas and Matt le Tissier. The spark is missing. Give me the legends anyday over the likes of Clinton Morrison and Tim Sherwood.

A good read but could have been great.