Found this book on “https://harperreed.com/books” – which I recommend to you if you are looking for book ideas. Harper Reed is an interesting guy and his taste in books closely mirrors my own – especially in SciFi/fantasy/Spec/Alternate fiction. Grumby is the comic tale of a Silicon Valley company; team of engineers/hackers modify old “Furby” dolls with AI software, cameras, sensors, spy software and a smart ass attitude. They re-name them as “Grumbies”, network them together, sell millions, make millions, lose millions and make […]
Fair Dinkum Mate…
Gifted to me by a friend – not my usual SciFi/Fantasy/Speculative Fiction. But I trust my friends taste and dove into the book with no idea what it was about. It’s Australian and written in “Australian” which takes a bit of adjusting to – a bit like listening to someone speaking Cockney; at first you have no idea what they are saying or even what they are talking about, but after a while…you start to get the lingo, the colloquialisms and you get […]
A Most Excellent Krimble for Books, and a Holiday Tweet from one of my fave artist/authors!
Opened my Cannonball Read gift today from the lovely Ashlie! Thank you so much! Your choices are excellent (love the buttons too!), and I guess I’m gonna have to sign up for CBR7 now. Also, I got a “Merry Chrimbo” tweet from Grayson Perry (@AlanMeasles) after I tweeted out that I also got his latest book today—a gift from Mr Smith. Smiling from ear to ear!
Look at all of these goodies!!
Bunnybean and Joemyjoe opened their book exchange goodies tonight. Look at the great stuff they got! thanks Alexis! You are a Christmas Eve Hero!