I wrote this article for the Journal.ie last year, but it never got published. Seems very topical again... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I’ve been to the Mater Hospital A&E about...
continue readingConfirmed: When I stick to themes that I already know like I'm usually happy: New, fresh, contemporary, darkly comic, dysfunctional, character-based. Reconfirmed: When I try books everyone raves about, which I've a gut feeling aren't for me I'm nearly always disappointed:...
continue readingThe Circle is Google, Facebook, Apple and Twitter rolled into 1 and turned up to 11. It's a parody of social media and it's a parody of society in general. Or at least the portion of society that is addicted to...
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What’s a Fitbit Flex? A fancy pedometer, that you wear permanently, which counts your steps, and syncs with apps to show you nice visual stats, and gives you a surprisingly rewarding 5 lights when you reach your target. Is that...
continue readingThe Book I’ve been meaning to write this review for a while but the book is a Kindle Daily Deal today. So get it while it's cheap. The Movie I think sometimes, that people look in the wrong places for...
continue readingSome books really seem to narrow the gap between short stories, novellas, and novels. Take George Saunders’ Tenth of December, the off-kilter dystopian world these short stories are set in give it a combined narrative that makes it seem very...
continue readingIf the sun on my face wasn't good enough reason to be sprightly, having an appointment; some business to attend to, while hurriedly strolling down a dusty backstreet in Spain, felt quite good and purposeful. I could almost imagine that...
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Big Brother is on. So I'm off. Even though I was just about to tackle a scary pile of ironing, I’m just so rock ‘n’ roll these days! So I'll write this instead. I’ve just finished reading ‘Raw Spirits’ by...
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