Books, So Many Books
The Bedside Pile
~ Matter by Iain Banks
~ The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Physical TBR
~ The Mammoth Hunters by Jean Auel
~ Plains Of Passage by Jean Auel
~ Shelters Of Stone by Jean Auel
~ Land Of The Painted Caves by Jean Auel
~ The Business by Iain Banks
~ As Long As We Both Shall Live by Joann Chaney
~ Incendiary by Chris Cleave
~ Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
~ Silas Marner by George Elliot
~ Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
~ Charlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks
~ On Green Dolphin Street by Sebastian Faulks
~ Here I Am by Jonathan Foer
~ The Appeal by John Grisham
~ A Killer Choice by Tom Hunt
~ Cold Heart by Linda LaPlante
~ The Call Of The Wild by Jack London
~ Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
~ Brothers by Bernice Rubens
~ The Hickory Staff by Robert Scott
~ The Farm by Tom Smith
~ The Master Of Ballantre by Robert L. Stevenson
~ Gulliver's Travels by Johnathan Swift
~ Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
~ The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Storygraph TBR
~ The Lord Of The Flies by William Golding
~ Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
~ Animal Farm by George Orwell
~ Bad Gays: A Homosexual History by Huw Lemmey
~ Sea Of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
~ Blood In My Eye by George Jackson
~ Escape Routes by Naomi Ishiguro
~ The Gospel Of The Eels by Patrik Svensson
~ The End Of Loneliness by Benedict Wells
~ Orlando by Virginia Woolf
~ Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Adichie
~ Half Of A Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Adichie
~ Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
~ Unexpected Vanilla by Lee Hyemi
~ The Ritual by Adam Nevill
~ Your Driver Is Waiting by Priya Guns
~ Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park
~ The Last Tale Of The Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
~ Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H.
~ Battle Royale by Koushin Takami
~ What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher
~ The Ferryman by Justin Cronin
~ American Prometheus by Kai Bird
~ Lie With Me by Philippe Besson
~ The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn
~ Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
~ Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck
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The Lost and the Jammed
by Tom Mecredy
[Print & PDF]
The Lost and the Jammed is a three stat, high lethality dungeon-crawling game filled with strange and esoteric firearms, wandering gunslinger-mystics and high-calibre monsters threatening to overwhelm the last strongholds of civilisation. Written and produced by Tom Mecredy and Zachary Cox. The Lost and the Jammed presents a uniquely twisted roleplaying experience, taking a dark fantasy setting, such as Warhammer Fantasy, the Witcher or Dark Souls, and mixing with the gunpowder gonzo of Enter the Gungeon.
Players step into the waterlogged boots of the Flotsam, mercenaries and adventurers drawn to the Blighted Lands by the promise of plunder. When the Old Kingdom’s mancers unleashed the cataclysm that broke the world, they left devastation in their wake. The Blighted Lands are all that remain, the last bastion of humanity clinging to survival in the skeletal remains of the Old Kingdom.
You’ll explore abandoned gun foundries, dilapidated war machines, and isolated settlements, encountering infernal demons, grotesque aberrations, and chanting cultists. Uncover the science and magic of the Old Kingdom and bend it to your will, helping humanity cling on in the face of utter annihilation.
This 108 page softcover A5 book was crowdfunded as part of Zinemonth 2022. It was created by Tom Mecredy and Zachary Cox, illustrated by Perplexing Ruins, edited by Cody Faulk and designed by Minerva McJanda. The cover was created by Chris Bissette. The map of the Blighted Lands was created by Fernando Salvaterra.
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BBC Big Read List
Many years ago, I first started tallying the books from the BBC Big Read list, seeing how my reading and interests correllate. I don't take it as the "one truth" on which books are worth reading or "good", I just find it interesting which ones I agree with. Let's go!
Out of the BBC's "The Big Read" list from 2005, which ones did you read, plan to read or started to read, but didn't finish? The ones I read are fat, the ones I still want to read are in italics, the ones I started but didn't finish are crossed out and all the other ones I have either never heard of before or never wanted to read them.
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë (and I thought it was horrible. But I wanted to finish it!)
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett (and I love it)
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck (didn't finish it in school but want to try again)
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie
101. Three Men In A Boat, Jerome K. Jerome
102.Small Gods, Terry Pratchett
103. The Beach, Alex Garland
104. Dracula, Bram Stoker
105. Point Blanc, Anthony Horowitz
106. The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens
107. Stormbreaker, Anthony Horowitz
108. The Wasp Factory, Iain Banks
109. The Day Of The Jackal, Frederick Forsyth
110. The Illustrated Mum, Jacqueline Wilson
111. Jude The Obscure, Thomas Hardy
112. The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾, Sue Townsend
113. The Cruel Sea, Nicholas Monsarrat
114. Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
115. The Mayor Of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy
116. The Dare Game, Jacqueline Wilson
117. Bad Girls, Jacqueline Wilson
118. The Picture Of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
119. Shogun, James Clavell
120. The Day Of The Triffids, John Wyndham
121. Lola Rose, Jacqueline Wilson
122. Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray
123. The Forsyte Saga, John Galsworthy
124. House Of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski
125. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
126. Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett
127. Angus, Thongs And Full-Frontal Snogging, Louise Rennison
128. The Hound Of The Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle
129. Possession, A. S. Byatt
130. The Master And Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov
131. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood
132. Danny The Champion Of The World, Roald Dahl
133. East Of Eden, John Steinbeck
134. George's Marvellous Medicine, Roald Dahl
135. Wyrd Sisters, Terry Pratchett
136. The Color Purple, Alice Walker
137. Hogfather, Terry Pratchett
138. The Thirty-Nine Steps, John Buchan
139. Girls In Tears, Jacqueline Wilson
140. Sleepovers, Jacqueline Wilson
141. All Quiet On The Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque
142. Behind The Scenes At The Museum, Kate Atkinson
143. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby
144. It, Stephen King
145. James And The Giant Peach, Roald Dahl
146. The Green Mile, Stephen King
147. Papillon, Henri Charriere
148. Men At Arms, Terry Pratchett
149. Master And Commander, Patrick O'Brian
150. Skeleton Key, Anthony Horowitz
151. Soul Music, Terry Pratchett
152. Thief Of Time, Terry Pratchett
153. The Fifth Elephant, Terry Pratchett
154. Atonement, Ian McEwan
155. Secrets, Jacqueline Wilson
156. The Silver Sword, Ian Serraillier
157. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey
158. Heart Of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
159. Kim, Rudyard Kipling
160. Cross Stitch, Diana Gabaldon
161. Moby Dick, Herman Melville
162. River God, Wilbur Smith
163. Sunset Song, Lewis Grassic Gibbon
164. The Shipping News, Annie Proulx
165. The World According To Garp, John Irving
166. Lorna Doone, R. D. Blackmore
167. Girls Out Late, Jacqueline Wilson
168. The Far Pavilions, M. M. Kaye
169. The Witches, Roald Dahl
170. Charlotte's Web, E. B. White
171. Frankenstein, Mary Shelley (I've read excepts for uni)
172. They Used To Play On Grass, Terry Venables and Gordon Williams
173. The Old Man And The Sea, Ernest Hemingway
174. The Name Of The Rose, Umberto Eco
175. Sophie's World, Jostein Gaarder
176. Dustbin Baby, Jacqueline Wilson
177. Fantastic Mr Fox, Roald Dahl
178. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
179. Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, Richard Bach
180. The Little Prince, Antoine De Saint-Exupery
181. The Suitcase Kid, Jacqueline Wilson
182. Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens
183. The Power Of One, Bryce Courtenay
184. Silas Marner, George Eliot
185. American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis
186. The Diary Of A Nobody, George and Weedon Grossmith
187. Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh (I stopped after the toilet-scene. Too disgusting)
188. Goosebumps, R. L. Stine
189. Heidi, Johanna Spyri
190. Sons And Lovers, D. H. LawrenceLife of Lawrence
191. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera
192. Man And Boy, Tony Parsons
193. The Truth, Terry Pratchett
194. The War Of The Worlds, H. G. Wells
195. The Horse Whisperer, Nicholas Evans
196. A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry
197. Witches Abroad, Terry Pratchett
198. The Once And Future King, T. H. White
199. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle
200. Flowers In The Attic, Virginia Andrews
Read: 57
Want to read: 60
Some of the books to read I know very little about except the title and that they're classics, some others I know a lot about (and I even have "Men at Arms" on my TBR pile for when the mood strikes me next). I like reading classics once in a while, but especially older ones I can't read too often, I need to be in the right mood for that style of writing.
The last time I updated this was in 2015 and I had read 44 and wanted to read 72 - so 15 books in 9 years xD Like I said, it's not a challenge or a goal to read all of them, just a convenient way of keeping track of which classics I want to read eventually.
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Tagged by @all-rock-and-roll-is-homosexual and good lord I haven't done one of these in yonks!
Favorite color: Cobalt blue - deeper than Aquamarine, slightly brighter than midnight
Currently reading: Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks (because a certain Lord Anderson namedropped it as his favourite book.)
Last Song: Sleep 8 (Dream) by Tom Middleton but I'm not sure that counts as I was fast asleep when it was playing (it is an album literally designed to put you to sleep, an absolute blessing for insomniacs) - the last song I listened to consciously was Higher State of Consciousness by Josh Wink
Last series: honestly, I don't watch television? I know this is a massive failing on my part. If something's really worth it, I'll either get it on DVD or find it on YouTube years after it was fashionable.
Last film: The Third Wife directed by Ash Mayfair. I thought it was going to be more spicy and lesbian TBH? But it was slow and thoughtful and possibly the most beautiful cinematography I've seen in a long time
Sweet/Spicy/Savory: Spicy (very un-British answer, I know) but I've also got a massive sweet tooth
Currently working on: Renovations on my flat. Yes, incredibly quotidian and tedious, getting flood damage and damp fixed in my kitchen and bathroom and the boiler replaced. My entire life is piled in boxes in my bedroom while the walls are ripped out and I'm staying in an incredibly noisy AirBNB directly on the South Circular (talk about a Picnic By The Motorway!)
I tag (god it's been so long since I've been on Tumblr I don't even know which of my mutuals are even active any more?) @black-lodge-gatekeeper @ingerarcik @scavengedluxury @kalluun-patangaroa @tiesandtea and anyone who sees this is welcome to consider yourself tagged and do it if you fancy.
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