Despite my penchant for going through phases, I have to say that I’m a little proud for having kept up with Inspired-Quill. Alright, so I have decided to update twice a week instead of three times, but that was a decision I made not only to help me have more time to develop the site [...]

I read this book because I have spent three years reading things from ‘the canon’, and felt that I should have got through this one by now. And I’m glad I did, because it’s great! I was actually pleasantly surprised because I had it down as a slushy love story, but at no point did [...]

Bill Masen wakes up after a week of being blindfolded in hospital, only to find that seemingly the whole of London has been blinded by a meteor shower. As he sets off to look for others who have retained their sight, Bill encounters Triffids. These are genetically-modified stinging plants, originally developed for the nutritional value [...]

I bought this because I have seen and liked the Danny Boyle film version (2000), and because it was on 3-for-2 at Waterstones. I was expecting a light little holiday read to dip into now and again when it took my fancy. The Beach is NOT a light holiday read! I finished it in about [...]

Continued from PART 1 Johnson: In terms of intelligence, Benjamin Johnson is your playwright. The son of a brick maker, he excelled to have one of the finest educations available, but he never let anyone forget about it. If he were a rock star I’d consider Johnson to be a more preachy version of Billy [...]