The answer to last weeks trivia question is Titivillus. I came across the name in my reading of The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson and it seemed an interesting bit of trivia. Wikipedia has short entry about the “patron demon of scribes” which says:
Titivillus was a demon said to work on behalf of Belphegor, [...]
Archive for March, 2009
31 Mar
Trivial Tuesday #3
29 Mar
The Gargoyle – Review
The Gargoyle
By Andrew Davidson
Genre: Fiction/Historical Fiction
I think I may have a new favourite book! The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson is a book that had me captivated from the very first sentence, “Accidents ambush the unsuspecting, often violently, just like love.” Davidson is very eloquent making it very difficult to set the book down. [...]
28 Mar
Weekly Geeks 2009-12
When Dewey started Weekly Geeks, one of the first projects she encouraged us to do was link our book reviews to each other. Sadly, I’ve fallen of the wagon on this one. For people like me who need a refresher and for all the new Weekly Geeks this is a topic that could use repeating.
Let’s [...]
26 Mar
Theatrical Thursday – Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Last week I watched this incredibly moving film and because of that I found out it was a novel. Because of watching the movie I now want to read the book. The most unfortunate part of that is that I cannot seem to find the book anywhere in Stratford. Maybe I’ll have [...]
26 Mar
Booking Through Thursday #28
The opposite of last week’s question: “What’s the best ‘worst’ book you’ve ever read — the one you like despite some negative reviews or features?”
To be honest I cannot think anything that would answer this question personally. Usually if I hear enough negative about a book I avoid it because I don’t want to waste [...]
24 Mar
Weekly Review #12
This is a little later than usual but this week has been turned on its head a little. I’ve had make some adjustments to my work schedule (starting earlier) because I’m off tomorrow evening to see Jersey Boys in Toronto. Due to this change I wasn’t thinking yesterday and so didn’t do my weekly review [...]
24 Mar
Trivial Tuesday #2
I know someone of you have been thinking about this past weeks question and the answer of course is George/Georgie, Pete and Dim (these are the friends of Alex the lead character in A Clockwork Orange).
This weeks question arisses from my reading this week. And because of that it may be a little trickier than [...]
22 Mar
Weekly Geeks 2009-11
Do you have a favorite book that really pulled you back in time, or perhaps gave you a special interest in that period? Include a link to a review of it on another book blog if you can find one (doesn’t have to be a Weekly Geek participant).
I generally don’t read an overabundance of [...]
