What I was reading in… June 2026

We were given National Trust membership's as a Christmas present so each place we visit we try to ensure it's got a second hand bookshop. That's where some of this selection have come from.

The Clarkson books are great. Entertaining and informative.

I'd not read any Shaun Hutson since "Slugs" in the eighties. "Renegades" is violent and gory and well worth the couple of quid I paid for it!
Guy M Etchells just happens to work at the gym that my Anthony goes to. Ant bumped into him at a comic con so bought his two books.

Jamie Smart's Desperate Dan comics are good. It's not the Dan I grew up, and am familiar, with but once you get used to the style they're very funny.
 

What I was reading in… May 2026

The "Meanwhile" anthology comics were difficult to get hold of! No 11 was the last one I got and I was lucky enough to find it on an American site. The reason for collecting all of these was to get the conclusion of Gary Spencer Millidge's "Strangehaven".

I've been reading Agatha Christie's books in publication order. "Poirot Investigates" was her fourth (and the third Poirot book).

Lee Child is a new author to me. I bought this for Tracey, at Christmas, as she'd read all the Clive Cussler's and was looking for a new thriller series. I thought I'd give it a go myself and blimey! it was good. I flew through it and the day after finishing I watched the "Reacher" TV series based on it. Also good! I've since bought many more Lee Child books and they'll crop up in the coming months.

 

What I was reading in… April 2026

Jessica Martin's book is a teaser/prologue for her first novel due later this year. I've been looking forward to it for ages and she's always kept me up to date with its progress when we've met at Comic Cons.

Mervyn's Monsters is a collection of Leo Baxendale strips so you know straight away you're going to get something good.

What I was reading in… March 2026

Yaroooh! It's Billy Bunter! 

I first read some Bunter books back in 1970 and I loved them. Politically incorrect and probably offensive to many weak minded persons but very entertaining.

Lew Stringer's Brickman is his second collection of reprint strips (I think there are going to be three). Brickman, of course, not to be confused with anyone else who calls themselves Brickman! Lew got there first!

What I was reading in… February 2026

Continuing the Time Bubble series. There are fifteen in all and they are so good. Jason's written many more books so I'll be exploring them later this year.

Fantastic and Terrific are my comics from the sixties that I've been reading on their cover publication date each week. That should finish in October.

Past Perfect is a fanzine created by Paul Ware and has been running for many, many years. A good read.

What I was reading in… January 2026

 As well as listening to music I also like to read a lot. This includes fiction, non-fiction, comics, graphic novels, just anything that takes my fancy really!

I have magazine and comic subscriptions, so they crop up every month, and boxes of comics from the sixties and seventies that I've started revisiting now that I've got the time to do so! (isn't retirement fab).

This is the Christmas haul of books and annuals! 

After I'd read the latest Adrian Cousins book I was in the mood for more time travel stories so I took a chance with the Time Bubble series. Jason Ayres is a new author to me and his books are excellent. I've been getting through each one in a couple of days and can't wait for the next!

What I was listening to in: JULY 2026

Week 27

Ace and Colosseum II are new CDs I bought from BGO Records website. Well worth checking out the site for reissues of old albums that are hard to find. I've bought quite a few from them this year and there are still more I've got my eye on!

Week 28

A day early this week as I'll be out with the wife on Saturday.

I dipped into the old cassette box and found some albums I've only got on tape. I'm pretty sure these four came from the bargain bin at Woolworths!

Week 29

A lot of BBC broadcasts this week and some other live albums.

Week 30

It's FREE CD week! Yaaay! Here's a selection of giveaways from magazines I've bought over the years. Somewhere in the house is a box of cassettes that were issued before CDs became popular but I can't find them!

Week 31

More FREE CDs and some compilations from the batch Tracey got from Woolworths when it closed.