Wednesday, May 05, 2010

Switch off, caper and oatcakes.

1. There is always time for a nap.

2. Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding is thrilling -- a rakish but incompetent airship pirate goes on the run with his rag-tag crew after a heist goes very wrong indeed. I'm intrigued by the hints of back-stories, and the dieselpunk setting.


3. An oatcake with apricot jam.
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