Reading - October 2013

Wonder by R.J. Palacio (2012)

100 Great Guitars edited by Owen Bailey (2013)

Get Fit Running by Owen Barder (2005)

The Week (5 October 2013 / Issue 940)

Build Your Own Electric Guitar by Paul Balmer (2013)

The Week (12 October / Issue 941)

Guitarist (November 2013 / Issue 374)

The Week (19 October / Issue 942)

Build Your Own Electric Guitar by Martin Oakham (2006)

The Italian Next Door by Anna Cleary (2011)

I wanted a sweet romance but I got a ho-hum Riva pot-boiler with a pathetic heroine and the occasional eye-wateringly clumsy simile: something about being attracted to the hero "like a fridge magnet" sticks in the mind.

The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan (1995)

The Week (26 October / Issue 943)

How To Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell (2003) [read to Z]

Good fun for children of all ages; a strong story and funny characters.

Guitarist Guide To Effects Pedals edited by Owen Bailey (2013)

Some useful information about types of effects, how to combine them and how to build a pedalboard, then a very dangerous (to my wallet) run down of the "best" 101 effects pedals ever. MXR Carbon Copy on its way ...

No Holds Barred by Cara Summers (2012)

Thriller/romance cross, with plenty of suspense, quite a lot of sex and little romance. No real character development but at least the heroine wasn't a complete wimp.