Reading - January 2019

The Guitar Magazine (February 2019 / Issue 365)

New look, no more "vol this number that", and more gear I would say. It still has some very in-depth technical articles, but also a new and surprisingly pointless "Essential Blues" lesson, which is nothing that can't be found online and sailing a bit close to Guitarist territory.

The Rough Guide To The Titanic by Greg Ward (2012)

I fancied watching James Cameron's Titanic over Christmas (still spectacular, but the computer-generated scenes are more obvious to me now, and blimey don't Kate and Leo look young?) and this is the obvious companion piece.

Not The End Of The World by Christopher Brookmyre (1998)

Great fun as usual.

Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett (1989)

It turns out this is the prequel to Men At Arms (one of my favourite Discworld novels) that I never knew existed. It covers the arrival of Corporal Carrot in the Nightwatch and Vimes's engagement, things assumed at the beginning of the next novel but which for some reason I had never wondered about. Anyway, this book is the usual mix of satire, slapstick and comedy and a jolly good read.

The Book Of The Year 2018 by No Such Thing As A Fish (2018)

The same amusing mixture of miscellany as last year's book. Fun to dip into.