A.S. Thomson

  • Rising Blood by James Fleming

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] Charlie Doig is a half-Scottish half-Russian adventurer and naturalist. Who just happens to have appropriated 28 tonnes of Lenin’s gold in the immediate aftermath of the Bolshevik revolution. He soon realises that getting such an amount of loot out of Russia is impractical, so with his partner and side-kick Kobi, he scuttles…

  • No Means No

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] On Saturday afternoon my daughter and I took part in a Slutwalk in Glasgow. This movement started in Toronto where a Police Officer told women to stop dressing like sluts if they didn’t want to be raped. The chant of the protesters on Saturday was, “Whatever we wear, wherever we go, yes…

  • Moth

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I read my book until you come to bed, unsmiling and unwilling to look me in the eye. You pull your t-shirt over your head and throw it at the basket, missing. It lies there, crumpled and sullen, daring me to say something. I pretend to be engrossed in my book but…

  • The Hanging Shed by Gordon Ferris

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] The Hanging Shed was at the top of the Amazon Kindle chart a couple of months ago due to its absurdly cheap price. If I am being honest, its price was the chief reason I bought this crime thriller set in post-war Glasgow, the same era as the previous book I reviewed,…

  • Smelling The Flowers

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] Ladies, I have a confession to make that makes me feel I am letting down the sisterhood. I enjoy washing dishes. I know. I’m sorry. I always considered myself a feminist, but since my dishwasher died last week I’ve had to wash all the dishes by hand and I have found comfort…

  • The Long Glasgow Kiss by Craig Russell

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I don’t know about you, but when I’m browsing for a new book, the opening paragraph is of vital importance. If the first paragraph grabs me, I’ll buy the book. And when the first line is as good as that in Craig Russell’s The Long Glasgow Kiss, I want to take it…

  • I’m Here, But I’m Also There.

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I was invited by the lovely Anora at Books By Women to write a blog post and the results are here now. By the way, please ignore the picture. I sent the one I was using to learn about airbrushing in Photoshop instead of my usual avatar. It’s silly. But when you…

  • Versatile Blogger Award

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] Many thanks to the lovely Ange Barton who bestowed the Versatile Blogger Award on me today. I had just got in after a stressful shopping expedition with my mum so this was just the tonic I needed – thanks again, Ange x Now I have to tell you seven facts about myself…

  • Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] Where do I begin with this review? To say I loved the book doesn’t do justice to the amazing job David Mitchell has done within its pages. I enjoyed this so much it has knocked my previous favourite, John Irving’s A Prayer For Owen Meaney, into a cocked hat. Mitchell starts –…

  • Sticks and Stones Part 2

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I’m writing this to respond to the many comments left on my previous blog post about bullying. Firstly, please don’t feel sorry for me. What happened happened. It was years ago and I try to live each day of my life waving a two fingered salute to the past. I am what…

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