Fomorian

RULES! 1. Post these rules 2. Each person tagged must post 8 random facts about themselves 3. Tags should write a journal/blog of these facts 4. At the end of the post, 8 more persons are tagged and named 5. Go to their page and leave a comment, telling them they're tagged and hugged 1) I study law. 2) I detest politicians of any party. 3) I love Greek, Norse, Egyptian, Celtic and Aztec mythologies. 4) I find Manhunt, Postal and Carmageddon sick games. 5) My biggest wish (that I know will never come true) is to fly my own spaceship. 6) This is the first time I'm tagged. 7) "I can not live without books" - Francis Bacon. 8) The ca

I decided to make a few short lists of good things I read/watched/played in 2007. So, here they are: NOVELS: 1) Naomi Novik's "Temeraire" series 2) James Clavell's "Shogun" 3) Robin Hobb's "The Liveship Traders" trilogy 4) Terry Pratchett's "The Truth" 5) Craig Russell's "Blood Eagle" GAMES: 1) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2) Fahrenheit 3) Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 4) Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive 5) Sid Meier's Pirates! MOVIES: 1) Arthur and the Minimoys 2) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 3) The Fifth Element 4) Happy Feet 5) The 9th Company COMICS & WEBCOMICS: 1) Paul Taylor’s “W

As we say in Poland. In English, this would mean "I've read a neat book". However, this isn't completely true. Not one neat book - but three of them. All of them were detective novels, one of my favourite genres. The first was "Стечение обстоятельств" ("Kolacja z zabojca", "A Supper with the Killer") by Alexandra Marinina. It takes place in Moscow during the economic crisis. The protagonist is major Anastasia "Nastya" Kamienska, trailing the killer - a specialist in creating "unfortunate accidents". The novel is quite