The Bone Clocks a brilliant read.

I know this blog is currently more about my art course but here is little diversion - a quick book recommendation - The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell. The Guardian reviewed this novel as ''recklessly ambitious'' - mad silly and a lot of fun.''

That really sums it up and its rather splendid, an excellent read with lots of different layers (easier then PhotoShop) going on and some very clever links as the story unfolds. I'm not going into detail here as I'll post the link for the guardian review which sums it up nicely, if anything it over complicates the plot - just read it!!! The novel has a definitive fantasy feel and I don't normally like fantasy books and its quite futuristic - spanning six decades and proposing a grim outlook for the world we live in if we don't pay heed and start considering global climate, warfare, sustainability... For me its in the same bracket as Margaret Atwood, well written, entertaining and a compelling read

It was long listed for the Booker prize which I sometimes find can be quite off putting as these books are often quite pretentiously 'grown up' but this novel kept me enthralled to the very end.

check out the review http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/07/bone-clocks-review-david-mitchell-lot-of-fun-booker

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Scotland part 2

The second half of the week continued in much the same vein. We had one rainy afternoon which was actually quite nice to be holed up in the house with the rain lashing the windows. It probably wasn't quite so nice for the two visitors that came on their bikes but they're tough cookies - and its only water- but I did feel sorry for them having to cycle six miles back down the track in the wind and rain, but given Scotland, it wasn't as bad as it could be.

Funchal

So after three days at sea we finally hit Funchal in Madeira. An escape from the ship, and I have to say it was very pleasant indeed. First of all the weather is really splendid. Especially when you know that everybody else in the UK is suffering grim storms and vile winds.. Over here it is between 22 and 25 degrees is really quite warm. Funchal is a pretty city. It's built on a hill it with lots of lovely white houses with stunning red roofs. In order to get the best of it we walked along the sea front until we got to the cable car and we took it up the hill. It was a really good ride much longer than we imagined and it's quite weird because it goes right through the town - completely over everybody's house... So not only do you get a lovely vista of the bay but you can view the beautiful rooftops and get to look in everybody's gardens and to look at their picnic sets.. clean washing nice plants... scratty backyards.... We got off th

ROCKS - in which I share the Hopetoun and Esperance pictures....

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