Category Archives: reviews

Reviews from Goodreads in 2012

Digitally looking back to a less complicated time, I found the first reviews I wrote on Goodreads in 2012, when I was aged 19 to 20.

Reviews from Goodreads in 2013

Digitally travelling back to a less complicated epoch, I found old reviews I wrote for books on Goodreads in 2013, when I was but a callow youth of 21.

Goodreads Reviews from 2014

Digitally travelling back in time to a less complicated era, I found old reviews I wrote for books on Goodreads. This was what I was feeding my brain more than ten years ago.

More Book Reviews from Goodreads in 2015

Delving into the archives of reviews I penned on Goodreads in 2015.

Book Reviews from Goodreads in 2016

More reviews for books Hansen Adcock perused in 2016 AD and put on Goodreads.

Testing Ghost-Hunting Apps

Last time I posted, I covered old-fashioned and modern tools that paranormal investigators use when visiting supposedly haunted locations. As I said I would, I have trialled a few iPhone apps that claim to detect presences and enable the layperson to communicate with entities from the “other side.” To start with I used the appsContinue reading “Testing Ghost-Hunting Apps”

Fun with Aura-reading Apps

Last week we delved into the scientific process of Kirlian photography / electrophotography and how pseudoscience has adapted it into a method of “reading people’s auras” — guessing their emotions, thoughts and health according to the colours shown around them. I decided to experiment with different aura photography apps available on the iOS app store,Continue reading “Fun with Aura-reading Apps”

Review: The Inhabitant of the Lake & Other Unwelcome Tenants by Ramsey Campbell

4 out of 5 stars One of my first thoughts, on reading “The Horror From the Bridge” (the second tale in this collection) was: who is Peabody and why is their voice drifting out of the window (on page 28)? The second story, “The Insects from Shaggai” was one of my favourites. The description ofContinue reading “Review: The Inhabitant of the Lake & Other Unwelcome Tenants by Ramsey Campbell”

Review: Welcome to Meadowbrook by Cassandra L. Thompson

4 out of 5 stars Trigger Warning: This novel contains themes of death, violence, and abuse. There is a trigger index at the back of the book. Welcome to Meadowbrook is a story of stories, beginning with a short poem by the author on how hotels are liminal spaces, which turns out to be importantContinue reading “Review: Welcome to Meadowbrook by Cassandra L. Thompson”