Andrzej Sapkowski, The Last Wish, William S Burroughs, The Naked Lunch, Malcolm Hislop, How To Read Castles

Helen and I have been watching 'The Witcher' on Netflix, the latest attempt to fill the GoT gap in the schedules. Helen is really enjoying it, but I'm finding it a bit meh. However, I read an interview with the author of the books, and he came across as very dry and funny, so I wondered what the books would be like. It was an enjoyable slice of fantasy, much more than the tv series, but nothing really made me want to read more. It was certainly an easier read than 'The Naked Lunch', which I trudged through. No narrative to speak of, just a serious of disonected vignettes filtered through a drug addled hallucinogenic lens. 'How To Read Castles' was pitched just right. Freddie could have picked it up and learnt from it, it was written in such an accessible, organised way. The true test will be to take it to a castle and see how useful it is. So that's what we will be doing at Easter, whether the rest of the family want to or not!