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29/9/2008: I have finally finished the gigantic Rama series, and you can read my thoughts on not only the final book in the series - Rama Revealed - but also the tetralogy as a whole. Just take a look on the Books page for the link.
13/7/2008: New book review - The Garden of Rama by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee.
5/6/2008: New book review - Finding Violet Park by Jenny Valentine.
27/5/2008: New book review - Ruby Red by Linzi Glass.
8/5/2008: New book review - Rama II by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee.
24/4/2008: New book review - Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke.
5/4/2008: I have updated the stuff on the XCM page so you can read about my first ever winning entry for a Flashcards contest and the strange vow I have made. If you want to see my actual winning video and listen to the comments Jerry Cestkowski made about it then simply click the link to the videos page when you get there.
31/3/2008: New piece of advice added - 'Should we Use Custom Decks?' Should we indeed.
28/2/2008: New book review - Snakehead by Anthony Horowitz. I have also made some minor changes to the 'music' page.
19/2/2008: I have improved, expanded, added to and generally made better the piece of magical advice entitled 'What cards to use'. I hope you enjoy it.
12/2/2008: Head over to the XCM page and take a look down the left hand side to see the link to the page that has my new essay on it tackling the meaty question 'Should XCM be recognised by all?'. It took me ages to write so please give it a read.
23/1/2008: There is a new video on the Magic page, called The Submarine Card.
21/1/2008: There is now the first book review for two whole months up on the Books page. It is of Last Seen Wearing by Colin Dexter.
5/1/2008: I have put a review of Expert Card Technique on My Magic Bookshelf, and I have also set to work updating the music players on the Music page.
2/1/2008: I've got a few good bits of news today. Firstly there's another 'Weird Magic Fact' up (accessible from the Magic page) which discusses the mystery of the E.C.T. Secondly there is another review on My Magic Bookshelf, of Magic in Theory by Peter Lamont and Richard Wiseman. Thirdly, every review on said Bookshelf now has a star rating out of five. What a lot!
1/1/2008: There's another piece of advice on the Magic page, entitled 'Words not Pictures'.
31/12/2007: New review added to My Magic Bookshelf: 'Little Book of Card Tricks' by Mark Wilson. I have also started work on a new scoring system for the magic books.
24/12/2007: Happy Christmas!!!
6/12/2007: I passed my grade 8 clarinet exam! This change is now reflected on the 'music' page.
14/11/2007: There is now a review of Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett on the books page. I have also updated a few small details on the introduction to the music page.
30/10/2007: You can now watch my very first magic video! It's a halloween special called the Haunted Key, and if you want to see it it's on the Magic page.
27/10/2007: Another new entry on my magic bookshelf: Houdini's Escapes and Magic by Walter B. Gibson.
25/10/2007: I've been going around a lot of the reviews in the 'books' section and adding big colour photos of the books in question, so go and have a look if you really want. There are also 2 new entries on my magic bookshelf, of Magic Illusions and Magic Skills from Funfax.
23/10/2007: There are two new additions to 'My Magic Bookshelf' today. These are: Collins Gem Magic Tricks and Self-Working Table Magic by Karl Fulves.
17/10/2007: New book review. Original Sin by P.D. James this time, which can be found in the ever-growing list of reviews on the 'books' page.
4/10/2007: How do you like the new logo?
23/9/2007: Breakthrough, everyone! Every single entry in the 'My Magic Bookshelf' section of this site is now accompanied by a cute little photograph to show you what it looks like!
5/9/2007: At long last, you can now see my (very bad) card manipulation skills in action! There is a new page called 'XCM videos', which you can find by visiting the XCM page and clicking on the obvious link. I have also reorganised the XCM page a little bit.
28/8/2007: If you would care to pay a visit to the magic page of this site, you will see that there is a new entry under the 'biographies' section: John Scarne. Read it if you want to.
22/8/2007: There's a new piece of advice now on the magic page called 'Learn in threes'.
20/8/2007: All the titles on 'My Magic Bookshelf' are now arranged in alphabetical order for all you organisation fanatics out there.
18/8/2007: New book review everybody! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows this time. You don't wanna miss it!
2/8/2007: I have put another bit of advice on the magic page, about where to learn from and what material to use.
1/8/2007: New book review - Goldfinger by Ian Fleming.
1/8/2007: If you want to then you can now travel over to the 'weird magic facts' page from the magic section to read about me puzzling over the true origins of the Hindu shuffle.
25/7/2007: I've written a little synopsis/review/natter about a little booklet called 'It's Magic: Simple tricks for an amazing show' by Piers Adams. It's on the page entitled My Magic Bookshelf.
19/7/2007: New book review! Birsong by Sebastian Faulks.
1/7/2007: You can now download my very very short story entitled '1,250,000' from the books page of this site.
23/6/2007: I've gone book review crazy at the moment! This time I've given my valuable opinion on Just In Case by Meg Rosoff.
15/6/2007: Yet another book review is now written: My Swordhand is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick.
11/6/2007: New book review! This time it's The Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks.
5/6/2007: I have now written some more magic advice for you, this time on a good way to disguise sleights. You'll find it on the magic page if you are interested in looking.
3/6/2007: Brand new book review out! A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd is the latest novel to fall under my reviewing gaze.
21/5/2007: If you would like to pay the music page a visit then you will be able to listen to a new song that I have composed, entitled 'Metals and Acids'.
17/5/2007: COMING ON 1ST JULY! A brand new short story by myself entitled 1,250,000. To find out more, check out the books page for extra information.
14/5/2007: On the music page you can, as of today, listen to a recording of me playing Saber Dance on my clarinet.
14/5/2007: There is now yet another review in the 'books' section, this time of Night Rise by Anthony Horowitz.
8/5/2007: Take a bus over to the books page right now if you want to read my review of The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis.
30/4/2007: New magic biography added! Read all about T. Nelson Downs!
26/4/2007: Head over onto the XCM page to see how amazed I am by the Encyclopaedia of Playing Card Flourishes!
16/4/2007: There is now another brief review that I've added to my Magic Bookshelf section, about The Big Book of Magic by Patrick Page. Go and read it!
15/4/2007: Visit the books page and you will find the link to a new review of Eragon, by Christopher Paolini!
5/4/2007: You can now read my essay on why we do X.C.M. Just head over to the X.C.M. page and click on the brightly coloured link in the top left corner of the page.
31/3/2007: New page added - 'Weird magic facts' tells you some of the stuff you don't know about the magic systems we use today.
23/3/2007: Brand new 'news' page added! Keep track of all the latest updates and additions to this website!
22/3/2007: Another book review is now available to read here - 'Last Bus to Woodstock' by Colin Dexter.
