Ravings of a Lunatic Mum

Books Read

1. Letters of an Indian Judge to an English Gentlewoman by Anonymous – 4/5
   
2. Poltergeists and Other Hauntings by Rupert Matthews – 4/5
   
3. Eye for an Eye by William Ian Miller (177 pages) – 3/5
4. Fast-Tracked by Tracy Rozzlyn – 5/5
5. The Old One by Todd Brabander – 3.5/5
6. Crawlers by Sam Enthoven – 4.5/5
   
7. Asimov’s Aurora by Mark W. Tiedmann (36 pages) – 2/5
   
8. The House of Thunder by Leigh Nichols – 3/5
   
9. Elegy: Book 1 of the Arbiter Codex by Christopher Kellen – 4/5
   
10. Rippler by Cidney Swanson – 3.5/5
    

Movies/DVDs/Anime Watched

1. Land of the Dead – 4/5
2. Mulan (live action) – 5/5
3. An American Haunting – 4/5
4. Red Dog – 5/5
5. Solstice – 3.5/5
6. Ah! My Goddess the movie – 3/5
7. Jurassic Park III – 3/5
8. The Pilot’s Wife – 3/5
9. The Lost World: Jurassic Park – 3/5
10. Little Deaths – 5/5

Magazines Perused

1. ForteanTimes FT273, May 2011 Cover Stories: Raiders of the Lost Grail: Otto Rahn and the NAZI quest for the secret of the Cathars; Homeless Bones: Whatever happened to Richard III’s body?; No One Driving: The M6 paranormal car crash; Sliders: The mystery of street lamp interference; Future Visions: The science of precognitive dreaming; Little Big Brother: Implants and electronic harrassment; Psychic Styles: The ups and downs of the media mediums; Jerusalem UFO; Thatcher’s Mystic; Theme Park Specter; New Nessie Photo.
   
2. ForteanTimes FT266, October 2010 Cover Stories: Hollywood Hitmen: Black helicopters, underground bases and the death of Scharzenegger’s screenwriter…who killed Gary Devore?; The Charlie Chaplin Cult: Why the little tramp is big in India; The Hollinwell Incident: Musicians felled by mass hysteria?; The Ghost That Aged Backwards: From full-grown spook to phantom boy; It Happened To Me…Angelic visions and mysterious lights; Paul the Psychic Octopus: The full story!; Intelligent Fireballs; China’s Schoolroom Killers; Death by Toilet Brush.
3. ForteanTimes FT265, September 2010 Cover Stories: Weapons of Mass Deception; Washington, 1952: How the CIA created the flying saucer craze; The Dead Body Under the Bed: When urban legends come to life!; The Ghost Girl Photograph: Sinister snap’s unlikely origin uncovered; Phantom Wireless: Disconnected radio plays wartime hits; Meteorites and Meteorwrongs: They came from outer space – or did they?; The Real Planet X: Startling theory revealed; Signs of Summer: The year’s first crop circles; Doggy Odysseys: Some epic canine journeys; Head Cases: Bizarre brain disorders; Canine and Twin Telepathy; Poltergeist Raps Analyzed; Crazy Collectors.
4. ForteanTimes FT264, August 2010 Cover Stories: Viking Serpents: The Mystery Dragons of Sweden – From Norse Sagas to Modern Sightings!; Hamelin’s Lost Children: Who was the real Pied Piper?; The Petrified Cornfield: Strange stories of early crop circles; Art From the Other Side: Bosch’s near-death experience; Headless Corpse Accused in Court: Our latest selection of the world’s craziest headlines; Beyond Psychology: CG Jung and the occult; Rabbit Whisperer; Giant Sinkholes; Occult Chemists; Godot Ghost.
5. Byron Child December – February 2004 Cover Stories: Ending the Violence: Non-Violent Communication; Spanking: What it does to kids; Frankenstein Food: Genetically modified ebacles; Supermen and Unsung Heros: The return of fatherhood.
6. Byron Child September – November 2004 Cover Stories: The Pandoras Box of Prenatal Testing: Are you getting the whole story?; Fathers of Colour Speak Out; Childcare: A feminist issue; The Politicisation of Love.
7. Byron Child June 2003 Cover Stories: The Spirit of Learning: Australia’s Real Education Conference; Good Job! Why to stop saying it; Looking Past the Behaviour; Healing Abortion.
8. Byron Child June – August 2004 Cover Stories: Intact! Protecting our boys from circumcision: Whole child, whole world; Creating a Children’s Garden; Discipline: Parenting without punishment; The Intelligence of the Heart.
9. Fortean Times FT258, February 2010 Cover Stories: Illuminati X-Factor: Who really controls the world’s stars?; The Occult Celebrity Conspiracy Revealed; Walking Zombies; Bleeding Statues; Pop Culture Saints; Top 10 Mind Controlled Pop Stars; The World’s Weirdest News Stories; Psychic Detectives; Norway’s Mystery Lights; Chimp’s Funeral.
10. Fortean Times FT256, December 2009 Cover Stories: The Devil Rides Out: How Dennis Wheatley sold black magic to Britain; St Therese Goes to Prison; The World’s Weirdest News Stories; Balloon Boy; Twilight Zone at 50; Thoughtography; IG Nobel Prizes.

Wild Releases

1. The Wild, Unwilling Wife by Barbara Cartland
2. Beneath the Skin by Nicci French
3. Mars, Marbles & Milo by ?
4. Tales of the Arctic by ?
5. Uncle Haro’s New Guinea Stories by ?
6. Bennelong by ?
7. Great Australian Disasters by ?
8. Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie
9. The Talisman by Stephen King & Peter Straub
10. Bratz Movie Mystery by Christine Peymani