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For me it took a while - I come from a family of readers and always said I preferred playing with friends or messing around with toy soldiers until I was about 6 or 7. After that I realized what I was missing - nothing beats immersing yourself in a book, whether it's for a quick 5 or 10 minutes...

Went to see World War Z last night. I'm always eager to see a zombie movie, wasn't sure about this one but it was entertaining. Not the best zombie pic ever though. I thought the wife's character was two dimensional and great Scott, those zombies can move. When the zombies invade I want...

When I get into an author I always want to know more about them, their writing techniques, how they work, what inspires them. Am I the only reader who likes to know this stuff? What do other readers like to know about their favorite authors - or do you just stick to the fiction?

Yes, and the same applies to authors. Some just can't seem to write a good member of the opposite sex and so alienate a whole chunk of their readership.

The new Star Trek, thought it was pretty good. Benedict Cumberbatch was impressive and the guy who plays Spock was born for the role.

And I love him for that. I still think it takes guts to get rid of so many major characters in one scene but I like authors who are prepared to take risks. I'm just hoping there will be some good guys left at the end of all this.

I understand what you mean. I can't predict how the plot line will develop. If Martin isn't afraid to loose central characters then the story could take any turn and I like that. My issue now is, where are all the good guys? Or maybe there just aren't that many good guys in GoT?

* spoiler alert* I was genuinely shocked to watch this week's Game of Thrones - Red wedding. I have been intending to start reading the books and was really taken aback when, true to the books, the show took out such a large number of major characters in one single scene. It's hugely...

Diana Rigg is fantastic as Olenna. I haven't read the books (yet) but personally can't wait to see that little jerk Joffrey get knocked off his perch.

A very good point - buying a book does not necessarily save the bookstores. I'm still on the fence about the whole ebook thing. At the heart of my concern is that people will keep reading, so in theory I shouldn't care how they buy their book.

I guess that's why, though the cynic in me always wonders if it's aimed at some publicity. I know he helped launch the Kindle 2, and in 2000 he published a book solely as an ebook. Maybe like the rest of us he's seen all those B&Ns and other book stores close down and is now wondering about...

I heard this week that Stephen King isn't putting his new book out on e platform. I'm surprised, given his support of ebooks in the past. Interested to hear some thoughts on this.