Fully booked: high volatge tattoos

I have always wanted to go to Los Angeles and, if I ever do go (unlikely, but you never know), the first place I want to visit is High Voltage, a tattoo parlour in Hollywood. The owner is known the world over and she has a new book out, Kat Von D - High Voltage Tattoo, which is part autobiography and part love letter to tattooing.Read

Fully booked: not for the squeamish

Josh Bazell's Beat The Reaper isn't a book I'd recommend to the squeamish.Read

Fully Booked: Football robs me of the will to live

Football - rubbish, isn't it? I have never supported a team and never watched an entire match without losing the will to live. Read

Fully Booked: Top tenuous links

As I am always looking for tenuous links when doing these reviews, and since the Gazette comes out on a Wednesday, I thought I'd review a book with a character called Wednesday. I know, I know; it's clear that a genius-level of intellect and research goes into each one of these reviews ...Read

Fully Booked: Bellies and brutal Tyson

I am happy to admit that I'm rather lazy when it comes to keeping fit and wouldn't know a sit-up if I tripped over someone performing one.Read

Fully Booked: Some good New Year reads

With the new year upon us, some of you may be thinking of doing something constructive with your lives and if that might involve being green-fingered, Carol Klein's Grow Your Own Veg Journal could be just what you are looking for.Read

Fully Booked: A dark and distrubing superhero

The soon-to-be-released film by Frank Miller, of Sin City fame, looks amazing and a new book, The Spirit: The Visual Companion, covers every aspect of it.Read

Fully Booked: The saga of Guns 'n roses

I wasn't going to review this book but, with the band's new album, Chinese Democracy, finally being released (only 14 years late!), I thought I'd let you know what I thought of Watch You Bleed: The Saga of Guns 'n Roses, by Stephen Davis.Read

Fully Booked: Guide for Chrimbo

If you're thinking of buying the 2009 Guinness Book of Records for someone this Christmas, don't. It's rubbish.Read

Fully Booked: Ross's book will keep you amused

I've always been a fan of Jonathan Ross, who has a book out this month called Why Do I Say TheseThings?Read

Fully booked: Some good reads for autumn

Avid reader and book store worker Lance Christopher shares his literary experiences, reviewing what's on offer in the wide, wonderful world of booksRead

Fully booked: In the dark

Mark Billingham's In The Dark by is a stand-alone novel from the author of the DI Tom Thorne stories, such as Sleepyhead and The Burning Girl. Or if you've ever watched Maid Marian And Her Men, you'll know who he is.Read

Fully Booked: A fabulously decadent novel

The new book from Chuck 'Fight Club' Palahniuk is called Snuff and, as you may be able to guess if you know anything about the author, it isn't about the type of 'snuff' old men put up their noses ...Read

Fully booked: Insight into a great commedian

I have been a fan of Steve Martin, the white-haired American comedian, for most of my life. Read

Fully Booked: A wonderful gallop through seedy Los Angeles

Stories range from bumping into Ava Gardner and not knowing who she was, to a meeting with the legendary Ron Jeremy and an encounter with the Church of Scientology that is both entertaining and frightening. Read

Fully Booked: getting a Superhero fix

AFTER thoroughly enjoying the film Iron Man and having spent the past week shouting 'HULK SMASH!' at customers as a result of watching The Incredible Hulk, I decided to get even more of a superhero fix by reading a new novel by David Schwartz, called Super Powers. Read

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