The hype is over-blown: this is NOT “this decade’s Matrix” or “this year’s Inception”. It is an enjoyable enough time-travel piece, with some good ideas and a great cast.

The lesson about being accepted for yourself, as you are, almost balances up the assertion that I will die alone because I’m neither pretty nor skinny. Bleh.

Smells fab, but it’s a bit too thick to be easy to use, and I had to use oodles to get any kind of vague lather.

I was kind of scared of this – I do not understand pumpkin as a sweet thing – but it was absolutely fine, if a little… well, it just tasted of cinnamon, I think. At least I was brave!

I’ve started avoiding the honey-scented stuff, but thank goodness I got a sample of this: it does NOT smell of honey; it smells of rich caramel and hint of turkish delight and just overall absolutely edibly NOM :D

It’s a pretty alright shampoo too, although unfortunately the scent doesn’t last through any conditioner (which I need) and I can’t think of a good one to ‘match’. Tch.

It wasn’t that great, but I laughed more than a few times, and there was strip basketball… o_O

Some of this is really good, if not exactly new. I can easily see me implementing the splitting your tasks by urgency (WHEN you do it) and importance (how much time you spend on it), although I’d further sub-divide the neither category by chores and fun – you’re still going to do both, but one because you have to (with minimal effort) and the other because you want to (only when all the other stuff is finished). I also love the idea of shifting to spend most time on non-urgent but important, to further longer-term goals.

Also instantly applicable, and sort of a formalisation of what I already do, is the idea of one ‘master’ to-do list from which you draw down only a few (10, although I’d say 5 max?!) for your daily to do list – all of that could have gone further, though, maybe about stuff that hangs about for year ;) I might play with a monthly ‘master’ list, or different types of items.

Which brings me to my main not-loving about the book: like most time management tomes I’ve stumbled across, it is SO geared towards working life and specifically management staff. A whole chapter is given to delegation – which is lovely, but not something I have the luxury of! Overall, I’m looking more for time management for LIFE stuff, from which I can extrapolate work, rather than this other way around.

Final complaint, on a lot of the sections it gives it the whole “different for different people” and then next chapter it is VERY specific on the “THIS is how you do it” – and I often felt that those were the wrong way around!

This is just the most gorgeously drawn game, with the backgrounds and characters looking hand-sketched and very art-ily so.

The puzzles are mainly fun, although I got a bit frustrated (and went looking for hints, d’oh at myself!) at not being able to find what to interact with or how, just occasionally.

There are a few not-bugs, but irritatingly un-perfect snags, mostly later on, such as when a game doesn’t have a reset, or saving/quitting at the wrong moment means redoing a challenge when you go back in.

Altogether just too short – not completely, I just think it’s lovely!

I’d absolutely recommend this book to ALL writers, not just those struggling with dissertations. The advice in the first half, particularly, is absolutely great for anyone trying to write anything.

The more focused-in on dissertations (and that’s in the American sense; in the UK, this would be “Writing your THESIS…”) the slightly less obviously useful, but so well worth it just for that first half!

Started off almost surprisingly edible; reminded me a great deal of chicken (noodle) soup. However it did get a bit ‘meh’ halfway through, and the aftertaste lingered quite unpleasantly.