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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Rated PG for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and for a smoking caterpillar.
I have a dilemma. See I find it very hard to support Wales in rugby. But this weekend they are playing France. And I really want France to lose… I’m just so conflicted! Obviously we are going to win in … Continue reading
Posted in Randomess, Sport
Tagged 6nations2010, Alice in Wonderland, England, France, Ireland, Italy, rugby, Scotland, Six Nation, Wales
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Living with the dead
The plot of Living with the dead revolves around the character of Robyn; recently widowed she has moved to LA and taken a job in PR with Portia Kane, a Paris Hilton-type celebrity. Or wannabe celebrity. But when Portia is murdered Robyn finds herself the main suspect and in her confusion makes a break for it. She is helped out by her best friend, Hope Adams, and her boyfriend, Karl Marstsen. Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged 8 Stars, 813.6, Canadian author, fun, ghosts, Living with the dead, Lost 1.13 Hearts and Minds, quick read, werewolves, Women of the otherworld
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Frostbitten
It has been ages since I’ve read any of Armstrong’s books. I think I sorta faded away from them with Broken. But that was way back in 2006, she’s had four more books in the series out since then, as well as some YA books in the ‘verse, not to mention the ooodles of short stories. And while these books are pretty far removed from the cannon there is something so enjoyable about them. Continue reading
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Tagged 8 Stars, Canadian author, Frostbitten, fun, quick read, werewolves, Women of the otherworld
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Solomon Kane
So y’all know that I luuurve James Purefoy, mainly because he was so great as Mark Anthony in Rome, but also so adorable in A Knight’s Tale so of course I was predisposed to like this. Then again I wasn’t too impressed with Vanity Fair so it doesn’t always follow that actors I like = good films. Continue reading
Posted in Moving Pictures
Tagged 9 Stars, demons, Lost 1.13 Hearts and Minds, mindless fun, redemption, Solomon Kane, violence, wonderful
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The moor
Author: Mary Russell
If you’ve read my reviews of the other books in this series you’ll already know that I really love them. If you haven’t here’s a quick recap; Sherlock Holmes, a real historical figure retired to Sussex in order to tend to his bees. While there he met Mary Russell; a somewhat moody, if quite brilliant, teenager and took her under his wing. She became his apprentice and later his wife. Errr, spoiler alert! In this, the fourth in the series, Sherlock sends Russell a telegram summoning her to Dartmoor and the moor that was the setting for The Hound of the Baskervilles. There are reports of another ghostly beast roaming the countryside and an old friend of Holmes would like him to investigate. Especially when a man is found dead on the moor.
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Tagged 10 Stars, 813.53, atmospheric, Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes mystery, Sherlock Holmes, The moor, US author
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2010 #7
This is such a typical pose for that beast. Always demanding and thinking only of himself. (Although we usually refer to him as her, in order to distinguish the cat from the dog. He = dog. She = cat. How … Continue reading
maybe this is the time to share a secret that I’ve kept for quite a long time
The one thing that the internet is exceptionally good at, imo, is alerting you to other people. Sometimes this is a bad thing, you know when you stumble across neo-nazis, or arguments that just make you scratch your head in … Continue reading
Posted in Randomess
Tagged assisted suicide, metafilter, personal is political, Ray Gosling
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The Wolfman
I really did want to enjoy this film. It is a werewolf film after all, and I am a fan, plus Benicio Del Toro has something about him that I usually enjoy. Unfortunately there is very little by way of storyline in this film. And even less of characters. I mean, why make a film about a character no one cares about? When your central character leaves me meh-d out, well, your film really isn’t going to grab my attention now is it? Continue reading
Posted in Moving Pictures
Tagged 4 Stars, atmospheric, disapointing, doesn't work, reality, The Wolfman, werewolves
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A letter of Mary
The more I read of this series the more I come to love the characters, and indeed the whole set-up. Mary Russell is such a believable character, and King’s Holmes is just perfect.
The mystery at the heart of this novel concerns the death of Dorothy Ruskin. An archaeologist working in Jerusalem, she met up with Russell and Holmes when they travelled the area back in book one. In this book she comes to visit them, bringing with her an exquisite wooden box which contains a parchment on which is written a letter, from Mary of Magdala to her sister. Was it really written by the infamous Mary Magdalen? And was the car accident that killed her really an accident?
this is going to be the most significant televisual event since Quantum Leap
My weekend; terrible rugby. No Grand Slam this year for us. But the telly watching was good, Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, you need to watch it. Continue reading
Posted in Sport
Tagged 6nations2010, Darkplace, England, France, Garth Marenghi, Ireland, Italy, rugby, Scotland, Six Nations, telly, Wales
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