Arkham Asylum by Grant Morrison
A serious house on serious earth Illustrator: Dave McKean See also: Librarything ; Other reviews ; Read for RIP III From the journals of Amadeus Arkham: In the years following my...
11 September 2008
Step Brothers dir. by Adam McKay
One day my father just said, “Goddamn it, you’re seventeen, stop being a fucking dinosaur and get a job!”
9 September 2008
Peril the first
As I mentioned in my last proper post Carl’s RIP challenge is on again. And as part of the first Peril I have to “Read Four books of any length, from...
8 September 2008
They’re back
Yeah, that’s right, it is time for the return of The X Factor. I do love this show. I also hate it. Telly and I have a complex relationship. Just deal...
16 August 2008
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Things started to fall apart at home when my brother, Jaja, did not go to communion and Papa flung his heavy missal across the room and broke the figurines on the étagére.
Kambili, the teenage narrator of the book, is a 15 year old girl. In many ways she lives a priveliged life in Nigeria. Her father owns factories; he is a “big man” in the community. A fact that is brought home to her when she visits her less well off aunt and cousins. But wealth doesn’t equal happiness. Kamibili and her brother Jaja live under the strict rules of their father and his fiercely religious beliefs.
14 August 2008
Travels in the Scriptorium by Paul Auster
ISBN: 9780312426293 Carl was kind enough to send me this book; one of the prizes from his Once Upon A Time reading challenge draws. And while it was the cool cover...
4 August 2008
Up for de match
Well now, it really has been a while, hasn’t it. I promise, one day I’ll stop starting all my posts in this manner. But that day it not today. Not today…...
3 August 2008
Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D dir. by Michael Weiss
IMDb ; Other reviews If you are looking for a mindless fun flick then this is one for you. I can’t imagine anyone going in to see Journey to the Center...
12 July 2008
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
ISBN: 9780007200283 This is the story of a collection of different characters; Ugwu from a small village who becomes a Houseboy to Odenigbo, a university professor. His lover Olanna. Her twin...
11 July 2008
Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder
This is the sequel to Poison Study and is the second in the Study trilogy. After the events in the first book Yelana, at the start of this, is on her...
28 June 2008