War of the Flowers by Tad Williams
ISBN: 1841491896 When I first started this book I have to admit that I wasn’t that caught up in it, but I think that may have been whatever mood I was...
26 July 2003
Spin the Bottle dir. by Ian Fitzgibbon
This is an Irish film, with some of the same characters as the spoof documentary Paths to Freedom. I didn’t catch a lot of that series, but thought I’d pop along...
22 July 2003
Weathercock by Glen Duncan
ISBN: 0743220153 I’ll start this review by stating that ever since I read I, Lucifer I have been a fan of Glen Duncan. And this book has not changed my opinion...
20 July 2003
Big Fish [based on book] by Daniel Wallace dir. by Tim Burton
This a wonderfully easy film. Easy to watch, easy to enjoy but I also found it easy to forget :( I’d still recommend it, but it is not an outstanding classic....
15 July 2003
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [based on the book by] by Robert Louis Stevenson dir. by Victor Fleming
Watched Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde over the weekend, the 1941 version, with Spencer Tracy & Ingrid Bergman. It was quite good, interesting point, if one is totally evil does one...
7 July 2003
Lost – White Rabbit dir. by Kevin Hooks
The realities of being ship-wrecked (plane wrecked doesn’t sound right does it?) begin to set in. Water is in short supply, and there is a death. Bringing the number of survivors down to 46. (spoilers if you read on)
15 June 2003
Stoner by John Williams
ISBN: 0099445093 No not a book about drugs but a story about a university life. Not what we might call a successful life, but not a failure either. A suppose it...
8 May 2003
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Think I need a reread, but still fascinating
29 March 2003
Beauty by Sherri S Tepper
Beauty is a retelling of many fairy tales, but with a slight agenda. And no I’m not really talking about a feminist slant here, but about an environmental one. The story...
3 March 2003
Anita Blake Vampire Hunter by Laurell K. Hamilton
Although the title of this review page refers to the entire series I haven’t actually read them all, I have, however, read 5 in the past week. Guess I’ll have to...
26 January 2003
Abarat by Clive Barker
ISBN: 0002259524 Barker has created an interesting world but I found that the whole story was overshadowed by the ending. But that is only because I didn’t realise that it was...
26 January 2003