The Breadwinner [based on the book] by Deborah Ellis dir. by Nora Twomey
Set in Kabul under the rule of the Taliban The Breadwinner is the story of a family trapped by the law....
27 May 2018
The wild places by Robert MacFarlane
In this book Robert Macfarlane sets out to find the wild places of Britain and Ireland, if there are any left....
7 April 2018
This history of bees by Maja Lunde
translated by Diane Oatley Bees are pretty cool insects. They are also pretty damn important. Insects in general are essential to...
2 April 2018
Thursbitch by Alan Garner
Part of my RIP reading Here John Turner was cast away in a heavy snow storm in the night in or...
1 October 2016
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Days before his release from prison, Shadow’s wife, Laura, dies in a mysterious car crash. Numbly, he makes his way back...
5 July 2016
Half Nelson dir. by Ryan Fleck
An inner-city junior high school teacher with a drug habit forms an unlikely friendship with one of his students after she...
4 June 2016
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Remembrance of Earth’s Past : book 1 Translated by Ken Liu Set against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution, a secret...
3 March 2016
Alias by Michael Bendis
Jessica Jones was once a costumed superhero, flying around, saving the day. But she gave all that up, now she works...
20 January 2016
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Olive Kitteridge would not be regarded by most people as a nice woman. She is stern. Unforgiving. The scariest teacher in...
9 November 2015
Child of Fire by Harry Connolly
Twenty Palaces : book 1 Ray Lilly is just out of prison and back on the job. His boss, Annalise, is...
4 March 2015
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
At a market in Lahore our narrator, Changez, meets an unidentified American and offer to assist him in finding the best...
16 February 2015
Cracked not broken by Kevin Hines
When he was nineteen years old Kevin Hines jumped from the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco to what he thought...
29 December 2014
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