A little yuletide murder by Donald Bain, Jessica Fletcher
Murder She Wrote : #11 I’m not quite sure how to start with this one. I mean, Murder She Wrote… Look, you’ll have to blame Himself...
2 January 2021
The Americas, or America, also known as the New World, are the combined continental landmasses of North America and South America, in the Western Hemisphere. Along with their associated islands, they cover 8.3% of the Earth’s total surface area.
We begin at the end by Chris Whitaker
This is one of those books I would never have picked up if it hadn’t been a book club selection, and readily available from the library...
2 January 2021
White women LOL by Curtis Sittenfeld
Read it online at The Oprah Magazine A short story showing that racism is a whole lot more complicated than your stance on white supremacists. I...
7 January 2020
The calculating stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
The Lady Astronaut ; 1 I’ve heard a lot of positive feedback about Mary Robinette Kowal, but the only thing by her I’ve ever read is...
31 July 2019
Trail of lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
The Sixth World ; book 1 After the world floods Dinétah, formerly the Navajo reservation, is utterly changed. The old gods and magics have returned, and...
5 June 2019
Booksmart dir. by Olivia Wilde
I probably wouldn’t have gone to see this film if it wasn’t for hearing about it on the podcast so thank you Mark Kermode, because this...
1 June 2019
The fast and the furious dir. by Rob Cohen
It’s pretty impossible for me to be objective about The fast and the furious. I mean, I’ve been watching these films for 18 years. And sure,...
19 May 2019
Us dir. by Jordan Peele
Okay, so I don’t think I ever reviewed Get Out when I watched it. But I loved it, and have seen it a few times, so...
24 March 2019
Cold Pursuit [based on book by] by Kim Fupz Aakeson dir. by Hans Petter Moland
This is not a good film. This, in fact, is a terrible film. Do not watch it. It is a revenge film, full of murder and...
22 February 2019
So lucky by Nicola Griffith
Handheld Modern ; 2 I’ve really enjoyed everything I’ve read by Griffith, and she has written in a wide variety of genres, science, historical, and mystery,...
20 January 2019
A star is born dir. by Bradley Cooper
I liked this film. I thought everything about it was well done. The performances were great. The story and writing was good. The direction and look...
28 October 2018