I picked this up because it was mentioned on twitter OFFER THE SECOND:IF "THE APPLE-TREE THRONE" AND/OR BENEATH THE RISING (COMBINED SALES OK) SELLS 100 COPIES BY THE 1ST, @PREMEESAURUS WILL...
This was the latest book chosen for my book club read. I don’t think any of us were aware it is actually the second book in a series when we picked...
A year or so ago I caught The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie starring Maggie Smith on the telly. It was a very good film, I’d highly recommend it, and so...
This was chosen by my book club as their next read, I’m not sure I would have picked it up otherwise, although I had heard a lot about it, and all...
I wasn’t too sure what I was going to make of this film before I saw it. War films can be very hit or miss with me, and I’d come across...
Spitfire Girls ; book 2 I know we’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but when I saw the cover for my next book club read I’ll admit...
Grey Lands #2 After reading The call I was happy with how the story ended. I’ll admit, I thought that certain things had come to an end, but in The Invasion...
Grey Land #1 Ireland has been cut off from the rest of the world. No ships, no planes. No email contact, not even radio waves make it in or out of...
I first saw mention of this book on Tor.com which described it as a book that leads us onto the muddy, bloodstained road that Folk Horror normally follows, and then finds...
Writ & Dir: Neil Marshall
I love and adore Dog Soldiers. And The Decent was pretty damn good too Of course Doomsday was utterly preposterous but you win some, you lose some. And I was still prepared to take a chance on Neil Marshall, especially when the story is about Roman soldiers on the run in the second century. I mean it had to be better than King Arthur, right?
This was one of a number of books mentioned at my last book club meeting, and as I was heading to the hairdressers I realised I didn’t have a book with...
A long time ago I read Rosemary Sutcliff’s The Eagle of the Ninth, the book this film is based on. It was a very long time ago, I’m pretty sure I...
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