Exit strategy by Martha Wells
Murderbot diaries ; 4 I love these books. They just feel so warm and comforting, like a hug, despite the fact that the narrator describes themselves as a murderbot and there...
17 October 2018
Beast dir. by Michael Pearce
If you are anything like me, you hear a film called Beast and think of Beauty and the Beast. And then you see the main character in a yellow dress, with...
10 September 2018
Circe by Madeline Miller
I have only read parts of The Odyssey; while I know the general story and many of the episodes I would not say that I know the full story. But I...
25 August 2018
Rogue protocol by Martha Wells
The Murderbot Diaries ; book 3 This is another book that I’ve had on preorder ever since I knew it was coming out. I loved the first two Murderbot books, The...
19 August 2018
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
If you want to read a book that’ll really show how horrific people can be to one another then this is it. It tells the story of the murders of Mollie...
7 August 2018
Carnival nine by Caroline M. Yoachim
Published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies ; Issue #225, May 11, 2017 This is a wonderful story. I actually don’t want to say anything at all about it, because I think not...
16 July 2018
Jane, the fox, and me by Fanny Britt
Translated by Christelle Morelli and Susan Ouriou Oh, this is a beautiful book. The art work is just lovely, I love the style of it. Simple, often black and white, but...
29 June 2018
Hereditary dir. by Ari Aster
The best way to see this film is to know nothing in advance. So if you haven’t seen it stop reading now. Although, in fairness I think that that is good...
16 June 2018
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Based on the true story of Grace Marks, an infamous murderer in Canada in the 1840’s, Atwood’s book uses different narrators to tell the story, as well as interspersing the story with extracts from other works. From poems, fiction, newspapers of the time, and other sources. Although this is based on the real story, Atwood has, of course, fictionalised a great deal of the novel.
The two narrators are Grace herself, who tells her story in the first person, past tense, and Simon Jordan, the doctor investigating her claims of insanity or innocence. His parts are told by a third person narrator, and are in the present tense.
4 June 2018
Raw dir. by Julia Ducournau
Original title : Grave This film is just great. It is so unsettling and uncomfortable and eww-inducing. There were parts where I just couldn’t watch. It is just… damn. But it...
6 May 2018
God’s own country dir. by Francis Lee
Johnny Saxby is running his family farm pretty much single-highhandedly. His father’s illness means he can’t help out, although he can still point out what needs doing. His mother left a...
5 May 2018
Avengers : Infinity War dir. by Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Given the box office takings I’m guessing you’ve already seen this film. I mean, hasn’t everyone? But nevertheless there shall be no spoilers here, because you just never know do you…...
29 April 2018
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