The girl with the dragon heart by Stephanie Burgis
Tales from the Chocolate Heart ; 2 I’ve been meaning to read this book ever since I heard it was coming out, but it has taken me a while to get...
29 June 2019
Notes to self by Emilie Pine
This was my book club’s choice for May. I had heard about it before that and had meant to read it but hadn’t gotten around to it before now. Then again,...
25 May 2019
Tin Man by Sarah Winman
My book club chose this for the January meeting, and although I hadn’t even started it when the book club met at the beginning of the month I thought I’d give...
13 January 2019
The apostle dir. by Gareth Evans
Where to start with this film… Well, I guess with where it starts, with a man. Brooding, unhappy. With a past. And a missing sister he must rescue. As for where...
14 October 2018
The scandal by Fredrik Backman
also published as Beartown I was going to say that I recently read Backman’s breakout novel A man called Over, but then I checked the blog and discovered that it was...
10 October 2018
The cloud roads by Martha Wells
The Books of the Raksura ; 1 So after reading the wonderful murderbot books1 I wanted to read more by Wells. And this is the first book in the The Books...
11 July 2018
Children of thorns, children of water by Aliette de Bodard
Dominion of the fallen ; 1.5 Thuan and Kim Cuc and attempting go gain entrance to House Hawthorn. Every year the House accepts applicants, tests them, and maybe takes them in....
9 July 2018
Under the pendulum sun by Jeanette Ng
I added this book to my unwieldy Mount TBR because of Smart Bitches description of it as a stunningly different fantasy that mixes Crimson Peak with Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell....
10 June 2018
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. The father has been sent to prison, leaving his wife,...
27 May 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
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
A quiet place dir. by John Krasinski
Imagine a world where you couldn’t make a sound. No talking, no laughing. Not even walking with shoes on. A world where the response to noise is death. No imagine being...
22 April 2018
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