Passengers: A Film Review When I saw the trailers for Passengers it looked interesting so tickets were bought well ahead of time and I was looking forward to seeing some sci fi that wasn’t Star Wars (just to be clear – I adore Star Wars but it is great for me as a massive sci fi fan to see films that are not part of an ongoing saga). However, when […]
Film Review I haven’t actually read the book yet (I know, I know, I should have read this BEFORE seeing the film) but I really wanted to see this film so I put my book blogger hat away (and ignored the encroaching guilt that usually comes with seeing a film before reading the original source material) and settled down to watch A Street Cat Named Bob at my local cinema […]
I have a lot to thank this book for. I have been going through a major reading slump (again) this summer and I have barely felt like reading (which is not so great when you run a book blog). Thankfully, I was approached to review this books as part of Paper Lantern Lit’s Blog Tour. I am happy to say I enjoyed it a lot! When We Were by Alexandra Diaz is about […]
I had to read this book – even if just for the sole reason that the main character shares my first name! On a more serious note, this book really was a fantastic read. This was a wonderful story about a young girl called Ruth (great name btw!) who flees Nazi-occupied Austria when her Jewish heritage puts her in danger. Her family have already traveled to London but Ruth comes across […]
I love fairy tale retellings and I can clearly recall picking up Princess of the Midnight Ball a few years ago specifically because I saw it was a retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses. The only other interpretation of this story that I have read was Juliet Marillier’s excellent Wildwood Dancing, which is a personal favourite. That may be the reason I put off reading this one for so long, fearing […]