Category: Reviews!

  • The Manifesto On How To Be Interesting – Holly Bourne

    Title: The Manifesto on How To Be Interesting Author: Holly Bourne Year Published: 2014 Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22533460-the-manifesto-on-how-to-be-interesting Synopsis: “Bree is a loser, a wannabe author who hides behind words. Most of the time she hates her life, her school, her never-there parents. So she writes. But when she’s told she needs to start living a life worth…

  • LITTLE BLACK CLASSICS MINI REVIEWS | 10, 13, 19, 37, 42.

    *disclaimer: NOT sponsored to post about these, I think they’re really awesome and a right bargain! 🙂 Hi everyone! Today I will be doing mini reviews of 5 ‘Little Black Classics’ published by Penguin. Penguin decided to publish 80 50-60 page classics, whether they be fiction/poetry/non fiction/ script, to celebrate Penguin turning 80 years old!…

  • Soulmates – Holly Bourne.

    Title: Soulmates Author: Holly Bourne Year Published: 2013 Goodreads : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16099393-soulmates Rating: 5/5 Source: Physical owned! Plot: Every so often, two people are born who are the perfect matches for each other. Soulmates. But while the odds of this happening are about as likely as being struck by lightning, when these people do meet and fall…

  • SPOILERY THOUGHTS ON INSURGENT MOVIE!

    YAYYYYYY DID I MENTION THERE ARE SPOILERS ENJOY! :)))))))))))

  • It’s been a Jamie Lloyd start to the year at the theatre…

    Hey everyone! I’m here today with a theatre post for ya! So, last year I saw two productions that were fantastically directed by Jamie Lloyd. One was The Commitments, based on the Roddy Doyle book and the other was Richard III starring Martin Freeman. Both were so different from each other and a really great…

  • Say Her Name – James Dawson

    Title: Say Her Name Author: Juno Dawson Published: 2014 Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18621200-say-her-name Rating: 4/5 Source: Owned physical copy! “Roberta ‘Bobbie’ Rowe is not the kind of person who believes in ghosts. A Halloween dare at her ridiculously spooky boarding school is no big deal, especially when her best friend Naya and cute local boy Caine agree to…

  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde – Robert Louis Stevenson

    Title: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Published: 1886 Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15994498-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde Rating: 2/5 Source: Owned physical! Plot: “Published as a shilling shocker, Robert Louis Stevenson’s dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality. The story of respectable Dr Jekyll’s strange association with damnable young man Edward Hyde; the hunt…

  • Isla and the Happily Ever After – Stephanie Perkins

    Title: Isla and the Happily Ever After Author: Stephanie Perkins Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21850308-isla-and-the-happily-ever-after Published: 2014 Rating: 4/5 Source: Physically owned copy! Plot: “Hopeless romantic Isla has had a crush on brooding artist Josh since their first year at the School of America in Paris. And, after a chance encounter in Manhattan over the summer break, romance might…

  • The Christmas Candle

    Title: The Christmas Candle Director: John Stephenson Writer: Candace Lee Cast: Hans Matheson, Samantha Barks, Sylvestor McCoy, Lesley Manville IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2739338/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_8 Rating: 3/5 Source: Owned DVD Plot: “Deep in the heart of the English countryside lies the enchanting village of Gladbury. Legend has it every 25 years an angel visits the village candlemaker and touches a…

  • PADDINGTON!

    Title: Paddington Director: Paul King Writer: Paul King Cast: Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Nicole Kidman IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1109624/ Rating: 5/5 Source: Sun+ Sun Perks screening! Plot: “A young Peruvian bear with a passion for all things British travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he begins…