Mostly birthday gifts with a single pre-order and a couple of impulse purchases. Let's get to it.... The Gifts The Fall of Robespierre by Colin Jones - an hour by hour analysis of the last 24 hours in the life of Maximilien Robespierre, architect of the Terror; a major turning point in French history. Fascinating … Continue reading It’s a Book Haul – Sunday 6 Feb
Author: brideofthebookgod
Scottish, just lurched into my sixties, a bibliophile based in London and happily married to the Book God
Saturday Night at the Movies #1
At the end of the year the Book God and I reinstated Saturday Night is Movie Night chez Bride, and there are many good movies that for various reasons I haven't talked about here as yet, but that's all going to change with what I hope will become a regular monthly movie update. DUNE Part … Continue reading Saturday Night at the Movies #1
January wrap-up
It's time for the first monthly wrap-up of 2022, and this post coincidentally (not really) falls on my actual birthday. I am 60 today; how did that happen so quickly? Anyhow, there will be a small book haul to celebrate in a separate post, but this is all about the month just ending, so here … Continue reading January wrap-up
The Bride’s Blogiversary
Here we are at yet another anniversary for this blog in all of its incarnations. The Bride is now 14 in blog years. Photo by Taryn Elliott on Pexels.com I was 14 in 1976 (if you're paying attention you may be aware that a significant birthday is on the horizon) What do we know about … Continue reading The Bride’s Blogiversary
What’s coming up in January 2022
Feels very strange to be typing that number.... But here we are đ Photo by Bich Tran on Pexels.com I have set a Goodreads goal for the year, and will be aiming to hit 65 books. In the past two years I have managed to reach 66 but didn't want to stretch too much beyond … Continue reading What’s coming up in January 2022
A Quick Look back at 2021
Including a Christmas book haul! I hope you have all had a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year. As we are already a few days into 2022, and before I share what's coming up in January, I thought I would take a quick look back and share the outcome of my Goodreads challenge, … Continue reading A Quick Look back at 2021
Mid-month Musings
It seems only a few hours ago that I was thinking about writing a post about what's coming up for me in November and suddenly here we are a fortnight later and I'm only sitting down to type now. Time flies when you're having fun, apparently. Photo by David Travis on Unsplash My reading has been going well … Continue reading Mid-month Musings
The Chestnut Man – Soren Sveistrup
If you find one, he's already found you I have had this book in my TBR pile for a while and just hadn't picked it up (all of this being virtual because it's on my Kindle app, but you know what I mean..) but then the Book God spotted that it existed as a Netflix … Continue reading The Chestnut Man – Soren Sveistrup
My Week – 17 October edition
It has been a much quieter week than I had intended. Last Sunday I went to the first of three planned screenings at the London Film Festival, and saw the new Edgar Wright film Last Night in Soho (which I loved btw) but due to Life Happenings, I didn't make it to the other two. … Continue reading My Week – 17 October edition
Gunpowder Milkshake [2021]
Three generations of women fight back against those who could take everything from them That would be men then. I dithered over whether to watch this film. At first I thought 'this looks cool' and then I saw some iffy comments and thought 'hmm, perhaps not' and then the Book God said he really wanted … Continue reading Gunpowder Milkshake [2021]
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