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
Tag: Sci-fi
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
More Friday Night Movies
The Vast of Night We are in New Mexico towards the end of the 1950s, in a small town where everyone knows everyone else. Most of the town is off watching the local high school taking part in a basketball game, but over the course of the night Fay, a young woman working on the … Continue reading More Friday Night Movies
Catching Up | Friday Night Movies
During these strange times we've started trying to watch a film together once a week to make up for how much we miss visiting our local cinema and I thought I'd pull together a post I was originally going to call Big Dumb Movies but as (a) not all of them are the same scale … Continue reading Catching Up | Friday Night Movies
Twenty Books of Summer 2020
It's that time of year again where Cathy at 746Books hosts her twenty books of summer challenge and this year will be my year to actually finish all twenty of my picks. I'm convinced of it 😀 As you may have seen if you follow me on Instagram I have already posted the handwritten list … Continue reading Twenty Books of Summer 2020
Sunday Salon | Books read in May so far
So here we are after a break of 3 weeks and I thought it might be fun to look at the books I've finished so far this month. It's been a fairly good month for reading but not a great one for blogging; what can I say? More mini-reviews are likely to follow, but let's … Continue reading Sunday Salon | Books read in May so far
December Books | Impulse Buys
Photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash It is a fact that I am not supposed to buy books in December because gifts, but as we share wishlists I know the range from where my presents will be drawn. That's a complicated way of saying that if a title wasn't on my wish list it was fair game. Here … Continue reading December Books | Impulse Buys
Review Catch-Up | Movies
All of these deserved individual posts but I'm superstitious and don't want 2019 reviews to wander into 2020. It's a thing. Doctor Sleep My thoughts on the Kubrick film of The Shining have been aired here before (in short, it's a good Kubrick film, but not a great King adaptation) and I read Doctor Sleep … Continue reading Review Catch-Up | Movies
October Round-up | Books read
I was reasonably pleased with my reading in October, especially as I had a couple of mini-reading slumps. The issue for me at the moment seems to be that I get about a quarter of the way into a book then no matter how much I am enjoying it I kind of stop. See if … Continue reading October Round-up | Books read
Ad Astra
If ever there was a Marmite movie this is going to be it. I've seen Ad Astra described as thrilling and a masterpiece, but also as boring and dull despite having (MINI SPOILERS) moon pirates and killer monkeys. My thoughts will follow a quick detour to Planet Synopsis Astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across … Continue reading Ad Astra
Bride of the Book God 2 