So just a bit excitable today when I looked at my email and I saw this...... I can not remember winning anything recently and so this is pretty epic, well for me! I did happen to squeal with excitement when I received it. So the book in question is Where the World ends by Geraldine McCaughrean. I entered the giveaway on a whim and because the book just sounded interesting and it's reminded me of Lord of the flies so I thought why not...and ... Read the Post...
Tale as old as time, what is better book or tv/movie??
So a debate which has been ongoing since forever, is what is better the book or the movie and now the TV shows? This is a topic I could discuss forever, but I have only listed a few examples didn't want to bore everyone so quickly! Now 9 times out of 10 I would be the first to say I prefer the book, with a book you get to experience the inner monologues, the descriptions of the scenery around them and the feelings that each character have, ... Read the Post...
Sunday morning musing….with a cup of tea
Nothing like a Sunday morning read in your PJs with a nice cup of tea. The theme that I am thinking about today is unreliable narrators. Reading more and more of #thewomaninthewindow and having read #thewomanincabin10 I have this recurring theme. I quite like this theme personally as I feel like you are playing detective in a book that you don’t have all the information only what the narrator wants to give you, adding to further my enjoyment. ... Read the Post...
Reality in books
“My dear girl, you cannot keep bumping your head against reality and saying it is not there” from Spellbound. I have not heard this quote before and I don’t know the literal sense of the meaning (I know what the film is about) but in #thewomaninthewindow this quote fits perfectly and after being caught with her camera? It is Anne that is brought to her harsh reality of being caught and having to accept that she’s ‘alive, and on display, and ... Read the Post...