This novel was another recommendation from Goodreads’ Horror Afficionados. It won the poll in March of this year, but it’s taken me that long to get hold of a copy from the library. For me, a big plus of requesting books that are picked by Horror Afficionados is that I have no idea what I’m …
I’ve never understood why people don’t enjoy reading. Worse than that is when people say they find reading boring. To that I rely on an old adage: ‘Reading would only be boring if one had no imagination’. I genuinely believe that reading is the best fun you can have with your clothes on. Not only …
It feels like a lifetime ago that No Time To Die was released, in which we saw Daniel Craig play James Bond for the final time. There have been a lot of changes since then, with the Broccolis bowing out and Amazon taking full creative control. It was recently announced that Denis Villeneuve would be …
This was a book I stumbled across by complete accident. Pure chance. I happened upon a post by Bluemoose Books (publishers of the novel) were advertising the fact that it was about to be adapted into a television series for the BBC. It was alongside a photo of the author, who understandably looked very happy …
When I was about seven or eight years old, I remember staying the night at my best friend’s house. It was just something we did every so often. We went into the living room to say goodnight to his parents and found them watching a film. I instantly presumed it was an old film because …
Every so often, I come across a book that makes me think: “How the hell did they come up with this?” I hope we all have these moments as consumers of content. I think that’s why one of the top questions that any writer receives is “Where do you get your ideas?” I’ve watched numerous …
While it is true that I mostly read horror novels, I do also have an affection for dystopias. That shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise, considering my very first post on this site was for Sunrise on the Reaping. Furthermore, I suppose there is also quite a crossover between horror and dystopia. Two …
In 2019, I reconnected with my cousin, Rob. There was never any fallout, or anything like that, but he was eight years older than me, we didn’t see each other often when we were growing up, and my dad’s side of the family are complicated – to put it mildly. But we reached out to …
In a similarity to my recent post about the Salt Path, The Penguin Lessons is another story which I saw on the silver screen first, before borrowing the book from the library. If you’ve not seen the film, it’s based on a true story and set in Argentina during the 1970s when an English teacher, …
A few months ago, I went to the cinema with my mum and brother to see a charming British film called The Salt Path. It was the story of Raynor Winn and her husband, Moth, a couple who lose everything and end up in debt and homeless. What’s worse is that the husband has just …