The Persistence of Memory

★★★★★ Safe Harbour is a YA contemporary novel with important themes of homelessness, mental illness, trust and friendship. "I do...

★★★★ The Exercise of Vital Powers introduces to us a hateful character by the name of Kayden Jayta. I'm not exaggerating, she's...

★★★ "I knew why she'd done it. I knew that Emily hated Griffin Tomlin the moment I'd told her something I never should hav...

Average Overall Rating: 3.57 stars  Some Desperado by Joe Abercrombie - 5 stars 🌟 I have missed Abercrombie! This story filled a hole. ...

★★ This started out as a promising 4 star read and has gradually reduced in my mind, stupid decision after idiotic decision, to 2 stars...

★★★★★ The Hunter and his kin thought the Werekind were long gone from the world, but they're back, and they've got a plan t...

★★ The main faults of this book for me were pace, world building and the main character. So most of it unfortunately. :/ The pace was...

★★★ Gwen Proctor just can't catch a break... When a woman from a middle of nowhere town called Wolfhunter calls Gwen terrified ...

★★★★ "They hate me because I do in the daylight what their own kings are ashamed to do in the dark." The Bird King was bo...

★★★★★ "Let this thing play out. Just until everything passes". Hannah is remanded into custody at an institution for ps...

★★★★★ I feel privileged to have been allowed to read and review an advanced copy of this book thanks to Netgalley and the publisher, ...

I really wanted this to be good, because so far I've only seen Sam Rockwell in some pretty darned respectable movies. The cast of Roc...

I wasn't going to write anything about Saturday's mini festival at the Globe, Newcastle, but I realised there were a few highlights ...

So, Fast & Furious 7, or Furious 7, whatever they're calling it, was ridiculous. But in the best possible way of course. It was ...

I wanted a movie starring Sheldon Cooper as a purple alien and that was exactly what I got. The Boov are a race of scaredy cats ...

After watching this movie I realised how ignorant I have been. Not only in my limited knowledge of anything to do with Stephen Hawking’...

Based on the true story of one woman's work towards emotional well-being, Wild was a beautiful journey. It was both funny and movin...

It was a rare treat to see Channing Tatum, Steve Carell and Mark Ruffalo in such serious roles, and they pulled it off magnificently. P...

Well, it was okay. For two and a half hours I managed to watch the screen and not get bored. I was mostly just outraged at the unnecess...

Well, what can I say? The first words that come to mind are breathtaking and beautifully intense. I have struggled quite a bit with m...