When there are nine Last year the hubby was reading the same books by the same authors. In an attempt to get out of his comfort zone, I encouraged him to read more female authors. When he then asked me how many, I was reminded of the Notorious RBG when she was asked how many [...]
Tag: Book review
Mockingjay
Raw. Cold and raw. That's how I felt after finishing this installment of the trilogy. I devoured it, listening at every moment I could on Scribd. So much change. So much distress. So much pain in this book. Yet it is so powerful, I would gladly read / listen to it again - though maybe after [...]
Catching Fire
Just finished reading Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. This is the first book I've read in a long time where I felt I needed to read the next one straight away. And that's what happened: I'm onto Mockingjay already. I finally upgraded my old Nokia and now have a smart phone, more on that later, [...]
The Hunger Games
Entertaining film, really good book. It only took me almost two years to read it. After studying English Literature for three years, having read what seemed like three to five books a week, it took me two years, on and off, to finish reading the first Hunger Games book. Now, let's see how long it takes [...]
After Dark
I’ve never read a full film script before, but after reading After Dark I feel like I’ve read a short film script. Haruki Murakami’s short novel takes place in Tokyo, in the time of seven hours with only a handful of characters that are mysteriously connected. Female protagonist Mari has her world turned upside [...]