The other night, I had the total pleasure of catching the newest Studio Ghibli film, When Marnie Was There at Dendy Portside Cinemas. The story focuses on Anna, a twelve-year-old girl who gets shipped out to the countryside to be with her foster mother’s family after suffering a panic attack in the city. In… Continue reading When Marnie Was There
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‘The Girl With All the Gifts’ by M. R. Carey (46/52)
Melanie gets wheeled to class every day, chained to a chair. They have new teachers, but Miss Justineau's her favourite. Miss Justineau treats them like people. Brings them things from the outside world. Melanie and Miss Justineau don't know that their world is about to implode.This book ticked a lot of my boxes - zombies!… Continue reading ‘The Girl With All the Gifts’ by M. R. Carey (46/52)
‘Dark Places’ by Gillian Flynn (45/52)
Libby Day was seven years old when her brother murdered her mother and sisters. Now, years later, she finds herself broke, the only foreseeable income in reopening her own case with the backing of a murder club, convinced of her brother's innocence.I really enjoyed Gone Girl which I read earlier this year, and a few of… Continue reading ‘Dark Places’ by Gillian Flynn (45/52)
‘Yes Please’ by Amy Poehler (44/52)
Writer, actress and comedian, Amy Poehler recounts her life so far in a series of essays, memoirs, random bits of advice and photographs.Oh, man, I love Amy Poehler. I've never been a serious watcher of Saturday Night Live where she first came to the general public's attention, but she was pretty much an instant fave… Continue reading ‘Yes Please’ by Amy Poehler (44/52)
‘In Cold Blood’ by Truman Capote (43/52)
The Clutter family is murdered in 1959, an act incomprehensible to the citizens of Holcomb, Kansas. Truman Capote's chilling true crime novel, In Cold Blood, explores motive and aftermath, the personal and the social, past, present and future of the crime. I read Breakfast at Tiffany's last year and didn't love it, so my expectations… Continue reading ‘In Cold Blood’ by Truman Capote (43/52)
‘Sex Criminals’ by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky (42/52)
Suzie is a lot of things. The daughter of a dead man, of an alcoholic mother, librarian to a going-out-of-business library, and a woman who can freeze time whenever she orgasms. The latter is just a quirk until she meets Jon, an actor, who shares her ability. Together they decide to use their time-stopping orgasms… Continue reading ‘Sex Criminals’ by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky (42/52)
‘Morning Glories Volume 4: Truants’ by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisner (41/52)
Morning Glories Academy is an illustrious school for genius children, but there's more to it than appears. Shrouded in mystery, the school is a home for murder, backstabbing, time travel and strange powers, and in volume four, things come to an explosive head. Man, I have such mixed feelings on this series. On the one… Continue reading ‘Morning Glories Volume 4: Truants’ by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisner (41/52)
‘Daughter of Smoke and Bone’ by Laini Taylor (40/52)
Karou has two lives. On the one hand, she is a seventeen year old art student living in Prague suffering from a break up with an asshole ex. On the other, she's the ward of a created family of chimeras, travelling the world on the hunt for teeth, a precious bounty for the chimera sorcerer,… Continue reading ‘Daughter of Smoke and Bone’ by Laini Taylor (40/52)
Y: The Last Man Deluxe Volume 2 by Brian K. Vaughan (39/52)
After an unknown illness wiped out all the men on earth bar Yorrick and his pet monkey, Ampersand, he is swept into a journey guarded only by Agent 355 and Dr. Allison Mann. In Book 2, the journey continues, with our trio coming head to head with Russian agents, playwrights, sexual torture, and some Texan… Continue reading Y: The Last Man Deluxe Volume 2 by Brian K. Vaughan (39/52)
‘Vampire Academy’ by Richelle Mead (38/52)
Rose and Lissa are on the run when the guardians finally catch up with them. Restrained and taken back to the St. Vladimir's Academy where it's revealed that Lissa is a moroi princess and Rose is her dhampir guardian, bound to protect her against the evil strigoi who would see her dead. I love YA,… Continue reading ‘Vampire Academy’ by Richelle Mead (38/52)
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