The moon landing is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and I'm amazed that we managed to make it up in space in 1969. This year, NASA also opened their international space station to tourists (if you can afford to go) and scientists captured photos of a black hole which, up until now, was thought [...]
I've read a few debut books this year so far and I started wondering about debut authors and how harshly we should be judging them. I read and reviewed Ignite the Stars this year and I didn't enjoy it very much. This is Maura Milan's debut novel and whilst it had all of the ideas for [...]
A Midsummer Night's Dream | The Bridge Theatre ★★★★ If you are in London this summer, you have probably noticed that a lot of companies are doing A Midsummer Night's Dream. I saw the Bridge's version and I would definitely recommend it. This is a funny, magical and modern twist on the play. The Show [...]
It is July and I think it's finally summer in England, though there are news reports of hailstones falling in Mexico which is alarming. Global warming folks. It's been a busy month with both work and social commitments, hence the lack of blogging but I am brimming with ideas and discussion topics which I will [...]
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. It has been a LONG time since I've done one of these, but I adore children's books so I [...]
The Power | Naomi Alderman ★★★★ 'She cuppeth the lightning in her hand. She commandeth it to strike' There are lots of reviews that make this comparison, so let's get this out of the way: The Power in many ways reminded me of Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. It's similar in not only the framing device used to [...]
I love discussion posts on here. I enjoy reading interesting takes on subjects, I love sharing my opinions (who doesn't?) and sometimes it's just a form of catharsis or a means to figuring out how I feel about something. But there are just some things that I think have been said a thousand times, argued [...]
