Books and that.

More specifically, ‘The Blind Assassin’ by Margaret Atwood. This isn’t a book review though, I’ve just finished reading it. IT WAS IMMENSE. I still find it fascinating how much a book can do to you. It’s such a small(ish) thing – you can hold the entire story, the whole world that’s been created in your [...]

Kindle Continues..

I could have written “Kindle Kontinues”, but then I’m not some sloppy second-rate tabloid that makes up unbelievably bad puns. Exception with The Sun’s “SuperCaleygoballisticCelticareatrocious”. Football headlines don’t come better than that. Anyway. It’s story time again children, and this time it comes in the form of ‘Voir Un Ami Pleurer’. This little French saga [...]

KINDLE KINDLE! A new literary venture.

For me that is, I have been directed this week to look into throwing things out onto Kindle as it cuts out the “middle man” and you can, by the looks of things, publish whatever you want.. I might be wrong on that one as I’m new to this and there’s much to explore, but [...]

‘Sherlock – The Great Game’.

The other day, I found myself analysing the person in front of me in a Sherlock Holmes style. Sherlock, that is, in 2010. “Hm.. Sporting a blue plaster? Works in the catering industry. Chavy clothing though. Works in a chain pub. He’s carrying.. Knives?! Well he’s illegal but he clearly cares about his profession. Taking [...]

The Tuesday Muse – The Classroom.

(It’s only Wednesday and computer access has been sparse so I’m still Tuesday-Musing! Anyway..) When delving into a book entitled ‘Introductions To Shakespeare’ (a collection written by lots of well-known people, nearly all (if  not all) who have acted in a play or two by said playwright), I came across this marvellous piece by Ralph [...]

The Great Film Debate Mk 3 – Historical Inaccuracies

This is always a controversial point, and a huge thing of contempt for myself, so let us delve into some of the most blatantly inaccurate films ever made… First off – The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas (2008) It’s a goldmine! An enjoyable film, yes, and very readable book, but to get properly ‘in’ to [...]

The Great Film Debate, Mk 2.

Adapting Words To Film Is it ever a good idea to change the medium of a story to retell said story? How much of the tale gets lost and is there an optimum format to digest the initial tale through? Now our first example, for want of a better adaption in the last 100 years [...]

‘The Road’ – Cormac McCarthy. (CONTAINS SPOILERS)

Well. This book’s quite moving isn’t it. Eye-opening. Enthralling. Amazing? Amazing. I quite liked it yes. YOU NEED TO READ IT. EVERYONE needs to read it. I am rather interested to see the film now – even more so than I was, except most cinemas don’t seem to be showing it much or at all [...]

‘Murder on the Mallaig Express’ – David Shepherd

I have come to the end of this rather interesting book. But I am still not quite sure what to make of it. On delving into some research on the author, it turns out he is in the clergy – odd start already as I’m not entirely sure members of the church should be writing [...]

Gatsby : Conclusion. Part Two.

It is finished. Finally. It… Sort of became better. In that there are now two layers to the characters! Fitzy seems to be very good at creating two-dimensional people. And it seems the entire plot focusses around the fact that Gatsby is in love with some bird who fucks off at the end. Big deal. [...]