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 [...]

The Tuesday Muse – ‘Hershey’s’

From the ‘Hershey’ website ~ “If stranded on a desert island, more than half of Americans surveyed would rather have an unlimited supply of HERSHEY’S KISSES Brand Rich Dark Chocolates than their favorite book.” This was labelled under ‘Fun Facts’, but as far as I’m concerned this is neither fun nor a decent fact. The [...]

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 [...]