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Book Review - The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. Stuart Turton is one of those writers that has been on my TBR for ages now. I’ve had a copy of The Devil and the Dark Water since it came out. I don’t know what stopped me from picking it up but something did. It was probably just because it seemed so much bigger than the books I was reading at the time. Whatever it was, I didn’t read it. It’s a similar story with The…

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Bitesize Book Reviews 18

I’ve been reading a lot more on my Kindle recently. It’s not the format I typically pick for my reading but I don’t know why. I think I’m quicker on my Kindle than I am with physical books. However, having a full Kindle library is less aesthetically pleasing than having a full physical library. The reason I’ve been doing more if that I realised that Amazon had started a Kindle Challenge and if…

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Sunday Rundown: That's What She Read

What have you been reading this week? Last week was a weird week. I took some time off to help my sister with childcare. So, it wasn’t exactly a break but I had a lot of fun. Then my last two days at work felt so awful. It was slow and busy. I also know that this week is going to feel even worse because I haven’t done a full week in so long. Thanks to Easter, it’s been over two weeks and I don’t…

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Film Review - Damsel (2024)

⭐⭐ Rating: 2 out of 5. You have to hand it to Millie Bobby Brown. She’s trying really hard to create inspiring characters that young women and girls can look up to. She’s been banging on about how great Damsel would be a feminist dream in the same way that Emma Watson did about the Beauty and the Beast remake. We all remember how that went. I’m all for flipping the narrative but what I’d seen…

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Bitesize Book Reviews 18

I managed to sneak a few short middle grade books in recently and I just wanted to get the reviews out of the way. Mostly because I didn’t feel as though I had much to say. The first two were the continuation of Jennifer Killick’s Dread Wood series that I’d borrowed from the library. Listening to middle grade fiction at work is brilliant. The relaxed and fun story is a great counter for the…

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Book Review - Elektra by Jennifer Saint

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3.5 out of 5. After reading Clytemnestra last month, I knew that I would have to pick up Elektra this month. After all, she obviously popped up quite a bit in the previous book. I was interested to see how the mother and daughter would fare in a different book. Would Jennifer Saint be as sympathetic as Costanza Casati? I have to admit that I was a little sceptical going in because…

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Sunday Rundown: That's What She Read

What have you been reading this week? I’ve got a few days off at the start of this week and I’m looking forward to not being at work. I won’t exactly be relaxing but getting some time out of the office is always good. It’s a particularly stressful time and there’s a lot going on. Do we have the time to do it? Of course not. That would be too easy. Still, I’m still managing to finish books along…

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Film Review - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. It feels like we’ve only just had a film adaptation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles but it turns out it was 2016. 2016 was, apparently, 8 years ago, which is actually quite a while. I’m not actually sure how many of the different adaptations that I’ve seen. There was something back in the 90s but I can’t remember which one. I feel like it was the Teenage Mutant…

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Book Review - Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. Last month became a month of mythology for me. I hadn’t planned it but I was excited to get into some of the retellings that had been sitting on my shelf. In the end, I only read 4 books but that was 50% of my March books. I still have a few more that I can add to my April TBR but I got some big ones out of the way. I’m definitely going to be reading Elektra this month…

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Bookish Post - March 2024 Reading Wrap-Up

Number of books read: 8Number of rereads: 0Number of physical books: 2Number of ebooks: 0Number of audiobooks: 6Number of ARCS: 0 5* reviews: 14.5* reviews: 04* reviews: 4 March really did just fly by, didn’t it. It was my birthday month, but that feels like it was years ago. I was hoping to match the number of books I read in January in March. However, I didn’t quite manage it. I did match the…

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Sunday Rundown: That's What She Read

What have you been reading this week? It’s Easter Sunday, so reading is taking a backseat for today. Of course, I will read at some point but this is a family day. My niece and nephew are both the perfect age for Easter to be exciting and fun again. So, we’re organising an egg hunt and other fun for today. It should be good. Continue reading Sunday Rundown: That’s What She Read

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Book Review - Herc by Phoenicia Rogerson

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 5 out of 5. As I keep saying these days, I bought this a while ago and was really looking forward to starting it. Of course, we know that my TBR is too big to enable me to read books immediately, so it was always going to happen. Still, my impromptu mythology month gave me the perfect opportunity to actually pick it up. I had some audiobook minutes to listen to, which meant I was…

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Film Review - Irish Wish (2024)

⭐⭐ Rating: 1.5 out of 5. What is the American obsession with romanticising Celts? Of course, I think they’re fabulous people but America seems to take things way too far. Especially when it comes to Ireland. There have been so many awful Hollywood films that treats the Emerald Isle like it’s a magical fantasy world. It’s weird. Have they confused the Lucky Charms box with real life and just…

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Book Review - Pandora's Jar by Natalie Haynes

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. Last year, I listened to Natalie Haynes’ A Thousand Ships and really enjoyed it. She was a really good narrator and had fantastic insight into the women of the Trojan War. So, I had no hesitation when picking up Stone Blind, her retelling of the Medusa myth. It was good but I didn’t enjoy it as much. I had a bit of a break but decided to dive back in with this…

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Sunday Rundown: That's What She Read

What have you been reading this week? It’s almost Easter and I don’t know how that happened. March simply flew by. I can’t believe that my birthday was 20 days ago. It feels like it was yesterday. I’ve done quite a lot in March but it doesn’t feel like it. I’ve read a few books but not as many as previous months. There’s still a week to go and that includes a long weekend. So, there’s still time…

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Film Review - The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)

⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3 out of 5. I came to The Hunger Games late but I really enjoyed it. I’m not sure what I would have thought if I’d read them when I was a teenager but I enjoyed them enough as an adult. I also liked the films so I was looking forward to the fact that Suzanne Collins was releasing another instalment of the series. I bought a copy but, obviously, I didn’t read it. I definitely meant…

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Book Review - Dread Wood by Jennifer Killick

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3.5 out of 5. This wasn’t the book that I was planning on reviewing today. It wasn’t even a book that was on my TBR. It was just something that I found when browsing my library’s catalogue. I recognised the Jennifer Killick from a spooky middle grade collection I read in October. This book was hailed as being perfect for fans of Goosebumps and I bloody loved that series when I was…

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