Thoughts While Watching Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker

Despite being a lifelong Star Wars fan I was never inclined to go to the cinema when Rise of Skywalker was released. I felt a certain disconnect between the films I had grown up with, the trailer for the final film in the newest trilogy and The Last Jedi. However, a recent binge of the…

Skyward by Brandon Sanderson | Review

Skyward (Skyward, #1) by Brandon Sanderson My rating: 2 of 5 stars Read: May 12 - 15 You can function, you can fly, but you're going to leave a blood trail for a while The final remnants of the human race are trapped on a planet, constantly being attacked by mysterious alien star-fighters. Spensa longs…

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton | Review

Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1) by Michael Crichton My rating: 4 of 5 stars Read: Jan 25 - Feb 9 All major changes are like death. You can't see to the other side until you are there On a remote jungle island off the coast of Costa Rica, genetic engineers have bought dinosaurs back from…

First Lines Fridays #108

First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to…

Films to Look Forward to in 2020

So we're barely into 2020 and there has already been some amazing films such as 1917, Bombshell and Jojo Rabbit. And by the looks of what is still to come 2020 is looking like a very good year for cinema...

Books To Look Forward to in 2020

So, I may have nearly missed January here but I'm still going to include the odd January release if it was anticipated, but other than that here are a few more big releases for 2020...

It’s Monday – What Are You Reading? (27/01)

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading was created by Kathryn so that bookworms can show what they have been, what they currently are and what they will be reading during the oncoming week… What I Read Last Week Well....I attempted to read this but then struggled immensely to get into it so put it down. I didn't…

Sundays in Bed With…Jurassic Park

Sundays in Bed With is hosted by Midnight Book Girl and is the only meme that dares ask what book has been in your bed this morning? Come share what book you’ve spent time curled up reading in bed, or which book you wish you had time to read today!

Stacking the Shelves #5

Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and Reading Reality all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!…

187 Thoughts I Had While Reading The Burning Shadow

The Burning Shadow is the second book in the Origin series by Jennifer L. Armentrout and the follow-up to her Lux series. In this anticipated sequel to The Darkest Star, Evie discovers that there are more gaps in her memory than she first thought and she can't escape the lingering sense that something happened to…