January 2011
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Charming Incantations: Enticed by Monique Snyman
I’ve had this novel sat here for a few weeks now and it’s taken me some time to get around to reading it. A friend wrote this, as yet, unpublished novel and kindly allowed me to read it. She asked if I could write an honest review of it for her when I was done. So here we are an honest review.
Charming Incantations is the story of Elizabeth Richards, or Lisa as she prefers, and her...
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Black Swan Review
What do you know about Black Swan? If you know a lot or have seen it then this doesn’t apply to you; It’s not what you think it is. General knowledge of it seems to be that it’s about Swan Lake, there’s some lesbian sex in it and that seems to be what’s well known about it. Well yes, it is about a production of Swan Lake and yes there is a lesbian sex scene but...
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Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
I decided to read Rivers of London after seeing a review calling it “The British Dresden Files”. I found that to not really be a very apt description but loved the book nonetheless.
The story begins with a murder near St. Paul’s Church, Covent Garden, and we find the hero of the story, PC Peter Grant, on guard duty keeping the crime scene clear, while his friend and fellow...
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The King's Speech Review
I’ve been trying to think what to say about The King’s Speech, because all that really comes to mind is “it’s a wonderful film, you must see it.” Of course there is more that could be said of it than that, but that’s always the first thing that comes to mind.
The King’s Speech is the story of King George VI, or Bertie the stammering Duke of York as he was then, and...