Book 24, and the final book (yes, I’m down two), in my challenge to read one book (I haven’t read before) a fortnight in 2012 is Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. I didn’t do this on purpose, but it seems like I saved the best for last – Never Let Me Go is…
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Reading challenge book 23: Dads, Geeks & Blue Haired Freaks by Ellie Phillips
Book 23 in my challenge to read one book (I haven’t read before) a fortnight in 2012 is Dads, Geeks & Blue Haired Freaks by Ellie Phillips. This book is billed as “one girl’s search to find her father, using the internet, some boys and quite a lot of hairspray”. It’s a bit Mamma Mia,…
Reading challenge book 22: How to be a Explorer of the World by Keri Smith
Book 22 in my challenge to read one book (I haven’t read before) a fortnight in 2012 is How to be an Explorer of the World by Keri Smith. Categorising this book is difficult. It’s not fiction, since there is nothing made up in it, and it’s not strictly what I would class as non-fiction,…
Reading challenge book review masterpost
All book reviews from my reading challenge for 2012 (26 books I haven’t read before – yes, I’m two books down) in one place.Book one – Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-SmithBook two – A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin Book three – Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater…
Theatre review: Loserville at the Garrick Theatre
(From left) Daniel Buckley, Richard Lowe, Lil’ Chris & Aaron Sidwell in Loserville. Picture: Tristram Kenton Do you like your musicals poppy, fun and bright? Then Loserville is for you (and me). Poptastic, while not a real word, is actually the perfect word to describe this show. Set in 1971 (although a very fictional 1971),…
Glee recap/review: The New Rachel
Forget the new Rachel, this is the new Glee – more grown up, more sophisticated, but still knows how to have fun.With its season four premiere, Glee went back to somewhere close to its best, piling in a raft of stuff and giving us a lot to think about, but never crossing that line into…
Film review: The Five-Year Engagement starring Emily Blunt and Jason Segel
Here’s what I was expecting when I went to see The Five-Year Engagement – a romantic comedy with a teensy bit of angst, maybe a little bit of swearing, and an easy-to-come-by happy ending. Here’s what I got when I went to see The Five-Year Engagement – a romantic comedy that ripped my heart out…
Review: Jack Savoretti at Bush Hall
“This is the weirdest gig I’ve ever been to.” We’re at Bush Hall in Shepherd’s Bush, standing in the midst of a crowd of Jack Savoretti fans while the man himself is on stage. My friend, let’s call her V, has just turned to me and said the above. What prompted her? Well, some random…
An interview with…Amit Sharma, co-director of Graeae’s Prometheus Awakes
Prometheus Awakes is Graeae’s latest production. Picture: Tia Lomas Graeae’s offices are, to put it mildly, pretty flipping cool. Located in Hoxton, next door to the Geffrye Museum, the building has large windows in archways along the front. In each of the windows sits one letter of the word Graeae in giant blocks of varying…
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