Books, Books, Books!

| April 30, 2006

Have been a bit busy recently as I have been back at school and doing muchos planning and that sort of malarky. To think, in 2 months time, I shall be a qualified teacher How exciting Anyway, the purpose of this post is to inform you about my latest purchases. I bought some books from [...]

Queen at 80

| April 21, 2006

Happy Birthday Ma’am [bbc.co.uk]. The Queen is 80 years old today.

The Big Over Easy – Jasper Fforde

| April 21, 2006

Humpty Dumpty is dead. But what happened? The Nursery Crime Division has been called in to investigate it. However, it is a complex investigation with a lot of pressure coming from all sides. However, DI Jack Spratt and DS Mary Mary take hold of the situation. Even though he has killed 4 giants (technically only [...]

Scary Movie 4

| April 17, 2006

Director – David Zucker Went to the cinema for the first time this year yesterday. Longest we haven’t been to the cinema in a long time. We watched Scary Movie 4, the “fourth in the trilogy.” It was an alright film. It was a bit of a take-off of War of the Worlds, The Village [...]

Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon

| April 17, 2006

This is the story of Daniel Sempere and the consequences of choosing the book entitled The Shadow of the Wind by Julian Carax when his father takes him to the Cemetery of Lost Books. The story is interesting and there are many different turns and twists along the way. Daniel finds himself caught up in [...]

If You Could See Me Now – Cecelia Ahern

| April 17, 2006

Read this book very quickly. It was a really strange book. Not sure if I liked it or not. I must’ve liked it enough though, as I didn’t take long to read it. It is the story of Elizabeth Egan and her “friend” Ivan and how their relationship unfolds. Very bizarre, to be honest. Don’t [...]

Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier

| April 17, 2006

Have *finally* finished Rebecca [amazon.co.uk]. Had a stint tonight reading it and couldn’t put it down. This is why it has taken me ages to finish this book – I couldn’t put it down! So I couldn’t pick it up whilst I had so much work to do as I knew I would just want [...]