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Stephen King’s, The Shining: Book Review
SPOILER – FREE! “Wendy? Darling? Light, of my life. I’m not gonna hurt ya. I’m just going to bash your brains in.” … You’re going to need a cup of tea for this one! SYNOPSIS: Danny is only five years old but in the words of old Hallorann he is a ‘Shiner’, aglow with psychic…
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An Unbearable Journey! ..The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien: Book Review
Spoilers ahead, featuring a few unavoidable grievances about the film adaptations. I first attempted reading The Hobbit around 7 or 8 years ago but never really got into it. I then gave it a second go shortly before the release of the first Hobbit film (I still don’t understand why a 364 page book was…
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Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol 🗝 : Book Review
Spoiler free! Prior to The Lost Symbol, the only book I’d read by Dan Brown was The Da Vinci Code. I was aware of the controversy surrounding the plot and I even had people suggest that I not read it – I went to a Catholic school so I could understand why those trying to…
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Introvert and Proud? Quiet Power by Susan Cain – Book Review
I don’t really like the word introvert, I often hear it said in relation to the words shy, reserved or timid – words which have plagued my existence since I was a pre-teen. Over time I’ve learned to disguise this part of myself when necessary, so depending on where you meet me I might seem like an extrovert.…
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Review: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein – ‘All is not as it seems’
Fun-Fact: Did you know the word Scientist didn’t exist when Frankenstein was first published in 1818. Before the word was coined in 1833 by William Whewell, Scientists would have been referred to as Natural Philosophers, who were studiers of nature and the physical universe. Gothic literature isn’t my go-to genre but it caught my attention…
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