It’s funny how we get so lost in the brilliance that is Game of Thrones. It takes us to unforeseen lands where wildfire can destroy entire fleets of ships. Where dragons are mothered by the most powerful of women. Where…
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Fad? I Think not. Why Vampire Book Series are Here to Stay.
Oh no, here it comes, another vampire book series. Can I really read another one? You bet I can. I can’t get enough of them. Some might think I’m crazy but I could read another twenty books about Bella and…
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A Court of Thorns and Roses, to Read or not to Read? That is the Question.
A Court of Thorns and Roses Book Review. It’s hard to express how much I love the works of Sarah J. Maas, but for the sake of book lovers everywhere, I’ll try. A painting might have been more appropriate in…
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SHORT STORY- MonsterChef
Mash, the loveable, but obscenely rotund monster, who hosted the most popular prime time show in Monsterville, MonsterChef, took his position at the front of the sold out auditorium. Running through his last minute throat warm ups, he rolled his…
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Romance Books for Teens- Lost in a Swamp of Their Own Making?
Do you believe in love? Do romance books for teens perch you on the precipice of emotional meltdown? Well … you’re not alone. I’m not saying the tears flow every time I read The Fault in Our Stars, I have…
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Why We Need To Stop Taking The Special Out Of Our Children
Autistic or not, all children are unique. But society as a whole is trying to take that from them. If a child does not fit into the box of modern structure, then he is seen as unusual or in many…
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The Rise Of The Anti-hero And Why We Love To Hate Them.
Whether you’re good, bad or somewhere in-between you know the plight of the hero. In stories, that may involve saving the city, or rescuing a group of school children from a burning building, maybe, if he’s lucky (in the case of…
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Have You Found Your Dragon? How Eragon by Cristopher Paolini Changed My Life.
I don’t know how it happened exactly, coming to that devastating conclusion, but I do remember the feeling of hollow despair when I realised that the world I had imagined as a child was just not the world I lived…
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Netflix? No Thank You. Why Books Are Immeasurably Better Than Movies.
To read, or not to read, that is the question. In a new and ever expanding world of movie magic, where CGI has taken the film industry into a stratosphere of its own, some might find themselves concluding, that the…
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Beauty And The Beast And The Masterful Storytellers Who Brought Us The Original Tale.
Tale as old as time, well . . . not quite. Though if Apuleius’ has his say, then perhaps the tale is older than we first thought. Of course we all love Disney’s magical masterpiece, Beauty And The Beast, how…
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