The Acolyte by Nick Cutter (2015)
This is the second Nick Cutter book I have read (haven’t decided if I want to read The Deep) and I would have to say it’s about as good as … Continue reading
The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey (2014) Book Review
20 years after a deadly pathogen has ravished the globe (sounds familiar) and the world is not recovering from the spread of fungus that essentially turns people into flesh-eating zombies; … Continue reading
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (Book review)
It’s twenty years after the world has been ravaged and destroyed by a deadly flu that wiped out a majority of Earth’s population, leaving it in ruins. Technology is gone, vehicles are … Continue reading
The Purge: Anarchy (2014)
The Purged: Frank Grillo (Sergeant); Carmen Ejogo (Eva); Zach Gilford (Shane); Kiele Sanchez (Liz); Zoë Soul (Cali) The Gist: It’s time again for the annual purge and this time around we get the view from the street as a group … Continue reading
Armistice (2013) a.k.a Warhouse
Captives: Joseph Morgan (A.J. Budd); Matt Ryan (Edward Sterling); William Troughton (The Fallen) The Gist: Possible SPOILERS: A Royal Marine awakens to find himself imprisoned and forced to fight to the death against inhuman opponents … Continue reading
The Canal (2014)
Ghosts & Psychos: Rupert Evans (David); Hannah Hoekstra (Alice); Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Claire); Calum Heath (Billy) The Gist: Archivist David is happily living his life with wife Alice and young son Billy but underneath he feels that Alice is distancing herself … Continue reading
The Happening
No, not that terrible movie with Marky, Marky – rather where have I been and what is going on these days. I wouldn’t say I have writer’s block in the … Continue reading
A Good Soldier: The Last Sunrise (Ch. 32)
The first steps were slow as my body groaned from the accident and lying in the cold all night. I went to Tony and looked down at his closed eyes, … Continue reading
A Good Soldier: Dawn (Ch.31)
Murmurs and the bone chilling cold through my back woke me a few hours later. The cave, this sanctuary, was going to be more dangerous than the zombies, starvation or … Continue reading
Can bad books be good?
Now that I’ve got your attention. In honour of Valentine’s Day, or Saturday as we call it, here is a re-post of my opinion on books like Fifty Shades of Grey, … Continue reading →