torsdag 23 november 2017

Shape up, Littlefinger - or, on second thoughts, don't

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My attempt to catch up with the Game of Thrones phenomenon is trundling along. I'm now half-way through season two, and I admit it'...
onsdag 8 november 2017

Sarah Waters to the rescue

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Finally! For the first time in what seems like ages, I read a book I really liked and didn't either give up on or have to struggle to fi...
onsdag 25 oktober 2017

The Buccaneers - costume-drama yawnfest

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Perhaps it is good to be reminded that everything period-related from the Nineties - which I fondly remember as The Golden Age of costume dr...
torsdag 19 oktober 2017

Baffling bestsellerdom

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So there we are: another book I've not been able to finish. Finding Drood  heavy going, I was looking for a comfort-blanket read to bala...
torsdag 5 oktober 2017

Once Upon a Time season 7 wish list

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Well, you were warned. Tomorrow, lucky US viewers will be able to tune into the season 7 premiere of Once Upon a Time , so I had better get ...
lördag 30 september 2017

Famous authors as characters (and narrators)

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I haven’t had much luck in my reading of late, but after 50 pages of Drood by Dan Simmons I’m cautiously optimistic. Perhaps it’s partly d...
torsdag 21 september 2017

19th-century classics that would make good TV drama

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Poldark series four. Victoria series two. The Crown season two. Adaptations of Pride and Prejudice , Les Misérables  and Howard's End...