Let’s Go Party #BarbieMovie

  In case you didn’t watch it, the trailer for Barbie says: If you love Barbie, this movie is for you. If you hate Barbie, this movie is for you. Which does beg the question: what if you’re indifferent to Barbie? It was the first thing that popped...

Oppenheimer

It’d be unfair to say I was dragged kicking and screaming to Oppenheimer. But it would be fair to say it wasn’t high on my list of must-see movies. Having said that, there aren’t that many movies out at the moment that I do want to see. The school...

Dead Reckoning

While I was at Harrogate Crime Festival, I attended an interview with Lee Child and his brother Andrew, who’s taken over as author of the Jack Reacher books. The interview helped explain the rationale behind that move, and I found it reassuring. I’d been...

To Beta Or Not To Beta?

For some reason, the last couple of weeks ran away with me. I’d got into a bit of a rhythm with my posts. Most had been book reviews – and I’ve got plenty of those to catch up on – but then I dropped in a post about the progress I was making...

Waiting For An Alibi #thinlizzy #amwriting

Several weeks ago, I wrote something of an update on where I was with my writing. If you missed this little treat, you can catch up here. Since then, there have been further developments, and it seemed appropriate to bring you up to speed. As I mentioned at the time,...