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The Martian | Book Vs Movie

Firstly, I want to say that I loved The Martian - the book and the movie. The way that Andy Weir writes a story is something special. Science Fiction can be challenging to get through (particularly when you don't know a whole ton about science), but he makes it easy to understand and fun to… Continue reading The Martian | Book Vs Movie

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Disney’s Cruella | Book Vs Movie

When fashionistas go bad... or were bad from the start... whichever way it was the newest Live Action movie that focuses on the villain from 101 Dalmatians. Regardless of how I feel about focussing so much on the bad guys in media right now, I do like Emma Stone and I had remembered it as… Continue reading Disney’s Cruella | Book Vs Movie

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Reading the BEST of a BAD Bunch…

Recently, after the personal success of reading only a chapter of books that I own to countdown to Christmas, I found out the strategy worked wonders! I could get a glimpse of whether a book was something I was excited to read, feeling "meh" about, or something I could unhaul... So I'm doing it again.… Continue reading Reading the BEST of a BAD Bunch…

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Falling Down Rabbit Holes and Lonely Islands | Adult Reads Kids Books

Here we go again! There were so many classic children's books that I had to split this list and come back again! There are so many books that I hear about all the time, or watched the "Disney" version of and had never realised they were based on books - so I'm thinking it's about… Continue reading Falling Down Rabbit Holes and Lonely Islands | Adult Reads Kids Books

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Lions, Pigs and Horses Oh My! | Adult Reads Kids Books

What does it say about your childhood that you haven't read the classic books that people recount with fondness when they consider their own? Does it say that it was worthless? That you missed out on the brilliant genius that WAS created in simpler times? Or that you were preoccupied with other things so much… Continue reading Lions, Pigs and Horses Oh My! | Adult Reads Kids Books