Snicket Saturdays: A Review Of The Reptile Room, By Lemony Snicket
Introduction The Reptile Room is the second A Series Of Unfortunate Events book. Like The Bad Beginning, it was published in 1999, and has also been adapted twice, both as part of the 2003 movie and as the next two episodes of the Netflix show. This book is the first which will truly start to…
Book Review- My Dark Vanessa, by Kate Elizabeth Russell
Trigger Warning This review will contain discussions of abuse, paedophilia and rape. Reader discretion is advised. Introduction My Dark Vanessa is an Adult Fiction novel published in 2020, by American author Kate Elizabeth Russell. It’s something of a departure from The Manifesto, I’ll admit- though it does explore, with a lot less softness, a similar…
Snicket Saturdays: A Review Of Netflix’s Adaptation Of The Bad Beginning
Author’s Note/ Apology I know I said I would do this review last week, but time got away from me, and I realised I was better off taking a different approach to pacing these reviews. So from now on, I’m going to be alternating between a book review and an adaptation review, until we finish…
Snicket Saturdays: A Review Of The Bad Beginning, by Lemony Snicket
Introduction The Bad Beginning is the first book in Lemony Snicket’s (real name Daniel Handler’s) best-selling children’s series, A Series Of Unfortunate Events. The book was first published in 1999, and has been adapted for screen twice- as part of the 2003 movie combining the first three books into one story, and as the first…
Snicket Saturdays- An Introduction
Hi, guys! Tomorrow I’m hoping to start a new series on this blog, titled Snicket Saturdays. In this series, we’re gonna be taking a look at all things Lemony Snicket, from book reviews and discussions of the show to character studies and explorations of various theories. Tomorrow we’ll kick things off with a review of…
Book Review- The Manifesto On How To Be Interesting, by Holly Bourne
Introduction The Manifesto On How To Be Interesting is a Young Adult novel published in 2014 by English author Holly Bourne. I thought it would be a good way to start this blog off, as it follows an aspiring writer who starts a blog of her own, albeit with vastly different intentions. Before we begin,…
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My name is Alice, and I’m a 21-year-old living in Scotland, and I have been an avid reader for most of my life. I wanted to make this blog in order to connect with other readers and share my opinions. This blog will be a combination of specific book reviews, essay-style posts discussing broader tropes…
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