I remember loving the Mortal Engines books when I was younger; I was beginning to develop a proper taste in books, and it was hard to find dark books that were still suitable for an ten year old! My parents, my granny and I used to listen to the Mortal Engines audiobooks on long car […]
The MaddAddam Trilogy
One of my favourite series of books EVER, these are the books that introduced me to the wonderful world of Margaret Atwood. Since discovering her books, I have never read a single Atwood novel that wasn’t brilliant. Although these books are a trilogy, they manage to defy the usual pattern of the sequel being the […]
Current Playlist- May 2016
Within the past few months my playlist has literally doubled in size, because I’ve found so many new (but not always recent!) artists/songs that I really like. I’ve linked each one to its music video so you can see what you think of them! Here goes: Come Back Margaret, Tears For Affairs, French Navy, Lloyd I’m […]
Climbing Jacob’s Ladder
This story recently came second in the Bath Young Crime Writers Competition. My bare feet slap the pavement, puddles splashing up onto my legs. I abandoned my heels a few streets back, and I left my coat at the club, leaving my shoulders and neck exposed. So this is what they meant when they […]
Top shows to binge watch
Firefly: There may be only one series of this, but it is impossible to deny its overall amazingness! Because it is written by Joss Whedon there are loads of great bits of dialogue and occasionally a hilarious joke, my personal favourites being Jayne’s hat and Shepherd Book’s hair. Orphan Black: Season Four of this has […]
Why Brooklyn Nine-Nine is the best show ever
It doesn’t have a laughter track. The characters are a diverse mix of people. However, their diversity does not provide the basis for individual characters’ plot lines. (Ahem, Modern Family…) Andy Samberg’s face. Enough said. It’s super quotable. I don’t know how many times my friends and I have said ‘samesies’ or ‘for reals’. Although I have to […]
Madeira
I’m sitting outside the Padaria Pastelaria Mariazinha. I say outside, but in fact the area I am sitting in has a roof and four walls- although the one next to the road has a glass panel in it. Occasionally I’ll hear a great whooshing sound as a car or a bus zooms past. In the […]
Is Frozen Feminist?
“Frozen is the first Disney movie to show girls that they don’t need a man!” My, the amount of times I have heard that… Personally, I think there are many things wrong with that statement. Firstly, have you never seen MULAN???!!! She literally saves her country from being invaded, whilst defying gender stereotypes and taking […]
Pitch Perfect 2 review
Apologies, but this post will be more of a rant than a review! So, I liked the original Pitch Perfect movie- it wasn’t particularly deep and meaningful, but had its moments, and overall it was a good feel good film. I don’t really see why a sequel was made- there was no need plot-wise, so […]
Identity Crisis
How much do I hate myself? As much as I hate calories As much as I hate the patriarchy Or Donald Trump (Maybe not quite as much as him) As much as I hate hockey socks Or the colour beige Or beige hockey socks for that matter Not as much as I hate sexist teachers. […]
Rowan Ink 