Category Archives: Reviews

Good Things Come in Small Packages: Animated Shorts

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Mary

I absolutely love animated shorts. It’s like someone took all the wonderful things about animation and film-making and condensed it into about a fifth of the length of a full movie. Along with trailers, getting to see the animated shorts … Continue reading →

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Film Review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Mary

Well, putting those two colons in that one sentence was pretty awkward…. My family and I went to see The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in the cinema about a week and a half ago. I realise I’m one of the … Continue reading →

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Bit of Book Blogging: The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Mary

Quick note: I wrote this post several weeks ago, when I’d just finished reading The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets. Just to anyone who was wondering about the date details or anything like that. Also, my perspective on The Lost … Continue reading →

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That Green Gentleman

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Mary

When you read quite a few books, you come across varying qualities of writing. There’s the good, the bad, and the just plain average. Of course, there are also times when you find an author that is so good that … Continue reading →

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Do You Believe in Magic

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Mary

Film Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 I can still remember the first time I saw the Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Before even that first film came out, my family (mainly my mum and brother) … Continue reading →

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Parallel Worlds

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Mary

Book Review: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya v.1 I had never read a graphic novel – let alone a Japanese one – before I got this book. Actually, I’d hardly even read comics before. The reason I got this book, … Continue reading →

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