Lost In Austen

Lost in Austen is a four-part 2008 British television series for the ITV network, written by Guy Andrews as an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Amanda Price, a keen Jane Austen fan from present-day Hammersmith, discovers the Pride and Prejudice character Elizabeth Bennet in her bathroom. Amanda curiously steps through a secret [...]

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The Gargoyle

Love is as strong as death, as hard as hell This book is a page turner. I’m hooked so badly that I think I have to be admitted into rehab after the last page has been turned. I can’t really describe what it’s like to read The Gargoyle, but so far it’s been disgusting, sickening [...]

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The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening and The Struggle

I would like to say that The Vampire Diaries as a book is entertaining, romantic, thrilling and predictable. I can’t really say the same about the tv-series yet. By predictable I don’t mean that it’s boring, not at all, but simply that the outcome is obvious. We have Elena who is the golden girl, who [...]

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New Moon (Book Two: The Twilight Saga)

Soon you will hear the screams of millions girls and women all over the world. The screams will be so loud that you’ll  still hear them in a sound proof room. New Moon will be out on November 20th, like you didn’t already know that! The follow-up to Twilight isn’t as good as the original [...]

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Are You Fleeing?

Are you fleeing from Love because of a single humiliation? What do you know of Love except the name? Love has a hundred forms of pride and disdain, and is gained by a hundred means of persuasion. Since Love is loyal, it purchases one who is loyal: it has no interest in a disloyal companion. [...]

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Lorna Doone

Lorna Doone is based on a novel by the same title written by Richard Blackmore. I haven’t read the novel only seen the adaptation and if the novel is as “racy”  as the drama then I’m astonished that he was able to get it published back in 1869. What surprised me was that there wasn’t [...]

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Who Are You?

Who are you that I like this quite confidently speak my name with you put my housekey in your hands share the loaf of my happiness with you sit next to you and in your lap like this tranquil fall asleep? Who are you that I like this wholeheartedly in the countries of my dreams [...]

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The Vampire Diaries

For those of us who don’t live in the US, there is a site available so that we can be able to watch the episodes the day after they are broadcasted. Watch The Vampire Diaries Online

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The Accidental Werewolf

It’s called paranormal romance. The Accidental Werewolf is the first book out of three in The Accidental Friend series by Dakota Cassidy. It’s meant to be the first one that a person reads but it was actually the last one I read, my personal favourite was The Accidental Vampire, NOT because of the vampire theme, [...]

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Stranger In A Strange Land

On the cover  it says that it’s the most famous science fiction novel ever written. That may be right to some extent but it sure isn’t the best one. I can honestly say that I’ve had this book in my possession for over 5 years and I still haven’t been able to actually force myself [...]

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