Big Screen Drama: How The Housemaid Translates from Page to Screen

‘That didn’t happen in the book’. It’s the phrase that haunts every book-to-screen adaptation – and The Housemaid practically invites it. Whilst changes are inevitable (and often welcome), Paul Feig’s take had me saying it far more than usual. Adapted from the 2022 novel of the same name by Freida McFadden, The Housemaid had readers […]

Bugonia

4/5 Picture this: it’s 8am at Picturehouse Central. You’ve been up since six, walked all the way there, and now you’re about to sit through a film you don’t even want to see. I was already familiar with Yorgos Lanthimos’ work, but the only film of his I’d seen was Poor Things, which, controversially, I […]

wonka

As a musical movie and Timothée Chalamet lover, I was super excited to see Wonka and obviously had to make sure I was there the night it was released. To be honest, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect, so I went into the film fairly blind (bar the trailer and production shots) but I […]

The hunger games – The ballad of songbirds and snakes

As a book and film blog, I have the perfect opportunity to talk about a film that’s recently been adapted from one of my favourite books! The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. The book (and film) is a prequel to ‘The Hunger Games’ (64 years before those books began) and is essentially […]

I need to talk about heartstopper

So last year I wrote a post about book adaptations of my favourite books and what I thought about them and as you may know (I think most people do at this point) the webcomic series turned graphic novels ‘Heartstopper’ was just adapted into an 8 part series on Netflix, and I think it’s perfect! […]

What I Read in March

(I’ve had this written out all month and forgot to post it!! very sorry) March was a pretty good reading month for me, I found my new favourite book and got to read one of my most anticipated books of the year (more on that in a minute). So here is every book I read […]

Books you should read if you like murder mysteries…

Ok so I took quite a long break, but exams are now finished and I have a bit more time for reading and writing now, which I’m happy about! I do really enjoy writing this blog and sharing my passion for reading with others. For this reason I decided to start a mini series across […]

The Things We Don’t See – Review

Thank You to Netgalley for the chance to read this book! “The year is 1987 and the sleepy village of Sandown Bay is waking up . . .” To its residents, Sandown is home – a tiny village holiday resort in the western United States. To everyone else, it’s a minuscule island, that brings tourists in […]

‘Princess at Heart’ Review

‘You don’t have to push me away, we can survive with each other and apart, I know that now…but let’s face this together.’ ~ Spoiler Free Review ~ Princess at Heart is the fourth instalment to the Rosewood Chronicles, following on from The Lost Princess as Lottie, Ellie and Jamie return for another year at […]

The Reader’s Problems Book Tag

This week is a big week for me with two of my most anticipated books being released, so I thought whilst I read these and gather my thoughts on them to share with you all. It would be fun to do a book tag! The tag is called the Reader’s Problems Book Tag and the […]