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 […]

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 […]

Daisy Jones & The Six

‘I am not the muse, I’m the somebody’ I fell in love with ‘Daisy Jones & The Six’ a little over a year ago after reading ‘The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo’ by the same author. I’ve always loved the books by Taylor Jenkins Reid as the characters and stories are so real, you almost […]

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! […]

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 […]

In The Ravenous Dark Review

Spoiler Free Review! ‘In Thanopolis, those gifted with magic are assigned undead spirits to guard them—and control them. Ever since Rovan’s father died trying to keep her from this fate, she’s hidden her magic. But when she accidentally reveals her powers, she’s bound to a spirit and thrust into a world of palace intrigue and […]

It’s been a while…

Ok so it’s been a little while since my last post here, and the reasoning for that is… exams.Yeah…So it’s that time of the year where I get closer to finishing school but with that is exams, this year it’s all a bit different which actually means I have them a bit sooner than I […]

‘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 […]