Donnambr

Self-employed consultant, married to author David M. Brown and living in Yorkshire UK with our six rescue cats.
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Book Bags and Cat Naps
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Book reviews, author interviews, guest post and book excerpts. Tales of life with six cats and hundreds of books.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 750 )
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Dave’s Odyssey #14
In May 2008, I went travelling on my own for the first time and was out of England for a month. Along the way I took in Singapore, New Zealand, Australia and... Read more
Posted on 14 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT -
Masterpieces #9: 1984
About 1984 (1949) Written in 1948, 1984 was George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future. And while the year 1984 has come and gone, Orwell’s narrative... Read more
Posted on 12 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT -
This Week’s Films (10/03/14)
A Cry in the Dark (1988) The true story of Lindy Chamberlain (played by Meryl Streep) whose baby Azaria disappeared on a family camping holiday in the Australia... Read more
Posted on 10 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT -
This Week’s Books (09/03/14)
Iris Chang – The Rape of Nanking (1997) In December 1937, the Japanese army invaded the ancient city of Nanking, systematically raping, torturing, and... Read more
Posted on 09 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT -
Dave’s Odyssey #13
In May 2008, I went travelling on my own for the first time and was out of England for a month. Along the way I took in Singapore, New Zealand, Australia and... Read more
Posted on 07 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT -
Masterpieces #8: Tsotsi
About Tsotsi (2005) Hard-hitting Afrikaans drama. Presley Chweneyagae stars as the title character, a young delinquent who supports himself through a life of... Read more
Posted on 05 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT -
This Week’s Films (03/03/14)
When the Lights Went Out (2012) EMBRACE THE TRUTH AND EXPERIENCE UNRIVALED TERROR… Yorkshire, 1974, the Maynard family moves into their dream house. Read more
Posted on 03 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT -
This Week’s Books (02/03/14)
Tom Holland – In the Shadow of the Sword (2012) The acclaimed author of Rubicon and other superb works of popular history now produces a thrillingly panoramic... Read more
Posted on 02 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT -
Dave’s Odyssey #12
In May 2008, I went travelling on my own for the first time and was out of England for a month. Along the way I took in Singapore, New Zealand, Australia and... Read more
Posted on 28 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT -
Masterpieces #7: Norwegian Wood
About Norwegian Wood (1987) When he hears her favourite Beatles song, Toru Watanabe recalls his first love Naoko, the girlfriend of his best friend Kizuki. Read more
Posted on 26 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT -
This Week’s Films (24/02/14)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) In an alternate Victorian Age world, a group of famous contemporary fantasy, SF and adventure characters team up... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT -
This Week’s Books (23/02/14)
Mo Yan – Red Sorghum (1987) The acclaimed novel of love and resistance during late 1930s China by Mo Yan, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature Spanning... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT -
Dave’s Odyssey #11
In May 2008, I went travelling on my own for the first time and was out of England for a month. Along the way I took in Singapore, New Zealand, Australia and... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT -
Masterpieces #6: House of Flying Daggers
About House of Flying Daggers (2004) A romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but... Read more
Posted on 20 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT -
This Week’s Films (17/02/14)
In the Woods (1999) While on a hunting trip in the woods, firefighters Alex Kerwood and Wayne Higley discover the skull of a mysterious horned creature on an... Read more
Posted on 17 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
This Week’s Books (16/02/14)
Matteo Civaschi; Gianmarco Milesi – Film in Five Seconds (2013) In today’s jet-fuelled, caffeine-charged, celebrity-a-minute world, who actually has the time... Read more
Posted on 16 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT -
Dave’s Odyssey #10
In May 2008, I went travelling on my own for the first time and was out of England for a month. Along the way I took in Singapore, New Zealand, Australia and... Read more
Posted on 15 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT -
Masterpieces #5: Battle Royale
About Battle Royale (2000) ONE DEAD. 41 TO GO. Battle Royale is back. Its time to return to the island and kill your friends, because the cult Japanese movie... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT -
This Week’s Films (10/02/14)
Black Moon Rising (1986) Quint, a shrewd, violent thief is working for the government to steal a tape containing incriminating evidence from a company under... Read more
Posted on 10 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT -
This Week’s Books (09/02/14)
Nelson Mandela – Long Walk to Freedom (1995) The book that inspired the major new motion picture Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Read more
Posted on 09 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT