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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Film Review: The Tortured
About The Tortured (2010)Craig (Jesse Metcalfe, Desperate Housewives) and Elise (Erika Christensen) had all the ingredients for an ideal life: a great... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Film Review: Fahrenheit 451
About Fahrenheit 451 (1966)Ray Bradbury’s best-selling science fiction masterpiece about a future without books takes on a chillingly realistic dimension in thi... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Game Review: Treasure Island Dizzy
Review: Treasure Island Dizzy (1988) Back in the days when I was playing on the humble but brilliant Amiga I recall a day out with my mother, grandmother and... Read more
Posted on 20 February 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Book Review: Sorry I Barfed on Your Bed – Jeremy Greenberg
About Sorry I Barfed on Your Bed (2013)The cat’s answer to Sorry I Pooped in Your Shoe, Sorry I Barfed on Your Bed is a hilarious collection of full-color photo... Read more
Posted on 19 February 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Film Review: One Day
About One Day (2011)Twenty years. Two people… Directed by Lone Scherfig (director of An Education, Academy Award-nominated for Best Picture), the motion... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Film Review: Unforgiven
About Unforgiven (1992)Unforgiven is a modern classic that “summarizes everything I feel about the Western,” director/star Clint Eastwood told the Los Angeles... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Tweedlers’ Jukebox Song of the Week – Wind of Change
Scorpions – Wind of Change (1991) A massive hit in Europe and charting well in the U.S. Scorpions’ Wind of Change is not just a great song but it also in itsel... Read more
Posted on 17 February 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Film Review: Warlords
About Warlords (2007)Lavish historical action film telling the story of a trio of warriors in the era of the Qing Dynasty – General Ma Xinyi (Jet Li), Cao... Read more
Posted on 17 February 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Guest Post: Douglas Jaffe
We are delighted to welcome Douglas Jaffe, author of Chasing Dragons. Douglas joins us to share some of his favourite reads from his time in Asia. Guest Post... Read more
Posted on 16 February 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Film Review: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter…and Spring
About Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter...and Spring (2003)Meditative coming-of-age drama by Korean director Kim Ki-duk. The film, which is divided into five... Read more
Posted on 15 February 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Valentine’s Day Hop: Wuthering Heights – Wild, Dark, Tragic
This is nothing,’ cried she: ‘I was only going to say that heaven did not seem to be my home; and I broke my heart with weeping to come back to earth; and the... Read more
Posted on 14 February 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Game Review: Blood Bowl
Blood Bowl (2010) Blood Bowl – the game of fantasy football. Based on the famous Warhammer fantasy world and American football, Blood Bowl is a combination of... Read more
Posted on 13 February 2013 GAMING, TECH -
Film Review: Mongol
About Mongol (2007) History knows him as Genghis Khan, but before he became a warlord, he was simply a man named Temudgin. Exiled into slavery as a boy and... Read more
Posted on 13 February 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Film Review: Persepolis
About Persepolis (2007) Persepolis is the poignant story of a young girl coming-of-age in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. It is through the eyes of... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Film Review: Cyrus
About Cyrus (2010) John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill and Oscar® Winner Marisa Tomei star in this quirky, hilarious story about love, family and cutting the cord. Read more
Posted on 11 February 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Tweedlers’ Jukebox Song of the Week – Stay on These Roads
A-ha – Stay on These Roads (1988) In my opinion, A-ha’s best song, and given that the likes of Take On Me are among its rivals that is quite a feat. Read more
Posted on 10 February 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Film Review: Eden Lake
About Eden Lake (2008) Like a bad dream turned worst nightmare, Eden Lake is a “relentlessly tense and immaculately paced” (Twitch Film) horror-thriller about... Read more
Posted on 10 February 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Book Excerpt: Love, Lust & Pixie Dust – Erica Ridley
Today Erica Ridley stops by to share an excerpt from her book, Love, Lust Pixie Dust. Excerpt from Love, Lust Pixie Dust Two troublesome occurrences... Read more
Posted on 10 February 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Book Review: Olives – Alexander McNabb
About Olives (2011)When Paul Stokes runs out of choices, his only path is betrayal.The fragile peace is holding. Behind the scenes, the Israelis are competing... Read more
Posted on 08 February 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Film Review: Curse of the Golden Flower
About Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)“From the director of Hero and House of Flying Daggers comes the martial arts epic masterpiece whose savage beauty and... Read more
Posted on 07 February 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES