You know I love films and I love books, so it kind of follows that I love films based on books. Sometimes the adaptations are quite poor and disappointing (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy), much less often they improve on the source material (anything based on a Tom Clancy book) but just sometimes a great book leads to a great film…
The Casual Vacancy Front Cover Revealed
3 July 2012 by Leave a Comment
Undoubtedly the biggest book story of this year is the release of J.K. Rowling’s first non-Harry Potter book The Casual Vacancy, a novel aimed at adults. Due for release on 27 September this year we are told by publishers Little, Brown Book Group that it is “blackly comic, thought provoking and constantly surprising.” The front cover art…
JK Rowling admits that Ron Weasley nearly died….
1 November 2011 by Leave a Comment
The final Harry Potter film, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 is released on DVD and Blu-Ray on 2nd December. Great timing for Christmas presents – if anyone can wait the 23 days to see it. One of the special features on the disk is an interview of JK Rowling by Daniel Radcliffe in which she admits that while she always intended that the three main characters would survive, there was a time when she seriously considered killing off Ron….
#BookTwub Review – 20 October 2011
25 October 2011 by Leave a Comment
Another Thursday and another #BookTwub chat on Twitter. The fallout from last week’s Roald Dahl/Enid Blyton feud continued. This week though there were more boys taking part in the discussion so Dahl topped the poll. If I counted all of the votes that came in the following day…. Dahl would still have won…
Top Ten: Children’s Books
7 October 2011 by 5 Comments
I’ve been thinking for a while about writing a post on my favourite children’s books. It’s been going over and over in my head and I’ve been wondering how to choose the list. Would it be my favourite books specifically from childhood…
Pottermore launches – greedy people rejoice
3 August 2011 by Leave a Comment
When JK Rowling teased us with news of a website called Pottermore fans went into meltdown. Was this a new story? Were Harry, Ron and Hermione coming back to fight Death Eaters who remained loyal to Voldemort?
Not quite – Pottermore is really not much more than a neat marketing ploy. E-book versions of all seven novels will be available in a number of languages and we’ll get a little more information on the wizarding world and character backgrounds.
Early registration is now open for a limited time, and already some lowlifes are selling account details on Ebay for stupid prices, completely against both the terms and the spirit of the website and Rowling’s wizarding world. The official Pottermore blog has asked that fans don’t purchase details online. I’m know I wouldn’t – I’m happy to wait until October for more information.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
14 July 2011 by Leave a Comment
A fitting finale
By the time Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was released in 2007 fans of the series, including me, were at fever pitch. It was inconceivable to wait until Saturday morning for the book…
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
13 July 2011 by Leave a Comment
This entry is part 6 of 7 in the series Harry Potter BooksPublished: 2005 Author: J.K. Rowling Penultimate adventure sets up a cracking finale Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince begins in a scary time in the wizarding world. Voldemort’s return is now widely accepted and his desire to regain his position of […]
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
12 July 2011 by Leave a Comment
A long, frustrating wait is well rewarded
JK Rowling made us wait for three long years after Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire before Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix came into bookshops. Three years for us to speculate….
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
11 July 2011 by Leave a Comment
The threat becomes real…
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth book in the series about the boy wizard and is, in many ways, markedly different to the previous three novels…