Stephen King

Top Ten: Tom Hanks Films

9 July 2015 by Louise Leave a Comment

Happy birthday Tom Hanks. The nicest man in Hollywood is 59 today and to celebrate here are my Top Ten Tom Hanks films.

Filed Under: Top 10 Tagged With: A League of their Own, Academy Awards, animation, Apollo 13, Barkhad Abdi, Best Actor, Big, Captain Phillips, Denzel Washington, Disney, Ed Harris, Forrest Gump, Gary Sinise, Geena Davis, Jim Lovell, Kevin Bacon, Mark Kermode, Meg Ryan, oscar nominated films, Oscar Winning films, Philadelphia, Pixar, Ron Howard, Saving Private Ryan, Sleepless in Seattle, Stephen King, The Green Mile, Tom Hanks, Toy Story, true stories

Top Ten: World Book Night Books

26 April 2013 by Louise Leave a Comment

This week saw the UK celebrate its 3rd annual World Book Night and the US its 2nd. 23rd April was chosen as the date as it is the UNESCO World Book Day, the anniversary of Shakespeare’s death (and probable birthdate) and the anniversary of the death of Miguel de Cervantes…

Filed Under: Top 10 Tagged With: autobiographies, Blood River, Carol Ann Duffy, Congo, crime thrillers, DRC, dystopian fiction, Heart of Darkness, horror novels, Jackie Kay, Joseph Conrad, Margaret Atwood, Mark Billingham, Markus Zusak, Me Before You, poetry, Red Dust Road, Sleepyhead, Stephen King, Suzanne Collins, The Book Thief, The Handmaid's Tale, The Hunger Games, The Poisonwood Bible, The Road, The Stand, The World's Wife, Tim Butcher, World Book Night, World Book Night 2013

11.22.63

15 May 2012 by Louise Leave a Comment

Despite being one of the twentieth-century’s best-selling authors and spawning numerous film adaptations of his work I confess to not having really got into Stephen King’s work. I’ve read one book…

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World Book Night 2012

25 October 2011 by Louise Leave a Comment

World Book Night is an opportunity for those of us who love books to share our passion with those who may not be such big reading fans. In just one night 1 million books are distributed by over 20,000 ‘givers’ – a great celebration of adult literature..

Filed Under: Book News Tagged With: A Tale of Two Cities, Andrea Levy, Audrey Niffenegger, Bernard Cornwell, Bill Bryson, Charles Dickens, Cormac McCarthy, Daphne du Maurier, David Peace, Dodie Smith, Emma Donoghue, free books, giveaways, Good Omens, Harlequin, How I Live Now, I Capture The Castle, Iain M Banks, Jane Austen, Joe Simpson, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Kazuo Ishiguro, Let The Right One In, Maggie O'Farrell, Mark Billingham, Markus Zusak, Martina Cole, Meg Rosoff, Misery, Neil Gaiman, Notes from a Small Island, Paulo Coehlo, Pride and Prejudice, Rebecca, Roald Dahl, Room, Sleepyhead, Small Island, Someone Like You, Sophie Kinsella, Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, The Alchemist, The Book Thief, The Damned United, The Player of Games, The Remains of the Day, The Road, The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic, The Take, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, Touching the Void, World Book Night

James Patterson is the world’s highest paid author

23 August 2011 by Louise Leave a Comment

Crime writer James Patterson is the world’s best paid author according to Forbes magazine. Creator the Detective Alex Cross and the Women’s Murder Club, Patterson earned a mind-blowing £50.9 million last year ($84 million). Second placed writer was romance queen Danielle Steel who looks like a pauper in comparison, having earned a paltry £21 million. Other familiar names on the list include Stephen King, John Grisham and Stephanie Meyer, creator of the Twilight series. I think I’m going to get into this writing lark. £50 million a year sounds like a nice little earner – just about enough to keep up with my movie and book habit…

Filed Under: Book News Tagged With: Alex Cross, authors, Danielle Steel, James Patterson, John Grisham, money, Stephanie Meyer, Stephen King, Women's Murder Club