‘Conversations with Friends’ (2017) by Sally Rooney – Book Review
By Lily Brown – I finally got around to reading Sally Rooney’s debut novel Conversations with Friends last month. I had read Normal People in 2019 for a book club meeting and…
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‘Journey To The Centre Of The Earth’ (1864) by Jules Verne – Book Review
By Soyeenka Mishra – Journey to the Centre of the Earth was a journey indeed, a fabulous adventure; a classic piece of Sci-Fi lit straight from the 1860s. It wasn’t exactly what I expected…
‘The Little Prince’ by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1943) – Book Review
By Soyeenka Mishra – From the looks of it, it appears to just be a children’s book short enough for a bedtime story. But the content inside is enough to blow your mind. The Little Prince…
‘Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine’ by Gail Honeyman (2017) – Book Review
By Soyeenka Mishra – I have lots to say about this book, though my feelings are mixed. It’s widely-popular with many, many loving readers, except unfortunately I don’t think that…
‘Caraval’ by Stephanie Garber (2016) – Book Review
By Soyeenka Mishra – I hadn’t immersed myself in a good fantasy book for an uncharacteristically long while. What better way to delve back into your favourite genre than a high…
‘After’ (2019) – Film Review
By Ciéra Cree – Initially, to be honest, I didn’t intend to write a review about this film. For a while it seemed like it was going to unfold into a typical story similar to countless…
‘Mogul Mowgli’ (2020) – Film Review
By Jasmine King – Bassam Tariq’s Mogul Mowgli follows Zed (Riz Ahmed), a popular British-Pakistani rapper whose ambition is to perform on his first international tour. After…
‘A Map for Wrecked Girls by Jessica Taylor’ (2017) – Book Review
By Soyeenka Mishra – I had originally bought the hardcover version of this book on a whim since it was on discount, and I can safely say that it was a good decision. The cover art is…
‘The Perks Of Being A Wallflower’ by Stephen Chbosky (1999) – Book Review
By Ciéra Cree – Due to university work and other personal endeavours, I have been placing far less time aside for leisurely reading and engrossing myself within the minds and hearts of…
‘All The Bright Places’ (2020) – Film Review
By Ciéra Cree – Over the lockdown period caused as a result of COVID-19, I gradually noticed myself making time to watch films. The title ‘All The Bright Places’, similarly to…
‘The Rescue’ by Nicholas Sparks (2008) – Book Review
By Soyeenka Mishra – This is going to be short and sweet, like the book itself. The story is set in a small town, Edenton, in North Carolina where everyone lives like a small family…
‘To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before’ (2018/2020) – Film 1 & 2 Review
By Ciéra Cree – We all have those days where we wake up and can a) instantly tell that we are going to get very little done or b) where we can tell that our minds just need a day…
‘The Memory Book’ by Lara Avery (2016) – Book Review
By Soyeenka Mishra – I finished this book and my thoughts are still muddled, but I’ll try my best to write something about it…
5 games with their own Outbreaks that you should really Break Out
By Joseph Jones – We all know that the world is going through a… rough patch; sometimes people may want to get away from it and escape into a new world which, of course…
‘A Court of Thorns and Roses’ by Sarah J. Maas (2015) – Book Series Review
By Soyeenka Mishra – I first read this series sometime around September 2018 and immediately fell in love with it. I’d bought it for the hype and picked it up…
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