Re-reading a book that you read in your childhood can be an interesting experience. You might be reading it again just because you remember it being a brilliant story, or to see if it makes you feel the same as it did when you were a kid, or because you’ve simply forgotten what happened. I recently read Jostein Gaarder’s Sophie’s World for a second time, for all of these reasons.
Sophie’s World is a children’s book which aims to explore Read the rest of this entry »

Richard Matheson has come up with some truly cracking stories over the long length of his career and many of these have been turned into some excellent films. ‘Duel’, ‘Somewhere in Time’, ‘The Incredible Shrinking Man’, ‘Stir of Echoes’ and ‘The Legend of Hell House’ have all helped to put Matheson firmly on the map in terms of Sci-Fi, Horror and Thrillers.

However, his greatest achievement in writing is probably ‘I am Legend’. Written in 1958, it was the first Read the rest of this entry »

July 11^th 2010 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of one of the most remarkable and enduring novels of the 20^th Century: To Kill A Mockingbird. The novel has spawned films, stage adaptations and even the names of indie rock groups but it is the sheer power of Harper Lee’s simple prose that retains the power to shock and illuminate after half a century, still taught in most schools in North America, this novel is truly regarded Read the rest of this entry »