Really touching stories with vivid characters. I had never heard of the author before, but now that I have read the book, her name keeps popping up. I will try to read the namesake soon, as I hear there is a movie coming out by the director of Monsoon wedding which I loved.

This was pretty long and pretty depressing and Matt was pretty annoying. Blah.

A really worthwhile action film

Really beautiful, but in a very graphic and quite disturbing way. It was quite amazing, and the story was surreal but you completely believed in the magic around the mill and the voyage that Ofelia went on. Really recommend this film.

Like The Big OVer Easy, this is just so funny. I can’t wait until the next in the series comes out – for now I will have to start reading his other series of books, although I’m not sure if my literary references will be as good as my nursery rhymes…

I actually laughed so hard I cried at one point. Really really worth seeing if you are a fan of Spaced and Shaun of the Dead.

“When I saw your static energy, it made me want to be the force that grounds you”

Enough said.

Kate Winslet’s story was ok – she’s lovely in anything she does – but Cameron Diaz and Jude Law were so utterly cringeworthy that I couldn’t bear to sit through another minute. I gave up about an hour and fifteen minutes in. I may watch the remaining 45 minutes some day, but only if I can fast-forward the Cameron Diaz bit. Seriously, she is so annoying. Her nose reminds me of a pug.

Like Ghostwritten, I am not sure if I would recommend this book to a friend. It is written in such an interesting way, and all of the plots are brilliantly interwoven, but it also felt very very long. By the end of it I couldn’t wait to finish it so that I could start my next book. I like books that leave you upset when they are over, not longing to reach that final paragraph.

Saying that, I really loved the Somni 451 story, the Luisa Rey story, and the letters to Sixsmith.

All the acting in this was fabulous. I really really liked this film. Judi Dench is amazing.