In a departure from the web comics and graphic novels, Nick and Charlie face their first Christmas together, with Charlie facing his own mental health struggles this season. Charlie faces a difficult Christmas, after starting his mental health journey and coming home. He struggles with an extended family (minus Tori and Oliver) who don’t understand... Continue Reading →
The Soul Piercing Cry of a Shattered Heart: A Thousand Broken Pieces is a tear flood inducing poem on grief, mental health and learning to live our love again
When you lose something or someone, it can feel as if something inside you is lost and broken. You feel as though you’ll never be who you once were, before tragedy struck, like in A Thousand Broken Pieces. Anger, denial, bargaining, depression and acceptance are seen as the five stages of grief, but not every... Continue Reading →
Nightmares in Sanera: Let’s Spilt Up is a nostalgic heart pounding ode to horror movies, mystery solving and finding your ride or die family.
A new quartet of mystery solving friends who prove that if you want something solved, you have to do it yourself or dye trying. Let’s Spilt up shows us that sometimes the most psychotic nightmare inducing and sister monsters are not supernatural but simply human. Murder mysteries are more than just fictional showcases to demonstrate... Continue Reading →
Sunsets over Umbra Waters: The Light That Blinds Us is a masterpiece showcase for found families, elemental magic and mental health.
Water. Air. Earth. Fire. The world we inhabit wouldn’t exist without these four core elements. You might think of them as conflicting opposites or even enemies on their own. But when you put them together you have the power over light and darkness. It’s infinitely the light that either blinds us from, or descends us... Continue Reading →
Review: The Tortured Poets Department: A contemporary poetic and literary masterpiece of untold stories, inner demons, matters of the heart, love and being a woman in a man’s world.
Taylor Swift proves precisely why she is hailed as ‘the music industry’ herself with her new album. A lyrically heart wrenching poetically crafted masterpiece (that both broke me and put me back together again in the best yet heart tugging ways) entitled The Tortured Poets Department. Taylor Swift’s eleventh studio album both broke me and... Continue Reading →
Who’s Afraid of Little Old Argylle?
Title: Argylle Author: Elly Conway Genre: Spy Thriller Tropes: Orphan spy, double cross, rookie recruit; undercover, world stakes, transformations, secrets betrayal and double crosses. Taylor Swift Song: Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me? Other Songs: Not Strong Enough - boygenuis, Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers Adaptation: A film very loosely inspired by the book. Series... Continue Reading →
First Dates: Alec and Magnus prove true love still exists
Title: The Course of True Love and First Dates Author: Cassandra Clare Genre: Fantasy, Supernatural and LGBTQA+ Romance Tropes: first love, age gap, supernatural romance, black cat/ golden retriever energy Taylor Swift Song: labyrinth Other Songs: Infinitely Falling - Fly by Midnight, Stand by You - Rachel Platten Adaptation: Netflix series adapted Alec and Magnus’... Continue Reading →
Mirror, Mirror on the wall, Can you ‘Spot the Difference?’
Title: Spot the Difference Author: Juno Dawson Genre: Coming of Age, Self and Body Confidence Tropes: Makeover transformation, peer pressure, first love, school elections, bullying Taylor Swift Song: the archer Other Songs: pretty isn’t pretty - Olivia Rodrigo, brave - Sara Bareilles Series/ Standalone: Standalone short story for world book day 2016 The mirror. A... Continue Reading →
The Magic of Swifties: Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour Film
On opening weekend, I had the chance to see my favourite musical storyteller - the one and only Taylor Swift - in cinemas for the film of her amazing, cathartic and record breaking Eras Tour. I still love printed stories on the page, but the intelligently and creatively crafted performances and lyrics she has put... Continue Reading →
All Too Well: The Grammy award winning tale of an enchanting romance gone sour.
After all this time, ‘All Too Well’ is still beloved by fans of Taylor. The popularity of the song resulted in the original ten-minute version of the song and a short film to be released with the re-recorded version of Red, Taylor’s fourth studio album that was originally released in 2012. It’s time to revisit... Continue Reading →
the girl and the city of books 