What Makes a Good Book-to-Film Adaptation?

Among all the things that could increase a bookworm’s blood pressure there is one that beats them all: a book-to-film adaptation. While original directorial films are even rarer than those dreaded reboots of classic movies nowadays, the movie industry continues to bloom in the world of book-to-film adaptations. Readers around the world hence continue to … Continue reading What Makes a Good Book-to-Film Adaptation?

The Ghost in the Shell: Global Neural Network by Max Gladstone

Title: The Ghost in the Shell. Story Arc: Global Neural Network. Series: No. Writer(s): Max Gladstone, Alex de Campi, Genevieve Valentine & Brenden Fletcher. Illustrator(s): David López, Giannis Milonogiannis, Brent Schoonover & LRNZ. Publisher: Kodansha Comics. Format: Hardcover. Release Date: September 18th 2018. Pages: 160. Genre(s): Comics, Science Fiction. ISBN13:  9781632366030. My Overall Rating: ★★★☆☆. They sometimes say that one of the sincerest form … Continue reading The Ghost in the Shell: Global Neural Network by Max Gladstone

The Perfect Stranger by Megan Miranda

    After reading All the Missing Girls, it was only a question of time before I got my hands on Megan Miranda's latest thriller. The Perfect Stranger is her second psychological suspense novel and had the unlucky fate to surpass its predecessor. While both stories are stand-alone novels, it is the originality and the masterful … Continue reading The Perfect Stranger by Megan Miranda

Pages in the Wind by Sally Saylor De Smet

“I poked my skin, trying to recover the sensations in my face. I felt like a refugee, looking for a sanctuary. But jail was not a sanctuary. Jail gave the world a sanctuary from me.” — Sally Saylor De Smet, Pages in the Wind           Emily Quinn is a young adult … Continue reading Pages in the Wind by Sally Saylor De Smet