The Lake House

Ah yes Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock reunited at last! How could this not be a movie worth going to see!

I took myself off to the cinema mid afternoon this week to indulge in a movie which I fully expected to be very silly, quite slushy and probably a bit crap!

I was pleasantly surprised by it however. From other reviews I've glanced at tonight it would appear that not everyone copped the twist as early as I did, however despite this I did spend the whole movie with my fingers crossed hoping I was wrong! Pathetic I know!

I have to admit that I really enjoyed it! It was a bit silly and if it were true then the time space continuum as explained to us trekkies ad nauseum would really have been messed up by this one! But putting that aside and leaving logic and physics at the front door makes this film enjoyable.

Warning though, don't bring the boyfriend, it's probably a movie best left to us girls, they'd only wreck your head about it!

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell

This is not your run of the mill adult fantasy book with strange wacked out characters and heroes on quests. It's actually a very normal book which just happens to be about magic in England in the nineteenth century. I can't say it's beautifully written but it is compelling and drags you along into the story until you get to a point where you simply just can't stop reading it.

It's not the best book ever but it is very entertaining. The footnotes are a great idea as it adds the suggestion that the whole story is based on fact and is historically accurate, it also helps to sustain the illusion of reality created by basing the story around real events and battles/wars.

I personally love the fact that it is so thick! I love a good substantial book that you feel you could be reading for weeks. I think that comes from the enjoyment I always get out of reading the Lord of the Rings!

This one gets the thumbs up from me but with the caveat that it won't be everyone's cup of tea!