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ClareR (6256 KP) rated Brigid in Books

Feb 26, 2026  
Brigid
Brigid
Kim Curran | 2026 | Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
All of my favourite things in one book: historical fiction, fantasy, myth, retellings, Ireland and nuns!! What more could I want!!

Brigid is the daughter of a slave and a chieftain, and she narrowly escapes marriage to a man she doesn’t want, when a goddess hears her prayers. She helps her from this point on, and this is where the blurring between goddess/ paganism and catholicism starts - in a good way.

Brigid builds her sisterhood, cloaks it in religion and makes a safe haven for women in what would have been a brutal time for them. One of my favourite themes, found family, is prominent in this, along with sisterhood and religious politics.

I’m off to find The Morrigan, and I’m hoping that Kim Curran will continue to introduce us to the Irish folklore that I know far too little about.
  
Georgie and Mandy's First Marriage - Season One
Georgie and Mandy's First Marriage - Season One
2025 | Comedy
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
TV Show Rating
Running from 2007 to 2019, The Big Bang Theory (TBBT) was an American sitcom that focused - initially - on a group of Scientist Friends in Pasadena.

From them, the character of Sheldon Cooper was probably the breakout star.

So much so, that he got his own spin-off in the sitcom 'Young Sheldon', which started airing towards the end of TBBT.

From that, Sheldon's older brother Georgie Cooper had perhaps the best storyline towards the end of its own run.

A storyline that is picked up in this, with Georgie married to Mandy (10 years his senior) and struggling to raise his young family in late 80s, early 90s Texas,

Like Young Sheldon before it, I never found it as laugh-out-loud funny as TBBT - amusing, yes, but not laugh out loud.

I'll still watch more of it.
  
Predator: Badlands (2025)
Predator: Badlands (2025)
2025 |
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Newest entry in Fox's Predator franchise, this is - so far - unique somewhat in that it actually has a Predator (or Yautja) being the star of his own movie, instead of the mostly-unseen presence hunting down the stars of any of the other movies.

It's also clearly set in the same universe as the AvP movies, although there is no Xenomorph here, with the presence of Weyland-Yutani corporation, who are on the same deadly planet as the Predator himself, who is on his first hunt out to prove himself.

The presence of Weyland-Yutani and the synths gives licence for soem what-would-otherwise-be-incredibly-gory action scenes in the latter half (white, milky, blood) - I did get strong vibes of both 'Avatar' (deadly alien planet) and 'Guardians of the Galaxy' (found family) throughout.
  
The Killer's Family
The Killer's Family
Miranda Smith | 2022 | Crime, Thriller
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
What would you do if on the day of your beloved father's funeral, you find evidence to suggest he was the serial killer known as Gemini? A serial killer who was responsible for the horrendous and vicious deaths of numerous young women spanning a significant period of time.

What would you do?

In The Killer's Family we follow the story of the 3 sisters who discovered the devastating evidence and the impact this has on their lives and their relationships with each other and then everything is turned on its head when Gemini strikes again ... and again ...

Who really is Gemini?

This is a dark story with a number of twists that I found riveting and would recommend to lovers of this genre.

Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley for my copy in return for an honest, unbiased and unedited review.