David McK (3752 KP) rated Around the world in 80 days in TV
Jan 30, 2022
One of Jules Vernes most famous novels, and the inspiration for many a movie (and even a 80s cartoon).
I've never seen or heard of a TV series until this one, which - in retrospect - actually surprised me quite a bit, as you think the story would (and does) lend itself perfectly to the episodic nature of the journey.
This adaptation stars David Tennant in the lead role, alongside strong support from Ibrahim Koma as the French valet Passepartout and Leonie Benesch as the gender flipped/reimagined journalist Abigail Fix (instead of Inspector Fix), while still keeping its late Victorian setting.
Yes, you know how it is going to end.
Still very enjoyable!
Rise of Dresca (The Draemeir Chronicle #1)
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From the pits of an ancient darkness, a new power is rising. ...
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Merissa (13911 KP) rated Dirty Deeds (Cole McGinnis #4) in Books
May 30, 2023
Ending on a cliffhanger regarding Bobby, this is a well-written and fast-paced addition to the Cole McGinnis series. Definitely recommended.
* I received this book from the author in return for a fair and honest review. *
Merissa
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Mar 20, 2016
Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated A Grand Man ( Mary Ann series 1) in Books
Apr 23, 2024
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A Grand Man ( Mary Ann series 1)
By Catherine Cookson
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Set on Tyneside, the part of the world which Catherine Cookson knew and understood so well, this heartwarming and humorously observed book skillfully weds an authentic and unsentimentalized background to the kind of fairytale story that we all like to believe could come true and which the Mary Ann Shaughnessys of this world know to be true.
A little girls love for her Da is priceless. Catherine Cookson brings live and determination to all her books. This is the first in the Mary Ann Shaughnessy books a little girls journey in a tough environment. Love this author.
Becoming Ruthless
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Life of the Time Cat: Warning of the Ultimate Element
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Wicked (2024)
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The Devil You Knew
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Atlanta. 1963. Three adolescent girls go missing. And a killer is on the loose. Young Billy...
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David McK (3752 KP) rated Thundercats Volume One: Omens in Books
Sep 28, 2025
Thunder
Thundercats .... Hoooooo!!!
*sword kerching sound*
The Thundercats was a childhood favourite of mine, so when I saw this on sale (in 2025), I thought I might as well give it a go.
Pleasingly, this requires no foreknowledge of the cartoon, with this starting right at the very beginning, with the Thundercats fleeing Thundera whilst being pursued by the Mu'tants and crash-landing on 'Third Earth', to find that their leader Jago has perished in the journey and that his son 'Lion-O' hibernation pod has malfunctioned so that Lion-O is now fully grown.
They have yet to directly encounter Mumm-ra the ever-Living.
I think I'll keep an eye out for more of these.