"Every marriage has its secrets." When Aaron's wife, Allison, dies his grief is soon overtaken by stumbling across a huge secret she's been keeping. At first he assumes - understandably - that it was an affair, but when it turns out that she was investigating murders of teenage girls, it's not long before his need … Continue reading Come With Me – Ronald Malfi
Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) has always been a mysterious figure in the MCU. More hints have been dropped about her backstory, and now - finally - we're going to get a glimpse behind that curtain. We start with a flashback to Natasha as a child, playing with her little sister - or, … Continue reading Black Widow (2021)
First a confession: I'm a Promarkers girl rather than Copics, but the two are similar enough that I could still get a lot from this book. About the only thing that wasn't transferable were the colour codes in the examples - and that is a little bit of a shame, as there are loads of … Continue reading Manga Artists Copic Marker Colouring Techniques – various
"'Watch out for the top of the door!'" We first met Delta Douglas back in Last Pen Standing, when she moved to a sleepy former Gold Rush town to open a craft supplies shop with her best friend. We rejoin them, two murders later (!), as the tourist town of Tundish hits the slow autumn/winter season. … Continue reading The Glitter End – Vivian Conroy
Dan Forester (Chris Pratt) is not living his best life when, to the world's shock, soldiers from the future arrive with a dire message. In thirty years, humankind will be on the verge of losing a war against alien invaders. Their only hope is for people from now to travel forward and help the fight. … Continue reading The Tomorrow War (2021)
"Killing yourself is an intrinsically dramatic act." I must confess that I had no idea who Georgia Pritchett was before I picked up this book, but the title really resonated so I thought I'd give it a go. Turns out she's a script writer who's worked on shows like Veep, In the Thick of It, … Continue reading My Mess is a Bit of a Life – Georgia Pritchett
"In the jumbled darkness of the catacombs beneath the city of Amalo, there was a shrine to Ulis in his aspect as god of the moon." Witness for the Dead is a story set in the same world as the excellent The Goblin Emperor, but while it is billed as a sequel, you don't have to … Continue reading Witness for the Dead – Katherine Addison
The best thing about the new MCU tv shows is the chance they give fans to see a continuation of the story from the movies, the so-called Infinity Saga. WandaVision was a very personal look at how Wanda Maximoff coped with the trauma she'd been through, and Loki will pick up (at least) one dangling plot thread from Endgame. … Continue reading Falcon and the Winter Soldier (season 1)
"I hunch closer to the sputtering fire." Ten Low was an army medic for the side that lost an intergalactic war. Now she's scratching out an existence in the desert wastes of Factus, a moon on the edge of the settled universe, plagued by 'Ifs' and guilt for her past actions. Trying to make amends … Continue reading Ten Low – Stark Holborn
There's nothing like a studio/company cancelling a new show when you're halfway through watching it - cheers for that, Netflix. But, was it deserved or should it be offered a reprieve? Jupiter's Legacy is split between two timelines. In the 'now', we have a modern world where superheroes are real and have been for 90 … Continue reading Jupiter’s Legacy (season 1)
