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Tag: J K Rowling

Review of ‘Beyond the Wand’ by Tom Felton

27/02/2023 nsford 2 Comments

A fantastic autobiography from actor Tom Felton, aka Draco Malfoy. This is a very entertaining book! Not only is it…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, children's fiction, films, J K Rowling, memoir, non-fiction, reviews, Tom Felton

Review of ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore – The Complete Screenplay’ by J K Rowling and Steve Kloves

21/08/2022 nsford Leave a comment

I really enjoyed reading the previous screenplays, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and The Crimes of Grindelwald. The…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fantasy, films, J K Rowling, reviews, Steve Kloves

My most-read authors

27/06/2021 nsford 18 Comments

Which authors’ books have you read the most? I checked my spreadsheet, which records my reading since 2002, and searched…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: Anthony Horowitz, Arthur C Clarke, books, children's fiction, Christopher Pike, Daphne du Maurier, fiction, H G Wells, J K Rowling, Paul Stewart, Philip Pullman, reading, Sue Townsend, Terry Pratchett, YA fiction

Steam engines and sliding doors: trains in books, music and film

17/04/2021 nsford 11 Comments

I like trains. I used to travel by train several times a week. I even lived right next to a…

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Posted in: Film & TV, Music, Reading Filed under: books, Doctor Who, E Nesbit, films, J K Rowling, Kraftwerk, music, Peter Gabriel, Philip Reeve, Recoil, Terry Pratchett, The Feeling, transport, TV

What happened when I used a random generator to choose my re-reads

21/07/2020 nsford 13 Comments

Some time ago, I explained how I choose which book on my shelf to read next. I was only using…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, Christopher Pike, fiction, Harper Lee, J K Rowling, Jerry Spinelli, John Wyndham, Mary Shelley, Mervyn Peake, reading, Stella Gibbons

Theatre review: ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’

22/12/2019 nsford 7 Comments

The ‘eighth story’ in the Harry Potter series was published in 2016, the same year the play began showing in…

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Posted in: Theatre Filed under: fiction, J K Rowling, reviews, theatre

Review of ‘The Crimes of Grindelwald: The Original Screenplay’ by J K Rowling

07/05/2019 nsford 6 Comments

I watched the second film in the Fantastic Beasts series last year and was a little confused by the plot.…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fantasy, fiction, films, J K Rowling, reviews

Review of ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay’ by J K Rowling

01/02/2019 nsford 13 Comments

I love the film but I didn’t intend to read the screenplay… until I watched the sequel, The Crimes of…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, films, J K Rowling, reviews

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