A review by Nalini Haynes The term Techbitch evolved from Queen Bee. Sometimes a “bitch” is a queen of something, like when “dessert bitch” means …
Fiction
Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart
A review by Nalini Haynes Mark is a 12 year old boy who runs away from home with only his dog, a small terrier called …
Breaking Bad: Season One
A review by CJ Dee Walter White (Cranston) is a high school chemistry teacher who has discovered he has cancer. When Walt goes on a …
Paper Towns by John Green
A review by Nalini Haynes Quentin Jacobsen — Q to his friends — is a band-geek whose musical abilities prohibit him actually joining the band. …
Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky
A review by Nalini Haynes Grayson Sender is in grade 6 in Chicago. He’s isolated from his peers because he has an enormous secret that …
Guy, The Girl, The Artist and His Ex by Gabrielle Williams
A review by Nalini Haynes Guy is in the last year of high school. He’s a bit of a slacker, forging school reports so his …
Girls HBO: Season Four
A review by CJ Dee Season four of Girls HBO sees Hannah (Dunham), Marnie (Williams), Shoshanna (Mamet) and Jessa (Kirke) traversing: going to an Iowa-based Grad …
Black Sea (2014)
A review by Nalini Haynes Captain Robinson (Robinson Crusoe? Sorry, but someone had to say it! played by Jude Law) is sacked by his employer …
Girls: Season Three
A review by CJ Dee The Girls crew return once more for a third season. This year we follow Hannah (Dunham), Marnie (Williams), Shoshanna (Mamet) …
Friday Brown by Vikki Wakefield
A review by Nalini Haynes Friday Brown comes from a long line of women who all drowned on a Saturday, which is why her mother …
Girls: Season Two
A review by CJ Dee. ‘She’s like a carnival game, you know? It all seems so simple but you can’t get the ring on the …
Birdman (or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
A review by CJ Dee. Riggan (Keaton) is a washed-up actor trying to make his mark on Broadway while repairing his relationship with his ex-wife …
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
A review by CJ Dee. Eggsy (Egerton) lives with his mother, step-father and baby half-sister in a run-down flat. Eggsy’s step-father is an abusive and …
Hello from the Gillespies by Monica McInerney
A review by Nalini Haynes ISBN-13: 9781921901812 ISBN-10: 1921901810 Imprint: Michael Joseph (Penguin) Format: Paperback, 528 pages Angela Gillespie married an Australian, Nick Gillespie, and …
Amnesia by Peter Carey
A review by Nalini Haynes ISBN-13: 9781926428604 ISBN-10: 1926428609 Format: Paperback, 384 pages Imprint: Hamish Hamilton (Penguin) Trigger warnings: violence to women, rape, references to drug …