Mischief - Clive Gregson & Christine Collister

Advantages: Easy to read, good characters and a bit of history thrown in
Disadvantages: A little rose coloured look at India i suspect

...East of the Sun by Julia Gregson ISBN 978-1-4091-0251-9 WHAT ATTRACTED ME?: Once again I was the cover of this book, a beautiful peacock in the foreground and Indian border down the bottom. The colours are green and muted yellows and gold for the border. It looked reminiscent of a romantic image of colonial India. THE AUTHOR: The author Julia Gregson was a former Hardie Amies model and she moved to Austrlia where she took up journalism. This took her to New York, Los Angeles, India and Vietnam as a foreign correspondent for magazines. She was inspired to write this novel by her husband telling her about the Indian ?Fishing Fleet? of young women who came out on the liners to look for suitable husbands as there were so many available men compared to women in India in the 1920s. THE STORY: The heroine of the novel is Viva Holloway who... Read review

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Advantages: fun book for children
Disadvantages: small writing

...Mr Mischief is number 36 in the Mr Men collection,. He is an oval shaped man and is a yellow colour. He has a round blue nose and he wears a tall pink hat. The cover of the book is white and has a picture of Mr Mischief at the bottom and above this is the title in black lettering. The back cover of the book id also white and has small pictures showing the other characters available in the collection. THE STORY The book begins by telling us that Mr happy had had a tiring day, he had been rushing here and there cheering everybody up. He finally sat down in his house for a well earned rest when the chair fell to bits. Mr Happy fell to the floor and he thought he must have had a visit from Mr Mischief. Outside Mr Happys house there was a small mischievous figure running away as fast as his legs would carry him. It was indeed Mr... Read review

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Advantages: Great suspense and decent plot
Disadvantages: Feels very dated and some of the effects are laughable

...in particular which I always enjoy is "Christine". Directed by John Carpenter and adapted from a Stephen King novel, the film manages to build up suspense throughout its entire duration with out resorting to in your face gore. But to be honest, the plot and suspense is not the reason why I first encountered "Christine", it was the beautiful red and white 1958 Plymouth Fury which is undoubtedly the star of the film which grabbed my attention. As already mentioned, "Christine" is an adaptation of the Stephen King novel, and whilst I cannot comment on how true to the book the adaptation is, I will say that it makes for a thoroughly decent movie. Based firmly in the real world, whilst relying heavily on a wonderful fantasy element, it manages to mix both seemingly effortlessly, making the viewer forget that a car coming to life is that... Read review

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