First official Sherlock convention:Things are moving forward for this event, we have had to try to work around the guests filming work and as everyone is very busy its been very hard for us to get a date and a venue and get the guests we would like to be able to attend BUT things are now coming together ( Read more... )

BAFTA Award-winning actor Michael Gambon (Quirke, The Singing Detective) is set to play Howard Mollison, owner of the Pagford delicatessen, with Julia McKenzie (Notes On A Scandal, Shirley Valentine) playing his wife Shirley. Howard’s son Miles is being played by Rufus Jones (Bill, W1A) with his wife Samantha Mollison being played by Keeley Hawes ( ( Read more... )

Only 4 months until the sequel to The Cuckoo's Calling will be released! The Silkworm - huh, there seems to be an animal naming theme. And Jo is already writing the third book of the series. Time to rename my The Cuckoo's Calling tag ( Read more... )

There'll be a movie version of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (I'd like to see it, but I probably won't be bothered to go into the movie theater for this). Meanwhile I'm wondering what happened to the TV version of The Casual Vacancy. Haven't heard anything since the initial announcement.

Turns out the book is better when I feel better. It was also better as soon as I knew what it's all about.
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( And so far I don't like it. )

...which mean I can finally start reading The Casual Vacancy. \o ( Read more... )

I haven't even had the time to read the book yet, but I'm excited anyway that The Casual Vacancy will be made into a TV show - something I hope will happen to Harry Potter one day (I really want a version that's more faithful to the books. And as a series it can happen more real time, 7 seasons, hee). And this thought occurred to me surprisingly ( Read more... )

Good: It's the release day of Jo Rowling's new book, The Casual Vacancy.

Bad: I haven't ordered it yet - after that expensive concert I shouldn't spend any money.

Good: My birthday apporaching and I always get a book from my penpal - I know what book I I'll ask her for this year!

Bad: I'll have to wait for the book until my birthday.

1. Hey, I love Photoshop, but there are some things that just shouldn't be done with it. Like retouching pictures in a ridiculous way. Does Bilbo look weird to you in this picture? Yeah, they did something to his face :o/. I don't get why people do this if it doesn't look good.


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