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Book: Flood and Fang Author: Marcus Sedgwick Genre: Children's, Fantasy, Gothic Published By: Orion Children's Books Published Year: 2009 Having read others in the series for The Raven Mysteries by Marcus Sedgwick I thought I would read the first book in the series for the first time and I am glad that I did. This book is perfect for children and one that I enjoyed reading. This book coming from the ravens perspective instead of from a human is a great way of changing the way this book is written compared to others of it's kind. Having it also more of a gothic read is great and appeals to children who are looking for something a little darker than other stories. I do find the mystery is great and not having the answer till the end of the book keeps the attention of the reader and makes them want to carry on reading to see what happens next also by adding suspense it created a need to continue the novel. Also by having short chapters it is easy to only have smal...

Book: Ghosts and Gadgets Author: Marcus Sedwick Genre: Children's, Fantasy, Gothic Published By: Orion Published Year: 2009 My Review: Having had the third book in this series of Raven Mysteries I decided to have a look at my local library for the first two books, unfortunately I couldn't see the first one but I did come across the second one which was Ghosts and Gadgets . This is a great book in which is about servants who are working at the castle are dying due to seeing ghosts and although the family are running out of money they make a machine which will detect gold in order to try and find the hidden treasure within the castle. However, are the ghosts everything that they seem to be? I loved that this book was told from the raven's point of view of the story and although the characters within the story were not able to understand him he was a valuable part of the story. I thought that the twist at the end of the story with the ghosts having had been accomp...

Book: Blood Water Author: Dean Vincent Carter Genre: Horror, Young Adult, Fantasy, Sci-fi Published By: Corgi Books Published Year: 2009 My Review: Having owned this book for years it is a book in which I read every few years when looking for a horror novel to read as it has always left me entertained and wanting more. The novel is about a doctor who discovers a new species of creature and after experimenting with it the parasite gets free and starts to terrorise the town while trying to find out information but not really knowing what it is looking for. At the same time the town is going through a flood so everyone is stranded and two boys in which find out about the creature try to destroy it but when it can go into people and creatures will they be able to destroy it or will it escape. I find this book very fun to read and I find it hard to put it down once I have started it, with a fast pace as well the book is easy to get absorbed into especially as all the informatio...

Film: The Loved Ones Year:  2009 Genre: Horror, Thriller Directed By: Sean Byrne Starring:  Xavier Samuel, Robin McLeavy, Victoria Thaine About:   When Brent turns down his classmate Lola's invitation to the prom, she concocts a wildly violent plan for revenge Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb5BFm4qIow My Review: After having watched an Australian sci-fi film last night I couldn't resist but to watch another Australian movie but this time in form of a horror called The Loved Ones which is currently on Amazon Prime. The film is about a boy called Brent who after having been asked to prom by Lola tells her he can't due to going with his girlfriend Holly. However, when on a walk he gets kidnapped by Lola and her dad he has to endure torture for Lola's enjoyment and finds out he is not the only boy in which they have done this to. I find that this film is very original when it comes to prom movies due to it being someone kidnapped and tortu...

Film:  Fantastic Mr. Fox Year: 2009 Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy Starring: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray About:  An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers' retaliation. My Review: Having always wanted to see this film however never getting around to it and seeing that it was on Netflix I couldn't resist reliving my childhood through watching Fantastic Mr. Fox . Fantastic Mr. Fox is about a fox who decides to steal food and cider from three farms who live nearby the new house in which he decides to move to with his family. As he does this the farmers get angry and decide to try and kill the foxes which have decided to ruin their business. As a result of this the foxes and other animals try to save themselves and protect their families no matter what. I found that this film was watchable and at times funny however there was a lot of things which did annoy me about this film ...

Film: UP Year: 2009 Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy Starring: Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, John Ratzenberger About:  Seventy-eight year old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his home equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway. My Review: As a fan of animation films I wanted to watch one I hadn't seen in years and thought of the beautiful film of UP  so decided to buy the DVD and give it a watch. Hoping it would give me the same enjoyment as it did the first time I saw it. UP   is a movie about an old man named Carl who after his wife dies decides to do the one thing they promised to do together which is go to Paradise Falls. While going there however a young boy who is trying to become a senior wilderness adventurer ends up going with him by accident and ends up helping the old man get there as well as protecting a bird called Kevin. I think this is one of the most beautiful animated films I have ever seen with the beginni...