2nd blog aug 2021

"A Alices Adventures in Wonderland" is the first book of the Aladdin and Jasmine series. I'm not going to lie to you, I had this book on my Kindle for a while and gave it a miss until recently when I found a copy at a Goodreads review site. Why you ask? Because I have no idea what the plot is, or who is the main character, and I'm not sure that the whole "is such a big deal" factor is convincing enough for me to read it. But then again, I'm not a huge fan of the Harry Potter series either, so this book may appeal less to me than some of the others. Anyway, I gave the book another chance after reading a few reviews, and I must say I'm pleasantly surprised. The story starts with Aida and Jafar, two villains from the popular Disney film, Aladdin. While she is performing a spell that will make anyone she touches fall in love with her, Jafar sneaks in and steals Aida's heart. With the help of some loyal henchmen (including two women who want to kill A...

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins, the first of his Sunrays trilogy, is a nineteenth-century British steamship mystery. It's an early example of the classic, modern detective novel, and set many of the ground rules for the genre. The Moonstone follows a young man, Cyrus Moonstones, from his birth, through his school and into his married life. It was serialised in Charles Dickens' newspaper All the Year Round from 18 1977 to 18 1978. The Moonstone is the quintessential detective story. It's set in a time when the police are more interested in catching criminals than solving crimes, and the detective, Cyrus Moonstones, is more than a little reluctant to accept this fact. His mentor, Captain George Moonstones, urges him to accept the challenge of facing his biggest challenge, yet it's only after Moonstones realising that the only way to catch the culprit is to become the best detective in the country. The novel has become widely regarded as one of the greatest detective nove...