50 reviews tagged with "fiction, reality, american"

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Desperate Housewives, series 5

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This series premiered last night on RTE2 and it looks like it gonna be interesting.

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Reviewed by ManicMammy via on 15 Oct 2008.

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Matter by Ian M. Banks

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Matter is the latest in Ian M. Banks Culture novel. It follows the usual format for Culture novels: weaving a very personal story into a...

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Reviewed by theaardvark via on 02 Oct 2008.

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The Good German (2006)

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google_ad_section_start Steven Soderbergh ( Good Night, and Good Luck, A Scanner Darkly ) directed this 2006 after-WWII drama starring George Clooney, Cate Blanchett and Jerry Maguire based on Joseph Kanon's novel. The plot : July 1945....

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Reviewed by Maxim via on 22 Sep 2008.

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Weeds, Season 4 Finale

*****

This was a much better way to end than the OTT Series 3. Lovely twist. Getting very dark. Doug needed to keep the humour

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Reviewed by Conor O'Neill via on 16 Sep 2008.

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The Algebraist by Ian M. Banks

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What distinguishes Ian M. Banks's novel is the shear scale of the universes he creates. He paints a picutre not just of the his characters...

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Reviewed by theaardvark via on 09 Sep 2008.

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At Your Service, RTE1

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I enjoyed this TV programme in which Francis and John Brennan from 5 star Park Hotel, Kenmare headed to Poulaphouca house in Wicklow. The 2 hoteliers assessed the small guesthouse's ailing business and then offered much needed advice on how to improve...

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Reviewed by ManicMammy via on 08 Sep 2008.

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Dissolution by C J Sansom

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Set in England at the time of King Henry VIII and his dissolution of the monasteries, this murder mystery starts with the sending of lawyer and reformist Matthew Shardlake to a Benedictine monastery where the previous commissioner had been found...

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Reviewed by ManicMammy via on 25 Aug 2008.

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Compulsion by Jonathan Kellerman

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Usual murder mystery fiction featuring psychologist Alex Delaware partnered with LAPD detective Milo Sturgis. Grand easy holiday read that raced along but the plot I shall probably have forgotten by vacation's end. #book #fiction

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Reviewed by ManicMammy via on 20 Aug 2008.

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The Ghost by Robert Harris

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I really enjoyed this novel, a total page turner that raced along. It's narrated by the ghost writer of the former British prime minister, who's brought in on the project after the sudden death of the first writer. The ex PM Adam Lang and his wife Ruth...

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Reviewed by ManicMammy via on 03 Aug 2008.

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Celebrity Masterchef 2008 penultimate episode

*****

Best ever. South Africa followed by Petrus. Great cooking and a storm-out. Liz FTW.

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Reviewed by Conor O'Neill via on 24 Jul 2008.

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City struck by a plague of blindness, those segregated in an institution demonstrate the usual pattern of societal breakdown (small yawn, Lord of the Flies)...

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