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I’m a TV addict, and to love sharing my lists of upcoming shows in the blog. As I watch loads of TV shows, it is often hard for me to limit these lists. Last year, I ended up writing one for each season. Seeing as this is for Five Fandom Friday, I’ll attempt to stick to just five shows. So I am putting a condition that I can only pick new TV programmes, no returning shows. Five Fandom Friday:…

Kicking off the return of the #5FandomFriday with my list of 5 movies I am excited to watch in 2023 (not including superhero movies).

Of all the blogging prompts and tags I have done. Five Fandom Friday is my favourite. It’s hard to believe it’s nearly ten years since the prompts started. The Sartorial Geek has created over fifty more fun prompts for us geeks for 2023! Being old school, I will still be using the prompts for writing blog posts, but I can’t wait to see everyone else’s answers across social media. Five Fandom…

5 Films I’m excited about in 2019, part 3

As always at the start of 2019 I wrote about the 5 Films I was most excited to see. This year as so many great movies are being released I opted to split the list into three separate posts. I very nearly forgot to post the final list. And as a result, I have already seen the first movie on the list! So these are the films I am looking forward to that will be released between now and Christmas.

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The Five Films I'm excited about in 2019, Part 2

In the 1990s, the big summer films were mainly released over the summer. However, in more recent years, The blockbusters are released throughout the year. Marvel has always released their biggest movie in May (or April like it was this year). Even DC is not releasing a superhero movie this summer. But, that doesn’t mean there’s a shortage of great movies to get excited about over the summer. And…

Megan at A Geeky Gal had embarked on an epic Anime Challenge. Each day in September she has answered 30 different questions all about anime. Whilst, I loved this idea I knew I couldn’t commit to 30 days worth of blog posts. So instead I have chosen five questions to answer as a quick Five Fandom Friday Challenge!

Five Fandom Friday: Anime Challenge

Do you prefer Subs or Dubs? ( Day 3) Don’t shot…

I have followed The Nerdy Girlie for awhile now (thanks to Lauren) and obsessively read her blog and now with Clever Girls in full swing I think it’s time to join in on the fun! Every Friday, the Nerdy Girlie and a bunch of other bloggers participate in 5 Fandom Friday where everyone writes about the same topic. This week is “My To Be Read Pile” and it could not be more perfect.

I am constantly adding new books to the list of the ones I want to read. Sometimes I buy books with every intention of reading them and then put them on the shelf only to pick up another one. These are the books currently at teh top of my “to be read pile”.

1. Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan 

I know this is Lauren’s favorite book and it’s been on my list for awhile now. I bought it on Amazon on a whim and I plan on reading it this year for sure! I need a magical book in my life and the best part is, I really have no idea what it’s about! Which is my favorite way to go into a new story.

2. The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman

I love nothing more than reading a book before the film comes out. I have been eager to read this book based on a true story of a Polish woman and her husband who hide Jews in their zoo during World War II. The film version (directed by Niki Caro and starring Jessica Chastain), is coming out in March so I plan on reading it mid-February to see how closely it stays to the source material.

3. The Trespasser by Tana French

Tana French is one of my favorite writers currently working today. Her Dublin Murder Squad series follows the detectives from the fiction Dublin Murder Squad on their cases. Each book is loosely connected to the next, with characters you come to love and twists that will blow your mind. The Trespasser is her newest book and I can’t wait to see what it has in store.

4. When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

Someone I follow on Twitter did a giveaway contest for this book and even though I didn’t win, I have not been able to stop thinking about it. When Dimple Met Rishi is a YA novel about two Indian-American teenagers attending the same summer program who have been set up in an arranged marriage by their parents. It sounds adorable and potentially really funny. I really want to make a point to read more books by diverse authors this year so I will definitely be checking it out when it’s released in May.

5.  Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History by Sam Maggs

Ever since watching Hidden Figures (which is phenomenal btw), I have been wondering how many other women from history I don’t know about. 

Wonder Women seems like the perfect book to read to learn more about history that has been erased or forgotten (or never told at all). There has never been a better time to read a book about women changing the world. (Plus it’s written by one of my favorite geek girls, Sam Maggs!)

What’s on your to read shelf?

5FF: Favourite Fictional Teachers

Five Favourite Fictional Teachers As The Nerdy Girlie & Super Space Chick are taking a break from Fandom Friday, I thought I would use the chance to catch up with the prompts from October 2014. I originally thought it would be easy to pick my favourite fictional teachers. I adore a lot of teen drama television programmes, Smallville or My So Called Life. But I couldn’t think of any teachers from…

Five Geeky Clothing I Need in My Closet Immediately. As The Nerdy Girlie & Super Space Chick are taking a break from Fandom Friday, I thought I would use the chance to catch up from prompts of October 2014, this week discussing the five geeky items of clothing I need. The real reason most of these dresses are on here is because the are from stores in the USA and I don’t want to pay the postage or…