Book Review: The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

Series: The Princess Diaries (Book #1)

Publisher: HarperTrophy

Release Date: 30th May 2000

Read Date: 20th September 2015

Tagged Under: 5, 2015 read, book review, audiobook, book to film adaptation, romance, YA-fiction

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Book Summary

Mia must take princess lessons from her dreaded grandmere, the dowager princess of Genovia, who thinks Mia has a thing or two to learn before she steps up to the throne. 

Well, her father can lecture her until he's royal-blue in the face about her princessly duty - no way is she moving to Genovia and leaving Manhattan behind. 

But what's a girl to do when her name is PRINCESS AMELIA MIGNONETTE GIRMALDI THERMOPOLIS RANALDO?

Book Review: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Series: prequel to The Lord of the Rings
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date: 7th November 2013 (first published 1937)
Read Date: 6th January 2015
Tagged under: 2015 read, 2015 favourites, fantasy, classics, favourites, book review, 5, book to film adaptation
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Book Summary

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-holes in Bag End. 

But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an unexpected journey "there and back again". They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon... 

The prelude to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit has sold many millions of copies since its publication in 1937, establishing itself as one of the most beloved and influential books of the twentieth century.

Book Review: The Poseidon Adventure by Paul Gallico

The Poseidon Adventure by Paul Gallico

Standalone novel

Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd

First Published: 1st January 1969

Read Date: 18 September 2014

Tagged under: 0.5-2, 2014 read, why did I read this, book review, adult fiction, book to film adaptation

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Book Summary

On its maiden voyage, luxury ocean liner SS Poseidon is capsized by a massive undersea earthquake. A handful of survivors must fight for their lives - struggling to make it from the upper deck of the ship to the hull, the only part above water, before the ship sinks. Faced with rising water and the violence of desperate passengers and crew members, the group must do everything it can to survive - before time runs out. 

Adapted into an award-winning film by Irwin Allen, The Poseidon Adventure is a thrilling tale with timeless suspense and excitement.