Book + film reviews

Its raining, its a bank holiday. 

What else to do than read and go to the cinema?

Two things I've just finished.

Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty. I liked the first half - it was the story of an affair between 2 married people but there is a court case in the second half that I found dragged a bit especially because we knew the story of the case already. 

I think court cases in books only work when the narrator is one of the lawyers so you get to know about them deciding their arguments and strategising - its not about the story, its about the lawyering.

Michael Connelly who wrote the Lincoln Lawyer does it really well. His books are thoroughly recommended.

Image from http://louisedoughty.com/apple-tree-yard/

X-men Days of Future Past. So-so.
I think its only worth about 4/10.
Why do film franchises always have to resort to time travel to mix it up a bit?
If you like action, there is not a lot in there. I was waiting for it to get going, but it didn't.

Image from showfilmfirst.com

On the plus point, one of my day zero project goals is to watch a film with every letter of the alphabet and how many films are there that start with X?

We topped off the film with a Nandos, which seems to be an annual trip. Annually is often enough as I think Nandos is over-rated, don't we all just do it at home with rotisserie chicken and some sauce anyway?

Stay dry, Sunny x