Current Favourite TV Shows

You may have guessed by now that I really like books, but you may not know that I also really like TV. So as the title of this post suggests, I’m talking about my current favourite TV shows. 

Gotham – OH MY GOD. I want to preface this by saying that I’m not a big Batman fan- I like the movies but I was never full-on obsessed. I am, however, seriously obsessed with Gotham. This is basically a prequel to the Batman movies and it focuses on Jim Gordon who is played by Ben McKenzie (yes, of The O.C.). This show is intense and just brilliant, but my absolute favourite thing is the amount of actual badass female characters who get actual personalities and storylines.

How to Get Away With Murder – If Gotham is intense then there isn’t a word strong enough in the English language to describe this show. This show follows a couple of law students as they take this professor’s, really crazy and just plain psychotic at times, class. The best thing about this show is the diversity, Viola Davis’ performance and Alfred Enoch (from Harry Potter).

Murder in the First – This one is pretty intense at times too, but this is more a ‘cop’ show. It follows two cops – Inspectors English and Mulligan (who is an awesome female character, by the way), as they work to solve some really strange murder cases that are all intertwined. Best thing? Tom Felton, without a doubt.

Faking It – This show is definitely a little different to the others on this list. Firstly, the second season just started while the others are all on their firsts. Most importantly though, this is a show for teenagers really. It follows two best friends Amy and Carma who basically pretend to be lesbian to become popular. It sounds a little crappy, I know, but it is super addictive.

That's the list! I might end up doing a 'Favourite TV shows of all-time' at some point in the future, but I'd have to actually be able to cut that list down a little first :D Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this non-book post. See you all next time.

 

REVIEW: Beautiful Malice by Rebecca James

Title: Beautiful Malice
Author: Rebecca James
Genre: Young Adult, Thriller, Mystery.
Publication Date: May 1st 2010
Publisher: Allen and Unwin
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Rating: 4/5

'Truth or dare?' She asks.
I hesitate. 'Truth,' I say finally. 'I can imagine one of your dares, and I don't fancy running down Oxford Street naked tonight.'
'Truth,' Alice says slowly, drawing out the vowel sound as if she's savouring the word. 'Are you sure? Are you sure you can be completely honest?'
'I think so. Try me.'
'Okay.' And then she looks at me curiously. 'So. Were you glad, deep down? Were you glad to be rid of her? Your perfect sister? Were you secretly glad when she was killed?'

Katherine has moved away from her shattered family to start afresh in Sydney. There she keeps her head down until she is befriended by the charismatic, party-loving Alice, who brings her out of her shell. But there is a dark side to Alice, something seductive yet threatening. And as Katherine learns the truth about Alice, their tangled destinies spiral to an explosive and devastating finale.

An intense and addictive psychological thriller.

I don’t even know what to say about this book.

The thing is- I’ve owned Beautiful Malice since it came out in 2010, and it was one of those books that my mum bought for me that I never really paid much attention to. It’s times like these that I want to travel back in time just so I can slap past Ely for being an idiot.

This was beautiful. (See what I did there?) I don’t know if I’m even going to be able to explain this, but the writing was just so easy. You know how there are those books that are just so tedious that you don’t even want to pick them up? This was not one of those books. In fact, it was the complete opposite- I couldn’t believe how quickly I flew through this book and how involved in the story I was.

I admit, Katherine could be a bit of an annoying character but I understand why she was written the way she was. I don’t know if that makes sense, but what I mean is I don’t think the story would have had quite the same effect if Katherine had acted differently. I also really, really want to talk about Alice but I feel like everything I’m going to say about her will just spoil the entire book. Also, Robbie. I really love Robbie. (Someone who’s read the book should help me flail about Robbie and rant about other stuff.)

I just want to talk about the plot for a moment. It’s not really something I can go into detail about without ruining the entire book, so I’ll just keep it brief. HOW? WHY? WHAT? AHHHHH. I think that pretty much sums it up. If that didn’t convince you to read this book then I don’t know what will. (And Ebony if you’re reading this, I totally should have picked up Cooper Bartholomew is Dead the other day. Why didn’t I do that?)

Also, this isn’t technically related to the book but has anyone else noticed how I always end up ranting about the books that Allen and Unwin publish?