Review 3: ‘The Secret History’ by Donna Tartt

When my sister recommended The Secret History as a good starter book for Review Thirty-Six I initially had no idea that it was a) so venerable and well respected (venerable probably isn't the right word here, but it's certainly older than I was expecting it to be) and b) it's absolutely flipping everywhere!  Seriously, over the last …

Review 2: ‘Tusk’ by Fleetwood Mac

So... one thing has become very apparent while I've been attempting to talk about music in a critical manner.  I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing!  Well, that and I have genuinely found it quite hard to just sit and listen to a full album. That attention span my loving parents spent a good …

Review 1: Citizen Kane

Okay, Review No. 1, let's go! As an old man dies surrounded the decaying grandeur of deserted his home, he utters a single word: "Rosebud". This man, we are told through a newsreel documentary, was Charles Foster Kane, a former newspaper tycoon with a media empire that once spanned the entirety of the United States.  …

Before we get started…

Hi and welcome to Review Thirty-Six, the blog where I am going to attempt to review over the course of the year twelve films, twelve albums and twelve books.  For those of you who struggle with maths (I know I do), that works out as one of each type of review a month.  I'm going …