Rosaline is a perfectly nice very enjoyable film. It’s not great. But it’s not bad either. I actually put it in line with Hulu’s The Princess from earlier this year- if you enjoyed that you might like this. It’s Romeo and Juliet with a touch of The Taming of the Shrew (in my opinion) updated … More Rosaline, Romeo and Juliet
Hello! It seems like every time I sit down to write about the books I’ve been reading I just… blank. I don’t know why. Nothings changed with the books, even the ones I’ve loved. So I’m going to do a wrap-up of some Spring standouts (doesn’t mean the best of just some of the books … More Spring Reading Wrap-Up: Some Standouts
Fall is my favorite time of year and it looks like there are plenty of good (hopefully), interesting and exciting books to read upcoming so I picked 10 that sounded best of the best that I don’t actually hear that much about. Release dates are subject to change of course.
I am in a very list making mood these days. I did one for people who want to try Science-Fiction and then was working on movies got to Clueless (which is of course a timeless Emma retelling) and thought… Retellings. The Best Ones I’d Recommend for People who want to give them a go! FYI while this … More 8 Retelling Recommendations to Try
A Thousand Beginnings and Endings Edited By: Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman Grade: A Ghosts, star-crossed lovers, tragedy, more ghosts, shape-shifters, dances and sisters among other things… A Thousand Beginnings and Endings is an anthology of Asian myths and legends that released at the end of June. It’s a beautifully written and entertaining collection of … More A Beautiful Collection: A Thousand Beginnings and Endings
The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales Grade: A- The Starlit Wood (which I keep saying wrong) is a lovely book of fairy tales I picked up this weekend. I’m going to be honest. I picked it up almost solely on the fact it’s so pretty! But I actually really enjoyed the book. Overall I found … More The Starlit Wood
So I’ve been catching up on a lot of movies I wanted to see and books I’ve had for a while this last couple of weeks and wanted to do a couple of mini-reviews on what was better than I expected and what I really should have listened to others on.
Furthermore Author: Tahereh Mafi Grade: A- “Unfold your heart. Sharpen your ears. And never say no to the world when it asks you to dance.” There was no way I could resist this beautiful cover. It’s an Alice in Wonderland story no less. In this one our hero- Alice – is a girl born without … More Furthermore