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Review: SAVE THE DATE // family dynamics, fast-paced drama ft. a binge read
Title: Save The Date Author: Morgan Matson Page count: 417 Date published: 5 June 2018 Genre: Young Adult contemporary Thanks a million to Jonathan Ball Publishers for sending this book my way! Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars) GOODREADS SYNOPSIS Charlie Grant’s older sister is getting married this weekend at their family home, and Charlie can’t wait—for the first time in years, all four of her older siblings will be under one roof. Charlie is desperate for one last perfect weekend before the house is sold and everything changes. The house will be filled with jokes and games and laughs again. Making decisions about things like what college to attend and reuniting with longstanding crush Jesse Foster—all that can wait. She wants to focus on making the weekend perfect. The only problem? The weekend is shaping up to be an absolute disaster. There’s the unexpected dog with a penchant for howling, house alarm that won’t stop going off, and a papergirl with a grudge. There are the relatives who aren’t speaking, the (awful) girl her favourite brother brought home unannounced, and a missing tuxedo. Not to mention the neighbour who seems to be bent on sabotage and a storm that…
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Review: THE FAULT IN OUR STARS // beautiful story, hilarious dialogue & thought provoking
Title: The Fault In Our Stars Author: John Green Page count: 313 Date published: 10 January 2012 Genre: Young Adult contemporary Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars) GOODREADS SYNOPSIS Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 12, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumours in her lungs… for now. Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else too; post-high school, post-friends and post-normalcy. And even though she could live for a long time (whatever that means), Hazel lives tethered to an oxygen tank, the tumours tenuously kept at bay with a constant chemical assault. Enter Augustus Waters. A match made at Cancer Kid Support Group, Augustus is gorgeous, in remission, and shockingly to her, interested in Hazel. Being with Augustus is both an unexpected destination and a long-needed journey, pushing Hazel to re-examine how sickness and health, life and death, will define her and the legacy that everyone leaves behind. Um wow!! I had to read this for school and I’d read it when the movie was coming out and really didn’t like it. Like at all. But I was in tears when I finished it? Okay? No, no I am not haha did you…
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TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE // movie review ft. me absolutely adoring this with my entire soul
OH MY GAWD I ACTUALLY HAVE NO WORDS!!! okay I have many but they’re mainly squeals and shrieks and me just not knowing what to do with myself It delivered everything I could have wanted and more I just,,,, it’s all perfection and I just ahhhhhhh REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD WATCH TO ALL THE BOYS NOW: where have you been? Have you not heard everyone’s screams? it’s on Netflix the romance is everything Lara Jean!! Kitty!! Peter K!! The fashion Sister dynamics JUST ALL OF IT WATCH IT NOW!!! Here’s the trailer if you’re still not convinced! I LOVE THE CAST THEY ALL DO THE MOST AMAZING JOB The sets are so beautiful It captures the whole vibe and feel of the book and has its own uniqueness I just love the cast and how they play the characters This movie makes me so happy omg I can’t even They’re all perfect The soundtrack is also epic It’s so funny!! MY HEART IS CONTENT I recently reread the book so check my review here Chris: she’s JUST SO GOOD. I loved her whole character. She’s a great friend to LJ and I liked her way more than I did in…
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MAMMIA MIA! BOOK TAG // ft. epic soundtrack I listen to on repeat & a movie review (ish)
I know I’ve been so absent recently. I’ve been lacking the motivation to blog and school’s been keeping me busy. Anyways I’ve been waiting for an opportunity to chat more about my obsession with these movies and I saw this tag so BAM here we are!! I watched the first one the day before in preparation for the second Mamma Mia and I’m obsessed with ABBA again! It’s all brilliant and I loved it. I loved Lily James and the prequel story. I love all the music and cannot stop listening. I was crying IN THE CINEMA and am still an emotional mess #help I loved Cher and all Lily James’s songs. I also loved young Sam and all the original cast. THE TEARS AT THE END ARE UNREAL!! Pure beauty!! It’s all excellent and I love itttttt BOOK TAG The tag was created by Ashley btw so let’s just into it 1) When I Kissed The Teacher ~ name a book with a shocking plot twist: LORD OF SHADOWS OMFG I JUST CAN’T!!! 2) Waterloo ~ name a book you’re positive you’ll be in love with: To Kill A Kingdom by Alexandra Christo 3) Why Did It Have To Be…
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Review: LORD OF SHADOWS // a painful & amazing book
Title: Lord of Shadows Series: The Dark Artifices book #2 Author: Cassandra Clare Page count: 699 Date published: 23 May 2017 Genre: Young Adult urban fantasy Rating: (5 out of 5 stars) GOODREADS SYNOPSIS A Shadowhunter’s life is bound by duty. Constrained by honor. The word of a Shadowhunter is a solemn pledge, and no vow is more sacred than the vow that binds parabatai, warrior partners—sworn to fight together, die together, but never to fall in love. Emma Carstairs has learned that the love she shares with her parabatai, Julian Blackthorn, isn’t just forbidden—it could destroy them both. She knows she should run from Julian. But how can she when the Blackthorns are threatened by enemies on all sides? Their only hope is the Black Volume of the Dead, a spell book of terrible power. Everyone wants it. Only the Blackthorns can find it. Spurred on by a dark bargain with the Seelie Queen, Emma; her best friend, Cristina; and Mark and Julian Blackthorn journey into the Courts of Faerie, where glittering revels hide bloody danger and no promise can be trusted. Meanwhile, rising tension between Shadowhunters and Downworlders has produced the Cohort, an extremist group of Shadowhunters dedicated…
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JULY RECAP // in which i literally did nothing (??)
July has been extremely busy for me so I basically did nothing!! I truly don’t know what happened this month. I didn’t watch as many movies as usual, and read 1 book (i know I suck!!) and like hardly posted at all. But in my defence, I went back to school and have been super busy so… To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han {★★★★★}: This was a reread and I read it SO FAST on audiobook because the movie is coming out (so excited you don’t even know). I, of course, loved it but I did have some issues. See my full review here BOOKS I KINDA WAS READING I didn’t only read one book okay! I was reading other books, I just didn’t finish them? Crown of Midnight by Sarah J Maas: I was reading this book on audio but it was for a read-along and I wasn’t really feeling like forcing myself to read it. It’s not that I wasn’t liking it, I’m just a huge mood reader. I kinda skimmed the other To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before books because I just fell in love all over again. I’m thinking of…
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MINI MOVIE REVIEWS // royalty, magical lands, superpowers, music & gardens
Um wow so I’m like a pro at being active on the internet #ha. No but seriously I’m awesome at disappearing for week long periods. Again click here for the link to aesthetics for all these movies 🙂 The Prince & Me Eyyy so I decided to watch this one again as inspiration for my book. I actually liked it a lot less than I remember. I love the main character Paige but didn’t love the romance as much. It’s still great but kinda a bit underwhelming?? Midnight Sun I was actually crying by the end of this movie. It was actually really good?? It stars Bella Thorne and it’s basically about a girl who cannot be in the sun and there’s a romance. Its a story about discovering yourself and coming out of your shell and I actually really enjoyed it. 10 Things I Hate About You So this is actually a weird story, don’t come at me: I thought this movie was SO overrated and thought that I’d dislike it. But if you didn’t know, I basically had a chick flick marathon so I decided to watch this one, you know because I’m older and can appreciate movies…
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TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE // reread review ft. adorableness and food
Title: To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before Series: To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before book #1 Author: Jenny Han Page count: 355 Date published: 15 April 2014 Genre: Young Adult contemporary Rating: (5 out of 5 stars) GOODREADS SYNOPSIS What if all the crushes you ever had found out how you felt about them… all at once? Sixteen-year-old Lara Jean Song keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. They aren’t love letters that anyone else wrote for her; these are ones she’s written. One for every boy she’s ever loved—five in all. When she writes, she pours out her heart and soul and says all the things she would never say in real life, because her letters are for her eyes only. Until the day her secret letters are mailed, and suddenly, Lara Jean’s love life goes from imaginary to out of control. I love these books (even though I picked up on a few things but I’ll talk about that later) like SO MUCH. And oh boy oh boy am I excited for the movie you have no idea!! SO since the movie is coming out and I was really in the mood…
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I'M WRITING A BOOK! // ft. the rising author tag(ish)
I actually have an idea for a novel and I AM SO EXCITED YOU HAVE NO IDEA! I was struck with a story to write and I’ve bee waiting SO LONG for it to come. I have characters and a sort of story (not a plot yet though) and I just need to get writing. I’ve never actually written something for myself that isn’t for school so I’m super nervous and hoping it’ll turn it out well. I actually just need to get my act together and start outlining and actually get a story that is readable instead of just obsessing about the characters but this is all new to me so taking it slow here. Anyways since I have no idea what to talk about I’d thought I’d do a lil’ tag that looked cool. I wasn’t tagged by anyone and don’t know who to tag so please feel free to do it if you want to. Also, I noticed that there were multiple versions of this tag and I just compiled a list of some of the ones I wanted to answer so this isn’t the actual way to do this tag #sorrynotsorry ABOUT MY NOVEL So I…
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LOVE, SIMON // movie review ft. me gushing about the adorable-ness
I finally got to see and I’m dying inside. This movie man! It was so GOOD AND I LOVED IT. I had some issues but it was perfection otherwise. The characters are exactly how they should be and ahh just so good! I’ve seen it twice and am definetly going to see it on the big screen. REASONS WHY YOU NEED TO WATCH LOVE, SIMON: The representation The characters are amazing The pop culture references are awesome The casts’ smiles are everything It’s just great and needs to be seen To those who don’t know what this movie is about well let me brief you: Simon is gay but hasn’t come out yet. He starts anonomously emailing another gay boy at his school until someone finds them and blackmails him. The movie stays really close to the book. All the best scenes are in it and it’s a great adaptation and everything you’d want from the book. HERE, WATCH THE TRAILER: I took notes the second time around so have quite a bit to talk about!! Emily (mom): Jennifer Garner is amazing and she played the role so well, I loved it! Jack (dad): Also amazing! Nick: I was never…
