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Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
2015 | Action, Sci-Fi
I went to see this movie in theaters. Then, I didn't watch this movie for a long time. So I heard a lot of the hate that formed around this movie. Then, recently, I needed to see for myself just how this film was. And I was pleasantly surprised. It's actually a really good movie! I really enjoyed it! I think that for me, personally, it was better than the first Avengers, but just slightly!
  
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
2017 | Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Being a lover of Disney movies, while this along with two other movies being my absolute favorite. Hearing they were gonna make another 'Beauty and the Beast' I was ecstatic I immediately went to theaters. I don't think I've ever payed so much attention to a movie in a long time. I usually watch a movie one, maybe two times but I have watched this to many times to count. I personally loved Emma Watson playing Belle I don't know of anyone who could fit the role better. I still don't like Gaston, but I love the movie just as much as I did the original!
  
Leah on the Offbeat
Leah on the Offbeat
Becky Albertalli | 2018 | Humor & Comedy, LGBTQ+, Romance, Young Adult (YA)
8
7.9 (14 Ratings)
Book Rating
3.5/5 - Cliche high school romance book - unconventional of course but still, cliche. I love Leah as a character though so I was stuck in it just for her - I wanted to know what would happen (even though I knew - HEA obvs) I was happy to get more Simon though - I think they need a "college years" book now in this and see how everyone ends up because, I'm curious. I feel like if I talk more about it it'd be spoilery - but I also feel like Leah is a bit self depreciating even though she's self confident.. i was a strange combination for my brain to comprehend.
  
White Blood Cells by The White Stripes
White Blood Cells by The White Stripes
2001 | Alternative
Okay, The White Stripes is another one that I find hard to rate while I do enjoy their music they are a really good solid rock band I find it actually really hard to listen to more than a few songs of theirs in a row. So while I do like the album I can't really listen to it all in one sitting, instead, I like to throw it into a playlist to break it up.
  
Divergent
Divergent
Veronica Roth | 2012 | Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)
9
8.1 (140 Ratings)
Book Rating
4.5 stars.

I have this thing where I have to read books before the films are released, i.e. twilight, mortal instruments, and when I heard this was going to be a film, I just had to read it.

That being said, I wasn't entirely sure what the book was about before I bought it yesterday, just that it was a young adult dystopia story with romance in it.

Either way I was hooked from early on. I think it was when it came out that she didn't fit into any faction, that she was Divergent. Then we met Four, and, the sucker I am for any hint of romance, I was a goner. Hooked.

I really enjoyed this. It had a bit of everything that I like in a story and I can't wait to read what happens next in the series.
  
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Eilidh G Clark (177 KP) created a post

May 14, 2017  
Hey everyone. I know I have been bombarding this site with book reviews. I am a professional book reviewer and write for a national newspaper (under my other name). I do believe, however, in paying it forward, so these are some of my many reviews. I graduated from University last year with a BA Hons First class in English Literature, so as you might guess, I love books. I am now at the tail end of a post graduate course in Creative Writing and just started my dissertation. This site is a nice distraction and a great way to procrastinate, I would love to hear from like minded book people. I love memoir and am in the process of writing my own.
     
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stacey (81 KP) May 16, 2017

im also headed to school for creative writing and have written 3 books, none published because i'm to freaked out to let another person read them, they are memories of my life and i'm not ready to take that step yet. Im probably going to do the same as you, write a ton of books reviews because i'm obsessed with them LOL

A Prophet (Un prophete) (2010)
A Prophet (Un prophete) (2010)
2010 | International, Drama
7.0 (4 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"Then A Prophet. I love that movie. I think one of the greatest things about films is when they can take you to a very certain time and a very certain place. It’s time travel, its magic. I know nothing about what French prison would be like, I know nothing about it, but I believe every single second of that film. I feel like, after you watch that film, you know a little bit about what that’s like. I know how difficult that is to do. I just think it’s a beautiful honest moment, and I think that he deals with the immediacy of panic and how being panicked can change you and what people will do to survive. Its a brilliant film."

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A Plague of Shadows (Harbingers of Light, #1)
A Plague of Shadows (Harbingers of Light, #1)
Travis Simmons | 2014 | Science Fiction/Fantasy
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
[A Plague of Shadows] by [Travis Simmons] was a very quick read. I really enjoyed the characters and the plot. I see it is called "A New Adult Dark Fantasy" but I do not see what makes it 'adult'. I usually equate that with content that I can't put in my classroom. I did not find any of that in this book. To me it was a simple battle of good vs. evil. I hope to read the next installment in [The Harbingers of Light Series].
  
Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife
Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife
2018 | Comedy
7
6.4 (9 Ratings)
TV Show Rating
Ali Wong is not for everyone. I admit that not all of her jokes landed for me. A large portion of her jokes involve her first year of being a mother and as I am a man with no children I can't entirely relate. No e the less, there were about 5 times when I laughed hard and quite a few chuckles throughout. I did enjoy it. I just wish I had been able to enjoy all of the material (admittedly more my issue than herself).