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Dean (6926 KP) rated The Princess Diaries (2001) in Movies

Jun 23, 2019

The Princess Diaries (2001)

2001 | Comedy, Drama, Family

7.4

(20 Ratings)

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You shall go to the ball

An old film I never got round to watching. Anne Hathaway's first major film role. It's a fairly simple tale along the lines of Cinderella, and class change. From the director of @Pretty Woman (1990) it's also similar to @Miss Congeniality (2000) released the year before. A shy nerdy girl discovers she is a Princess and is schooled by Disney Royalty Julie Andrews. Ok for a family film if not that original.

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Carnegie's Maid in Books

Oct 5, 2020

Pretending to be someone you’re not can be a problem, but in Clara Kelly’s case, it was a matter of survival. Through a case of mistaken identity, Clara accidentally lands the post of Lady’s Maid to the wealthy Carnegie family. For the sake of her family back in Ireland, Clara must play the part or lose everything. You can more about this historical fiction story by the author of “The Other Einstein,” in my review here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2017/12/29/cinderella-or-pygmalion/

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Kyera (8 KP) rated Geekerella (Once Upon a Con #1) in Books

Jan 31, 2018

Geekerella (Once Upon a Con #1)

Ashley Poston | 2017 | Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult (YA)

7.8

(11 Ratings)

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Geekerella is a modern day retelling of the classic fairytale, Cinderella. Our protagonist is Ella and the most important thing in her life is fandom, specifically her love of Starfleet. It was a show that she watched on re-runs with her dad and fell in love with. Her father even started a convention called Excelsicon because of his love of Starfleet. After her mother died when she was a small child, it was just Ella and her dad. Unfortunately, her father got remarried and later died in a car accident leaving Ella with her step-mother and two step-sisters. They didn’t understand her love of the sci-fi cult hit and treated her more like a servant than a sister.

Geekerella is a cute contemporary novel that will speak to your fandom loving heart. Even if you’re not super into sci-fi, comics, comic con, cosplay or those types of things, I think you will enjoy the classic human experience portrayed in this book. The Cinderella retelling aspect of the story was the least relevant to my reading experience. I personally enjoyed the development of friendly and romantic relationships, the geeking out over fandoms and the personal growth seen in this novel.

The main characters are likable and relatable, despite the fact that one of them is famous. He alternates between wanting to be normal, or down to earth, and succumbing to the intoxicating appeal of being famous. Even though you generally know the bones of the story if you’re familiar with Cinderella, the story itself doesn’t feel incredibly formulaic and can surprise you at times.

Highly recommended to young adult/teen fan of contemporary books, teen romance, nerd/geekdom, comic con, cosplay, fairytale retellings and simple, cute reads.

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Miss Havisham Says Yes

Eule Grey

8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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Kind-hearted redhead Cindi has a lot on her mind: Gran, college exams, bills, and what to wear at...

Contemporary FF Romance LGBTQIA+

Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated Sixteen Candles (1984) in Movies

Jan 6, 2018

John Hughes

Ahhh part of the Rat pack in this great teen love story. Ringwald and Hall are funny and dramatic in this love story of a girl who wants nothing more than the hottest guy in school and Hall as the extreme king of the nerds who really wants to to be popular and be noticed. It kind of has a Cinderella kind of feel to it with out the glass slipper. This directors movies is a lot of what I grew up on. Sixteen candles id full love laughs and crazy family fun.

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Eleanor (1463 KP) rated Cinder in Books

Apr 21, 2020

Cinder

Marissa Meyer | 2012 | Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)

8.5

(96 Ratings)

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Well, this was kinda fun, it really pushed to get the Cinderella tribute feel that didn't quite jibe for me but I have all the love for the robot Iko in this.

We have Cinder the cyborg battling adversity and a mysterious past. I had some strong Atila vibes through this including the rather open ending just building for the next book, it's a good set up and I'm looking forward to reading the next book but this did feel like just an intro and lacked some satisfaction in of itself.