Musings After Reading #2: Marilyn and Me (Lee, Ji-min)

Hello, And welcome to another, quite random book review. Today, I’m looking at ‘Marilyn and Me’ by Ji-min Lee or Lee Jimin/이지민, as she should really be known, being a South Korean writer. TW// war, mental illness, suicide. First, I’d like to discuss the book’s title in its different forms and the implications of theseContinue

5 ideas about a movie: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Hello! Welcome to a review of a movie with a mouthful of a title: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Yup, you’ve read that right. IMDb summary: A writer forms an unexpected bond with the residents of Guernsey Island in the aftermath of World War II, when she decides to write a book aboutContinue

Movie review: Love, Simon

Hello! Welcome to a review of a gay teen romance that made a straight adult believe in love again. I’m kidding. But also, not really. Anyways, this is Love, Simon! IMDb summary: Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends, and all of his classmates: he’s gay. When that secret is threatened, Simon must face everyoneContinue

Movie review: Red Sparrow

Hello! Welcome to March – the new ‘it’ month for high-profile movie releases. And it opens with Red Sparrow! IMDb summary: Ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited to ‘Sparrow School,’ a Russian intelligence service where she is forced to use her body as a weapon. Her first mission, targeting a C.I.A. agent, threatens to unravel the security ofContinue

Movie review: Fifty Shades Freed

Hey…there, Creeped you out yet? That’s good because, oh my dear lord, here we go. This is Fifty Shades Freed. While I did not review the previous two films in the franchise, in honor of its end, I decided to sink my teeth into the last chapter. IMDb summary: Anastasia and Christian get married, but JackContinue

Movie review: Maze Runner: The Death Cure

Hello! The last of the YA dystopias is coming to an end. This is Maze Runner: The Death Cure. IMDb summary: Young hero Thomas embarks on a mission to find a cure for a deadly disease known as the “Flare”. Writing The Death Cure was written by T.S. Nowlin (the writer of the two previous pictures in this series and theContinue

2017: 100 Book Challenge

Hello! Welcome to another 2017 round-up post. I’ve already done a post about my favorite and least favorite movies of the 2017 and now it is time for my list of book for this year. I don’ really post about books on this blog (I write short comments about them on Instagram as @sharingshelves) butContinue

Movie review: Call Me By Your Name

Hello! Another awards’ contender has landed in theatres! This is the review of Call Me By Your Name. IMDb summary: In 1983, the son of an American professor is enamored by the graduate student who comes to study and live with his family in their northern Italian home. Writing Call Me By Your Name was writtenContinue

Movie review: The Snowman

Hello! Welcome to a review of a movie you have never heard about. This is The Snowman! IMDb summary: Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous-looking snowman Writing The Snowman is a European crime thriller (I love thrillers!), written by Hossein Amini (Drive, Snow White and TheContinue

5 ideas about a movie: American Assasin

Hello and welcome to the third and the last movie review of this weekend! In this post, we are discussing American Assasin: one generic monstrosity of a film that was so basic that I couldn’t even come up with an interesting introduction for its review. I could have called it just ‘another movie in theContinue