A little corner of the Internet I made to talk about my two favorite things, books and movies.
6/30/20
6/27/20
The Young Merlin Triolgy
Author: Jane Yolen
Genre: Fantasy, Arthurian
Age: Children lit.
Summary: Left in the woods at the age of eight. Merlin is found and tame by the master Robin Thus begins the journey of a wild boy to a noble wizard.
6/26/20
The Life Aquatic: movie review
6/24/20
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
6/22/20
Going Postal

Getting the moribund Postal Service up and running again, however, may be a near-impossible task, what with literally mountains of decades-old undelivered mail clogging every nook and cranny of the broken-down post office building; and with only a few creaky old postmen and one rather unstable, pin-obsessed youth available to deliver it. Worse still, Moist could swear the mail is talking to him.
6/20/20
Book Blogger Hop #7
6/19/20
A Ghost Story: movie review
6/16/20
Fell

Summary: In this dark, thrilling fairy tale, it is the wolf who saves the girl. Fell, the dark-furred twin brother of Larka, the heroine of The Sight, must face life without his sister or the rest of his loving pack. He’s a lone wolf now, a “kerl,” an outcast from his kind who shares his sister’s fatal gift for seeing the future and the thoughts of others. This gift leads him to befriend a young girl, also an outcast from her people. They have a shared destiny: to free the land from a tyrannical ruler who would enslave man and animal alike.
6/13/20
Critically Acclaimed

Genre: Non-fiction, film study
Review: The whole premise of the book is
to get an idea of what critics are looking for when reviewing a movie.
Fake movies are reviewed to remove bias of someone's all-time favorite movie
from being bash by critics.
As someone who writes my own movie reviews, I find this helpful in critiquing
movies.
The first fake movie review highlights how an A list cast of actors is used in
a movie but, their talents are used for the wrong reasons or not taken full
advantages of.
Another review is on a werewolf movie. It criticizes how the
cool special effects hinders the plot and characters. Making a point in how
modern movies focused more on special effects then the story or characters. As
someone who watch old timey movies this is something, I could rant about but,
I'll hold it for now.
6/11/20
Amulet: Vol 1The Stonekeeper & Vol 2
6/10/20
Snow like Ashes
Author: Sara Raasch
Genre: high-fantasy, romance
Age: Teen
POV: 1st person
Summary: Sixteen years ago, the Kingdom of Winter was conquered, and its citizens enslaved, leaving them without magic or a monarch. Now, the Winterians’ only hope for freedom is the eight survivors who managed to escape, and who have been waiting for the opportunity to steal back Winter’s magic and rebuild the kingdom ever since. Orphaned as an infant during Winter’s defeat, Meira has lived her whole life as a refugee, raised by the Winterians’ general, Sir. She will do anything to get her kingdom back
6/8/20
Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales anthology
Edited by Deborah Noyes
6/6/20
Journey through fiction #5 Bildungsroman - coming of age stories
Common Themes find in come of age:
- Lost of innocent
- Adult responsibility
- Look towards the future
- Finding love
6/5/20
Snowpiercer: movie review

6/4/20
Number the Stars

6/1/20
The Night Tourist

Genre: ghost story
Age: MG
POV: 3rd person
Summary: Jack Perdu lives with his father on the Yale University campus. Smart and introverted, Jack spends most of his time alone, his nose buried in a book. But when Jack suffers a near fatal accident, his life is forever changed.
His father sends him to a mysterious doctor in New York City, a place Jack hasn't been since his mother died there eight years ago. While in the city, Jack meets Euri, a young girl who offers to show him the secrets of Grand Central Station. Here, Jack discovers New York's Underworld, a place where those who died in New York reside until they are ready to move on.