Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Reading Rush 2019 Wrap-up


So, very recently I realized that you can't classify a period in your life as a "reading slump" if it lasts for over a year. I started my first year of college last fall, and since then I've done a LOT of academic reading, with very little time and motivation left over for casual reading. To try and inspire myself, I've decided to take a more active part in a bunch of read-a-thons so that I have goals and communities to encourage me to read! And so far it is kind of working? Kind of?

For those of you who don't know, "read-a-thons" are generally week/month-long events where a group of people get together to try and read as much as possible. These events usually have fun themes or challenges.

Last week I took part in The Reading Rush (formerly known as the Booktubathon), which is a week-long read-a-thon that I participate in annually. There were tons of goals and prompts, and I successfully completed eight of the challenges and read a total of five books!

Here is my wrap-up for the week!


Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Screen Review 10. Black Mirror: Bandersnatch


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Episode: Bandersnatch
Director: David Slade
Runtime: 1h 30m
Release Date: December 28th, 2018
Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Craig Parkinson, Alice Lowe
Rated: TV-MA

Synopsis: In 1984, a young programmer begins to question reality as he works to adapt a fantasy novel into a video game.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"You are just a puppet. You are not in control."


Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Screen Review 9. Venom


Movie: Venom
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Runtime: 1h 52m
Release Date: October 5th, 2018
Stars: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed
Rated: PG-13

Synopsis: When Eddie Brock acquires the powers of a symbiote, he will have to release his alter-ego "Venom" to save his life.

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

"Parasite?" 
"Yeah. It's a term of endearment, that's all."

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Screen Review 8. Zombies

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Movie: Zombies
Director: Paul Hoen
Runtime: 1h 34m
Release Date: Feburary 16th, 2018
Stars: Milo Manheim, Meg Donnelly, James Godfrey |
Rated: TV-G

Synopsis: A zombie and a cheerleader work together to show the town of Seabrook what they can achieve when they embrace their differences and celebrate what makes them a community.

★  ☆ ☆ ☆

"You're either pro-cheerleader, or pro-zombie."

Saturday, September 2, 2017

Screen Review 7: The Suicide Shop


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Director: Patrice Leconte
Run Time: 1h 19m
Release Date: September 26th, 2012
Stars: Bernard Alane, Isabelle Spade, Kacey Mottet Klein
Rated: n/a

Synopsis: Patrice Leconte adapts Jean Teulé's darkly comic 2007 novel into a animated musical concerning a young child with a sunny disposition born into a family that thrives on the misery of others. Since 1854, the Tuvache family has owned a small shop catering to the suicidal impulses of its depressed clientele. A walk down the shadowy isles of this morbid boutique reveals a dazzling variety of instruments with which weary shoppers can end their suffering. When pessimistic proprietor Mishima and his depressive wife give birth to a baby boy named Alan, they're overjoyed at the thought that he will be just as miserable as his somber siblings. But Alan isn't like the others; bright-eyed and energetic, he's a ghastly ray of sunshine in their cherished world of grey skies. Realizing that the very future of their enduring family business may be threatened by the beaming boy, the Tuvache's soon resort to desperate measures in their efforts to keep the misery alive.

★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

"Has your life been a failure? Let's make your death a success!"

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Book Review 47. Saga Volumes #1-4

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Book: Saga Volumes #1-4
Series: Saga (#1-4)
Author: Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples
Genre: Adult Fantasy Graphic Novel
Pages: 600 (total)
Published: October 23rd, 2012 - December 17th, 2014

Synopsis: When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring a fragile new life into a dangerous old universe.
From bestselling writer Brian K. Vaughan, Saga is the sweeping tale of one young family fighting to find their place in the worlds. Fantasy and science fiction are wed like never before in this sexy, subversive drama for adults.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

“Doesn't matter if it's personal or professional, a good partnership takes work.”  

Sunday, June 11, 2017

Book Review 46. The Great Gatsby

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Book: The Great Gatsby
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Genre: Historical Fiction
Pages: 180
Published: April 10th, 1925

Synopsis: This exemplary novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. Young, handsome and fabulously rich, Jay Gatsby is the bright star of the Jazz Age, but as writer Nick Carraway is drawn into the decadent orbit of his Long Island mansion, where the party never seems to end, he finds himself faced by the mystery of Gatsby's origins and desires. Beneath the shimmering surface of his life, Gatsby is hiding a secret: a silent longing that can never be fulfilled. And soon, this destructive obsession will force his world to unravel.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ +

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

Sunday, May 28, 2017

Screen Review 6. Love Stage!!

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Show: Love Stage!!
Season: 1
Number of Episodes: 10 (24 minutes)
Stars: Daigo, Takuya Eguchi, Daisuke Hirakawa
Release Year: 2014
Rated: TV-MA

Synopsis: With a father who's a singer, a mother who's a movie star, and an older brother Shougo who's the lead vocalist for the super-popular band "The Crusherz," Sena Izumi-an otaku college student-is the only dull one born into this super-famous and talented family. He loves "Magical Girl LalaLulu" and is working hard to become a mangaka, but one day he winds up appearing in a TV commercial he just can't turn down. There, he's reunited with Ichijou Ryouma, the super-popular young actor he costarred with on a project ten years prior.

★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

"What's this...? Could it be... LOVE?"

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS!

Sunday, April 16, 2017

Character Choruses 2. Takashi "Shiro" Shirogane


Hey! I make playlists for my favorite characters all the time, so I thought a good way to keep this blog alive is to post some of them on here!


My new playlist is for the character Takashi "Shiro" Shirogane, from Voltron. This playlist is titled "I am not as fine as I seem."

The playlist can be found here, on 8tracks!

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Screen Review 5. After the Dark

Movie: After the Dark
Director: John Huddles
Runtime: 1h 47m
Release Date: October 10th, 2013
Stars:  James D'Arcy, Sophie Lowe, Daryl Sabara
Rated: R

Synopsis: At an international school in Jakarta, a philosophy teacher challenges his class of twenty graduating seniors to choose which ten of them would take shelter underground and reboot the human race in the event of a nuclear apocalypse.

★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

"If with incinerated grace, we still become the human race."