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Coraline Movie

Scaretober 2019

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I’m back with yet another post for Scaretober. I apologize that there aren’t as many posts this year, but I am still determined to get up as many posts as I can for you. I just wish that I could be watching more scary movies and doing more reviews for you, but this is what it is.

Today I’m reviewing Coraline the movie. Not to give anything away, but there will also be a review on Coraline the book by Neil Gaiman. I found the movie fascinating and weird. It was done in a claymation style similar to that of Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, and other such movies.

If you haven’t seen the movie, the basic storyline of the movie is that Coraline Jones recently moves from Michigan to a new town and since she has no one to play with she has a very active imagination. In addition to that she discovers a door in her house that appears to go nowhere during the day, but at night appears to go to an alternate universe in which she is treated to everything she wants and everything she hopes for in her life. Soon, Coraline is visiting the universe regularly until one day the Other Mother demands that she stay for good and Coraline decides that she doesn’t want to stay and makes a deal with the Other Mother in order to leave.

If you haven’t watched Coraline I highly recommend it, I found it a fascinating movie and the animation is well done. Matt had never seen the movie before and he really enjoyed it. He is also a fan of Neil Gaiman in general, but had not read Coraline. Stay tuned for more posts during Scaretober and hopefully they will be equally fun. See you soon.

Batman: Nightwalker

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Today I’m back with yet another not so scary review. Recently a graphic novel based on one of the books in a book series by DC Ink came out and of course I had to pick it up and read it. Don’t worry I’ll definitely be reading the actual book that this graphic novel is based on as well, just not right now. This review is going to be on Batman: Nightwalker adapted by Stuart Moore.

In this graphic novel of Batman, we find Bruce Wayne just on the cusp of his 18th birthday and learning the real ramifications of all that his parents fortune has given him the moment he turns of age. We also see the troubles of Bruce is high school dealing with bullies and people that would be his friends and not be his real friends. In this novel, Gotham is dealing with the problem of a gang of individuals called the Nightwalkers, who are raiding the homes of the rich, killing them and talking all their wealth. Bruce after an attempt to bring one of the Nightwalkers to justice on his own finds himself doing community service as his punishment from the Gotham City Police Department. This brings Bruce head to head with Madeline Wallace, the most recent Nightwalker to be captured by the police department. Bruce develops a crush on Madeline and is determined to figure out a way to save her and unravel her secrets.

I won’t spoil the ending of the book, but I would definitely recommend this book to you. I found this book fascinating and would love to read more about the Bruce Wayne, Madeline Wallace romance if it ever happens. In addition to that I love that we get to see Harvey Dent before he becomes TwoFaced and in a teenage form as well as other people that will only begin to start to play a bigger role in Bruce’s life as his story evolves.

If you haven’t read any of my other reviews on novels and graphic novels by DC Ink you can read them here, here, and here. Let me know if you will be picking up this novel or have already picked it up. Looking forward to seeing you soon!

Scaretober is back!

Scaretober 2019

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I know that I have been hinting around this for a while, but I didn’t want to give it away since in years past I have started strong and failed in the end. I wanted to bring back Scaretober for this year. If you were reading along with the blog before you will have heard of Scarteober in 2017 and a bit in 2015.

I also wanted to do something different this year, since I have been reading so many books and books have played such an important part of Fall in every day life and an even bigger part of instagram life, so I wanted to read a few of the classic books and include them as part of this year’s Scaretober. Also there were so many classic books that have been turned into movies and even more movies that have been getting remade for the newer generations of audiences.

I hope that you’ll enjoy each and every moment of Scaretober and give me suggestions for what to include in next year’s Scaretober. Look forward to posts every day from here until the end of October. 🙂

LipStick Jungle

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What?!? I’m back with another book review, even though I told you guys that I was in a slump just one post ago. It’s true, I did finish another book. This time it was another book that has been sitting on my bookshelf for WAY too long and became part of this year’s clear the shelf project. This project is really gaining some momentum this year. This review is going to be Candace Bushnell’s Lipstick Jungle. If you were in your 20s or early 30s in the early 2000s you will know that Candace Bushnell is the author behind the book that the series Sex in the City was based on. It was a great HBO show for all the right reasons, not to mention that it had 2 movies that let us catch up with the characters a few years down the road. Well, also trying to capitalize on the success of that show Candace Bushnell also gave over the rights to another one of her novels Lipstick Jungle. Needless to say it was a short-lived show on the mainstream network starring Brooke Shields. I kind of wish that it had worked out. 🙁 For a couple of years you were able to watch the whole series on Netflix , but I’m not sure where it has gone to now.

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Let’s get to the book review portion of this post. The book starts off during New York September Fashion week in which, Victory Ford, one the main characters is debuting her latest venture. Her two best friends, Nico O’ Neilly and Wendy Healy both top business executives in their own right show up to support her. Needless to say, Victory’s September fashion line is a flop and the lives of the three women ravel and unravel from there.

I will say that the tv show took a few liberties from the book and changed the plot lines in hoping to better suit audiences. Personally , I like the book’s plot lines for the characters a bit better because it shows the women taking control and being in charge of their own lives while acting like they have it all. Having it all can mean a lot of things to a lot of different people, but this book showed people that women could have it all.

Let me know if you have read the book or remember watching the show and what you thought. I’ll see you soon in another post soon.

Girl, wash your face

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I know that it’s been a minute since I’ve been here, but it’s mostly because I’ve been in a slump with reading and finding motivation to do things. I’m not sure if it is because those moments between summer and fall where the weather gets WAY too hot here, or because it’s the few months before the holiday slide. Whatever it is, I have it bad. I’m slowly forcing my way through it and I suppose it has been working.

I recently finished Girl, wash your face by Rachel Hollis. I had this recommended and quoted by so many people I follow that I probably genuinely lost count. I got this in ebook form on my Nook app for my phone because somehow in the last year I’ve become embarrassed by all the self help, encouraging book that I’ve been reading.

The basic rundown of this book is that Rachel Hollis a Christian author and motivational speaker goes through several lies that people and mainly women tell themselves on a daily basis. Or even worse yet, lies that we have been told and help perpetuate through the years. She gives stories from her point of view and things she did to help get rid of that lie in her life.

I’m not going to lie and say that this book wasn’t motivational and highly encouraging. It really genuinely was! I even copied a dozen or so quotes from it into my journal as notes for future reference. I really will go back through the journal and read all the notes from the book and try to gain a bit more encouragement or possibly even re-read the book again. I do have to warn readers though that because Rachel Hollis is a Christian some of her motivation and encouragement comes from that background and side of the street. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it is something worth noting for those who aren’t religious.

Let me know if you have read this book and what you thought of it. Are there any other self-help, motivational books that you would recommend reading? I think I’m really on a kick lately.

I’ll see you soon in another post.