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We're Going Back to the Vampire Academy

We’re Going Back to the Vampire Academy

What is dead may never die.  Sure that’s a Game of Thrones quote but it definitely applies to teen vampires.  Beloved author Richelle Mead recently shared on Facebook that the Vampire Academy series is once again being adapted – this time for TV and will soon be coming to Peacock (NBCUniveral’s streaming service – they all have one now). As Variety reports, Julie Plec and Marguerite MacIntyre…

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Where the Crawdads Sing

Where the Crawdads Sing 3.5/5

It’s been awhile since I read anything, not for lack of desire, but simply because work keeps you busy. I had decided to re-read Life of Pi since its short chapters were something I could easily digest with the last bit of mental energy I had for the day. This slow-read was enough to relight my fire, and with that I managed to finally cross another book off the ever-growing to-be-read list –…

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Loki & Glorious Purpose

Loki & Glorious Purpose

The first season Loki has come to an end and with it he has finally revealed his glorious purpose. When it was initially announced, I’ll admit I wasn’t super pumped for a Loki series. Though Tom Hiddleston is incredibly charming, Tumblr kind of ruined him for me for a little while. He had died multiple times in the MCU with the last one seeming quite final. However, when it comes to comics, the…

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What the Hell Happened Before the Blip?

What the Hell Happened Before the Blip?

We’ve reached the halfway point of Falcon and the Winter Soldier and I have some questions. There seems to be a lot going on with Zemo, the Power Broker, the Flag Smashers, and the wanna-be Captain America. The Flag Smashers seem to be the big threat, and their driving force is their desire to return to the world as it was prior to the Blip. And just to clarify, they mean the moment the Avengers…

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Harleen

I love Harley Quinn.  I don’t even really know why, but as a kid, I remember watching her on Batman: The Animated Series and thinking she was funny. These days, I still favour Harley as my fighter of choice when playing Injustice 2.  Harley has a pretty well-known origin story. A former psychiatric intern at Arkham Asylum, she falls madly in love with the Joker and enters one of the most…

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Mulan 2.0 Was a Let Down

Mulan 2.0 Was a Let Down

I really wanted to like Mulan. I swear I did. Despite my admitted bias against these Disney remakes, I did want to like Mulan (2020). It is one of my favourites and one that could actually translate really well into a live-action adaptation. I’ll admit I was disappointed that it wouldn’t be a musical because the music of Mulan (1998) was fire. However, it seemed like they were really trying to…

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Gods of Jade and Shadow

Gods of Jade and Shadow

When I was looking for more books to add to my TBR list, I came across Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia and was intrigued by the synopsis. I filed it away for the future as I tend to order 5-6 books at a time. When I was finally ready to place my order, Mexican Gothic was out of stock much to my chagrin. I ended up clicking on Moreno-Garcia’s name to see if she had other books I could order…

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Reluctant Revolutionaries: Tally Youngblood & Katniss Everdeen

I've always wanted to compare Katniss Everdeen and Tally Youngblood. Two sixteen year old girls who through the circumstances they're put through, manage to collapse their oppressing societies and bring about change.

It's probably been a good 5-10 years since I last read either of these series, so it's been an interesting reread. With COVID not going away any time soon, I finally sat down and started my analysis, and I have to say I'm really proud so far.

I would really appreciate it if you click the link below 😊

In my teen years, I consumed a lot of YA fiction. I was always an avid reader, but Harry Potter changed the game. YA was booming in the 2000s. At some point, I decided I was going to read 100 books in a single year, and proud to say I actually did it! Many of those books have since been donated to libraries or gifted to friends,…

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Candy (2006) dir. Neil Armfield

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The Eye of Andromeda Update

After disappearing for almost 2 years without a word, Richelle Mead breaks her silence. And oh, how we fans have missed her! On Friday April

Including the latest updates from Richelle Mead and a TLDR if you just want to get to the good stuff.

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Crash Bandicoot The N.Sane Trilogy

Back in the day, I used  to play Crash Bandicoot with my cousin and my dad on my PS1. It was one of my favourite games to play. When they st

Back in the day, I used to play Crash Bandicoot with my cousin and my dad on my PS1. It was one of my favourite games to play. When they started remastering games and re-inventing old consoles, I wondered how long it would take before Crash got the same treatment. And then, on June 30, 2017 Activision and Vicarious Visions heard my prayers and released the N. Sane Trilogy.

However, I have to admit something. It wasn’t until I actually bought the N. Sane Trilogy that I learned I had been masquerading as a Crash Bandicoot fan all this time...

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The Boy on the Bridge

I bought The Boy on The Bridge back in October 2019 along with Carrie and The Long Halloween as part of my personal Spooktober commitment to read something in the horror genre. While I managed to get through Carrie and The Long Halloween in that month, The Boy on the Bridge sat quietly on my shelf as nondescript as it could be with its bright orange cover until I finally decided to pick it up.

T…

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Harley Quinn (the Series)

Margot Robbie’s iteration of Harley Quinn was the only good thing in 2016’s Suicide Squad, so much so that she got her own movie Birds of Prey. Now Harley, this time played by The Big Bang Theory’s Kaley Cuoco, returns to her roots with her own animated television series simply called Harley Quinn.

That’s right, unlike majority of Batman’s classic roster, Harley made her debut all the way back…

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Genre Bending: Harry Potter as a Teenage Comedy

This video is almost a decade old now, but it’s still a gem.

Some genius out there decided to take Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (2009) and remix it to be a teen comedy. It really demonstrates how some creative editing and music choices can drastically alter the tone of a film.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Princedefinit…

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Living with Yourself

What if someone offered you the opportunity to be the best version of you, you can be. It doesn’t require any self-reflection, no exercise or change in diet, jut a quick trip to the spa. That’s what Miles Elliot signed up for before it all went wrong.

Our first glimpse of Miles (Paul Rudd) is when he claws his way out of the earth. He’s wrapped in plastic and wearing nothing but a diaper, it’s a…

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We’ve all heard of The Great Beyond, but what about The Great Before? That’s where middle-school band teacher and aspiring jazz musician Joe Gardner mistakenly winds up. The Great Before is where souls develop their personalities, likes and dislikes, before they make the big leap to Earth and experience life. Desperate to get back to his former existence, Joe meets 22, a peculiar soul who has never had any interest in “living” and doesn’t see the appeal of human life. In trying to show 22 what’s so great about living, the story becomes a celebration of life that will no doubt provoke tears at some point during the movie.

Pixar’s Got SOUL

We’ve all heard of The Great Beyond, but what about The Great Before? That’s where middle-school band teacher and aspiring jazz musician Joe