Tag: TAKE IT!
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
True to form, I’m late in wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year… I’m sorry. I’m terrible. I know. Nevertheless, I hope that wherever you are and whatever you celebrate your holidays were filled with love, laughter, family, friends, food, and at least one good stiff drink. From me to…
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Paper Towns by John Green
Not as good as Fault in Our Stars, but definitely worth the read. He has a talent for writing characters trapped between adolescence and adulthood.
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The Wettest County in the World by Matt Bondurant
This book is so metal. Gritty, violent, and awesome. Totally captivating (except for Anderson. Shut up, Anderson). The movie was just as gritty, violent, and awesome.
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Who is Frances Rain? by Margaret Buffie
I loved this book so much that I read it twice in Grade Six and then stole it from my teacher at the end of the year. (Sorry Mrs. Watt.)
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The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
I very rarely cry. This book made me heave with sobs. On an airplane. In public. It’s that good. Movie: did not make me cry in public. That’s all I will say.
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Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson (The Bloggess)
I laughed so hard I cried. On nearly every page. And then I told a bunch of people how much I loved it, which lead my friend Rosie to purchase me a Bloggess calendar for my birthday, which. was. awesome.
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The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman
My personal affection for Mr. LaBeouf aside, I believe this may be the performance of his, and Evan Rachel Wood’s, career. It’s the grittiest love story I’ve ever seen. Aaaaand Ron’s in it. So there’s that.
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The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
Hilarious; scandalous and hopeful. The movie is on Canadian Netflix right now. It adheres pretty closely to the book, but it is decidedly less awesome than the book. Watch it only if you want to read subtitles for 85% of the movie.
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