Tag: TAKE IT!
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Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
I feel very strongly about the subject matter of this book. I support death with dignity, and I believe it’s an important issue that should be discussed and considered on a personal and individual level. This novel may have started a conversation for a lot of people, and I think Moyes does a fantastic job portraying a…
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Winter by Marissa Meyer
Typically, when I have to wait for a long while between books in a series, I lose interest and drop it. But I am glad that I powered through to finish Meyer’s Lunar Chronicals (minus Fairest, which is still on my list). With this last book, it became very clear that Meyer had a solid, entertaining,…
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The Piano Shop on the Left Bank by Thad Carhart
A stunning love letter to pianos: “We invest it with our dreams, we touch it offhandedly as we walk by, we crown it with favorite photos and treasured objects until it becomes a kind of domestic shrine. But when it is gone from our lives, it can’t really be replaced, not for what it encompasses as…
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The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
I do believe I’ll read more Hemingway in the future. I quite enjoy his witty characters and staccatoed sentences. Besides, he wrote this: “I drank a bottle of wine for company … A bottle of wine was good company.” I think we would have gotten along splendidly. No. 25 on my challenge. This year marks…
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Creed
Up until the last 15 minutes, this was the okayest movie of 2015. And then BAM. I’m yelling at the tv.
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E
I may not have been fully aware of what was happening 37% of the time, but I am 100% certain that Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer made it more than worth my while.
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The Martian
If there’s one thing the Martian taught me, it’s that I would die right away if my crew left me for dead on a deserted, uncompromising planet. So let’s make a pact right here, right now not to do that, m’kay? Favourite line: “I’m going to have to science the shit out of this.” Biggest…
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Legend
In the immortal words of Barney Stinson, it was “Legend … wait for it (and I hope you’re not lactose intolerant, because the second half of that word is dairy)… legendary!” Tom Hardy pulls off a dual role not seen since Lindsay Lohan’s masterful 1998 remake of The Parent Trap. In all seriousness, Legend is gritty, witty, and chock…
Being Tori 