I recently re-read Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, after it was featured on this season of Crash Course: Literature. The first time I read the book, I was 12 years old, in middle school, doing the honor-student-athlete balancing act, and to say that I hated this book would be wildly unfair, because I did not, in… Continue reading Re-Reading Books You Hated
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Kid Movies for Adults
I was writing another post for today, but it's turned out to be far squirrlier than initially anticipated, so instead I've decided to make a short list of kid's movies that I love as an adult. The only children's movies I've talked about on here are Up and Wreck-It Ralph, neither of which I cared for, so… Continue reading Kid Movies for Adults
Terrible Johnny Depp Movies
Like many adolescent girls before me, I went through something of a Johnny Depp phase after Pirates of the Caribbean first came out. In the space of about a week, I went from "Johnny Depp who?" to "OH MY GOD YOU GUYS JOHNNY DEPP IS SO HOT," in typical pubescent human fashion. But of course, since… Continue reading Terrible Johnny Depp Movies
Drunk Movie Monday – Spice World
There's nothing like a trip down nostalgia street to liven up a night of drunken shenanigans. This month's drunk movie falls firmly into the 'nostalgia' category, but it also has the rare distinction of being a movie you can watch cold sober and still feel like you're drunk, because there's just no possible way this film is… Continue reading Drunk Movie Monday – Spice World
The Children of Men – P.D. James
I'm always looking for book recommendations, particularly from people with whom I don't generally share reading preferences. A recommendation from a book friend might be much better tailored to my tastes, but a book recommendation from someone not familiar with my own preferences in reading tells me a lot more about them. Invariably, if someone… Continue reading The Children of Men – P.D. James
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