Smackdown Pen vs Reel Chapter Eight: The End of an Era with "Always and Forever, Lara Jean"
I don’t think there’s any need for a content warning on this post. There’s discussions of unsupportive/uninvolved parents, but they’re brief. Otherwise, enjoy!
Spoilers for Always and Forever, Lara Jean ahead!
Most of us adults can remember that transitional time in our lives when we were leaving the sheltered yet emotionally turbulent life of childhood for the socially exhausting existence of…
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Book Review: I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang
I Hope This Doesn’t Find You by Ann Liang
Published by Scholastic Press on February 6, 2024
Genres: Young Adult, Romance, Contemporary
Pages: 320 – hardcover, 336 – Kindle Edition
Format Read: physical ARC
Rating: 5 stars
Source: Publisher
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Blurb:
Snarky and…
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Essays in Love
Author: Alain de Botton
Rating: 5/5
A series of essays about love but told through a narrative and it just works!
Spoilers ahead.
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Seven Seas Entertainment's Announcements at Anime Expo 2022
Seven Seas Entertainment’s Announcements at Anime Expo 2022
Seven Seas Entertainment announced during its panel at Anime Expo 2022 that it has licensed 11 new titles. The company plans to release the following titles in 2023.
Title: Raven of the Inner Palace light novel
Authors: Kōko Shirakawa (Writer), Ayuko (Illustrator)
Tentative Release Date: February 2023
Summary: The novels’ story centers on Uki, an imperial concubine who has never been called to…
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Some: Stories— To All The Crushes I've Had ("To All The Boys I've Loved Before" Parody)
BEGINNING
Charlie is a 27-year-old writer who has only written poetry and short stories about her own emotional experience with family, friends, and strangers. As a young post-graduate who has just come back to reality/workforce after a gap year of trying new things, she decided to write a novel regarding how self-identity issues she had back in high school. Her friend Toby suggested writing it…
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Everything New Streaming On (And Leaving) Netflix In May 2023
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Here is everything coming to (and leaving) #Netflix May 2023!
What are you excited to watch?
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Here is everything scheduled to arrive on or depart Netflix in May 2023! Fun Fact: We recommend getting your Netflix news from What’s On Netflix.
May Staff Pick: XO, Kitty (Streaming May 18)
Arriving On Netflix May 2023
Streaming May TBD
S.W.A.T. (Seasons 1-5)
Streaming May 1
Above Suspicion
Airport
Airport ’77
Airport 1975
American Gangster
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Austin Powers:…
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Costume Designer Rafaella Rabinovitch on Designing 'The Imperfects'
Costume Designer Rafaella Rabinovitch on Designing 'The Imperfects'
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one: a succubus, a banshee, and a chupacabra walk into a Netflix series, and decide to fight bad guys. While not literal, that is essentially the premise of the new Netflix original series, The Imperfects.
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Underappreciated Animals from Books | Top Ten Tuesday
Underappreciated Animals from Books | Top Ten Tuesday
The topic this week is Animals from Books!
Most people love animals or at least certain animals. So when animals are in books they’re often adored. We get plushies made of them, art drawn of them, real people’s pets named after them…but what about the animals that don’t get the attention? The ones who definitely deserve more notice than they receive? I wanted to use this post to talk about some…
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"To All The Boys I've Loved Before" Review: A charming, genuine high school rom-com
Lana Condor stars as Lara Jean Covey, desperate to conceal her feelings for her sister’s ex-boyfriend by entering into a fake relationship with another past crush
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Book vs. Movie: P.S. I Still Love You
Hi lovelies! Today I’m going to be talking about the differences and similarities between the P.S. I Still Love You book and the movie. This isn’t a review as such (although I may do a post like that about the movies soon!), it’s specifically comparing them to each other! I found the way the movie approached some topics really interesting, and as I only read the book in the week before watching…
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Adaptation Pass or Fail: P.S. I Still Love You
The wait is over. We’re diving back into the To All the Boys series with the second Adaptation Pass or Fail! Today, we’re rating P.S. I Still Love You.
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'To All the Boys I've Loved Before: P.S. I Love You' to get the soundtrack treatment
‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S. I Love You’ to get the soundtrack treatment
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, which means the sequel to Netflix’s hit movie “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” is going to squeeze our hearts like a grape. But watching Lara Jean’s love story progress (and meet some obstacles) isn’t the only gift we’re getting for the love-centric holiday.
On Wednesday (Jan. 29),…
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To All The Boys I've Loved Before...
To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before…
This time last year, I was scrolling on Twitter and To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before was trending, so naturally, I did my research, hopped onto Netflix to see what the fuss was all about. I can confidently say, that movie is our 21st century Pride and Prejudice, our Romeo and Juliet, our Wuthering Heights...
For us, millennials/generation z To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before will be one of our…
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What I've Been Watching: October 2018
What I’ve Been Watching: October 2018
Now, I know what you’re thinking: Sarah, it’s the second week of November, it’s a bit late to be posting about October, isn’t it? Well, I’ve been busy, so you’re getting it now instead. I’m trying out this new thing where I talk about the shows and movies I’ve watched and enjoyed that month. We’ll see how this goes, but for now, here’s what I’ve been watching this past month:
To All The Boys I’ve…
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To All the Boys I've Loved Before review
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before review
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
Star rating: ★★☆☆ ☆ 2/5 stars
Format: library eaudiobook
Summary: Lara Jean’s method of moving on from a crush is to write a letter to the and then put it away in her hat box. When her letters accidentally get mailed out to the boys they are addressed to, thoughts and feelings she never intended to be shared.
Review: Good god, everyone in this book…
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