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Fight Club

My Rating: 5 stars After I finished reading this book last month, I couldn’t wait to watch this movie. Considering how much I loved the book, I wanted to see it brought to life and how it would all be played out. And honestly, I absolutely loved it. Edward Norton starred as the Narrator, Brad […]

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan

My Rating: 5 stars The plotline of this story follows two Will Graysons whose paths cross at a totally unexpected place. The first Will Grayson, whose name is always capitalized, just wants to blend in. He has two rules of living: 1. Don’t care too much and 2. Shut up. That is how he lives […]

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

My Rating: 1 star I can easily summarize this story in a few sentences: A shepherd named Santiago sets out on a journey to find reassure in the Egyptian pyramids, which he saw in his dreams. Along the way he meets a gypsy, a man who thinks he is a king, an Englishman, and an […]

Cryer’s Cross by Lisa McMann

My Rating: 4 stars Kendall lives in a small town, Cryer’s Cross, which has dirt roads, tons of farmland and a school that can fit all four years of high school students into one classroom. Kendall is the only girl in her senior class, and Nico has been her best friend since she was little. […]

Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman

My Rating: 3 stars During World War II, Vidya lives in British India in a society much different from today. Women are still considered property of their husband, and most of them do not go to college to get an education. Most women get married right after they get out of school. Vidya is only […]

Hate List by Jennifer Brown

My Rating: 5 stars At the end of her junior year, May 2nd to be exact, Valerie Leftman’s boyfriend, Nick Levil, opened fire in the school cafeteria. At first, Valerie was considered to be part of the crime because of the list. The “Hate List”. The list Valerie made with Nick, at first just a […]

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

My Rating: 5 stars Fight Club follows an unnamed main character, who suffers from insomnia because of jet lag from frequent business trips he takes around the country. The Narrator’s doctor tells him to go to various support groups to see what “real suffering is like”. He finds that sharing the problems of others at […]

Deathly Hallows Part 2, Round 2

After seeing Deathly Hallows Part 2 again, I realized really now much of the ending of the movie was changed. Really, the whole timeline of events was altered. All the events leading up to the big moment (when Harry finally defeats Voldemort) were totally different than what happened in the book. After Harry is “killed” […]

Beastly

My rating: 2 stars I started this movie thinking of the book and how much I loved it. To my disappointment, the movie wasn’t I would have expected it to be. First of all, Kyle, the main character, wasn’t even turned into a hairy beast, like in the book. He was transformed into a weirdly […]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

My Rating: 5 stars Okay, here we go. I had been waiting for the moment I’d see this movie for four years. I was lucky enough to see it at midnight, and I couldn’t believe it was happening. I got to see the movie in 3D, and it was my first time seeing a movie […]