I am here to thank you for supporting my blog and my reviews. I have
been blessed in 2013. I have learnt a lot. I also want to thank the readers
around the world that encourage me to keep doing this work. I hope we keep
getting in touch in 2014.
I made a list of my reviews of 2013:
Books:
üAndrew’s Claim to Fame (Idan Hadari)
üThe Maze (Jason Brannon)
üThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
üBlue is for Nightmares (Laurie Faria Stolarz)
üCharlotte Street (Danny Wallace)
üTake a Look at Me Now (Miranda Dickinson)
Films:
üA Night’s Tale (2001)
üThe Call (2013)
üRED 2 (2013)
üOz The Great and Powerful (2013)
üSleepy Hollow (1999)
üEscape Plan (2013)
Now, I am going to display a list of what is coming in the beginning
of 2014:
Books:
vThe Magic of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
vChocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Joanne Fluke)
Films:
vThe Hobbit – The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
vAbout Time (2013)
vBrave (2012)
I end up this message wishing everyone a Happy Christmas Time, full
of happiness, love and family.
Merry Christmas and an amazing 2014 with lots of books and films to
all of you!!!! Have a great time! Enjoy life!
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Let me introduce you TAKE A LOOK AT ME NOW by Miranda
Dickinson. Nell Sullivan, the main character, is the newest unemployed woman of
the city. Desperately, without a job, an unsolved relationship with her boyfriend
and almost a homeless, she needs something to cheer her up. Suddenly, comes to
her mind eight weeks trip to San Francisco. And her adventures begin…
San Francisco and London
are the two scenarios of the story. It is simply brilliant as the author Miranda
Dickinson describes both of them. Many times I felt I was there for a moment.
The only thing I can tell
you without spoiler is: when I read the synopses I thought San Francisco was
the spot on focus, but Miranda shows that San Francisco is the first step to
achieve Nell’s goal! San Francisco is the beginning of an amazing journey with mixed
feelings.
Almost every book or film
I read or watched has good points and bad points. This one is not different.
The first time I heard about the book, it had even been launching.Conclusion: My curiosity and expectation rose
too high.
Sincerely, Take a look at me now has more positive
sides than negative ones. The plot is outstanding, well-written, keeps reader’s
attention all the time. Actually it’s hard to leave the book on the shelf to do
something else. To analyse a book, I like to study how the characters were
built, developed because I believe (as a new writer) that a well-built
character can save a story. Miranda has done it perfectly, no mistake at this part.
The development of the book is exciting and motivates you to keep reading.
Other fabulous view that author offered to readers is to go deep inside Nell’s emotions
while the story is told. Miranda investigates all fears and dreams of a 32
year-old woman truly.
Bad points exist as well.
For example: the places descriptions are fantastic, otherwise, the author
overdoes some times becoming unreal. Even though those events are not good,
they don’t destroy the charming atmosphere. Other negative side is the way the
story ends. It seems it had to end quickly. I reckon it doesn’t deserve an end
like this one; everything was happening smooth, nice, calm, quite a fairy tale,
it wasn’t fair ending in a boring way. Perhaps I didn’t get the real meaning of
whole trajectory. Please, if someone has a better explain or opinion, I will be
glad to hear it.
Anyway, the book is worth
to be read, for sure! All Nell’s experiences make you think about your life,
your dreams, your plans, your career and what you are doing to realize them.
I can’t deny I am keen to
read the next book of Miranda Dickinson.
What do you expect when Sylvester Stallone
and Arnold Schwarzenegger are together in a movie? Gunshots, cars crashes,
fights and lots of adrenaline running through your veins, right? Totally true!!!
However, this film shows more than just action, action and action.
Escape
Plan tells a story of Ray Breslin (Sylvester
Stallone), a structural-security authority that is
sent to a prison where nobody has escaped. He needs to put all his knowledge in
practice to survive and get out alive. Many awkward situations take place to
force Ray improve his methods. Arnold Schwarzenegger
plays one of the prisoners that starts a friendship with Stallone’s character. Jim
Caviezel plays Hobbes, the head of the prison. The prison is THE big character
of the film, it is secret and its location is unknown. If you were a prisoner
there, you would know how a bee’s life is.
Although I like Schwarzenegger’s movies, I
am not fan of Stallone’s. Even though, I was convinced that it would be a great
idea to see them acting the action.
‘Let’s go to Action Time’ - That was what I thought.
What a huge surprise I had when I realized
that Escape Plan blew my mind!
The climax is perfectly created; the crew
is the best choices for the plot (it couldn’t be anybody else).
Stallone did really good job and
Schwarzenegger was funny, hilarious sometimes. But I would like to expose my
unexpected feeling when I saw Jim Cavievel’s performance. Just a simple word to
say: P-E-R-F-E-C-T-I-O-N! He is amazing, magnificent. It is absolutely
fantastic how he becomes one of the main characters so easy and in a quiet way.
The final words of this review are: Be afraid
of action movies, you can shift into a fan of them. Truly! LOL
