The Best of Me

Nicholas Sparks novels are pretty similar once you've read a couple of them. He enjoys showing the reader the points of view of the different characters.Sparks does a great job at his though, specially the way it is written. It varies with each person and if helps the reader know who's mind one is in.

This story is aboud two adults who were teen star-crossed lovers that meet again. It did remind a little bit about Romeo and Juliet because of the influence of the girl's family. The descriptions are wonderful and Sparks foreshadows very well the upcomming events. 

It teaches us how important our decisions are in our lifes and in the lifes of others, specially of the ones we love the most. 

Definetly a must, but have a some tissues nearby (specially for the las 50 pages).

Aerialist Artist Arrested

Artist Seanna Sharp was arrested for an unauthorised show on Williamsburg bridge (NY).

The Devil wears Prada

The movie "The devil wears Prada" is based on the novel by Lauren Weisberger.
Andrea gets hired at a fashion magazine named "Runaway". She is junior assitant of the editor, Miranda Priestly who asks her to do impossible tasks, like getting her the not-yet-publish Harry Potter book for her daughters, and other picky favors.

Andrea adapts to the fashion world, she loses weight and starts wearing expensive clothes. Her days depend on Miranda's wishes... even her weekends! Andrea's relationships  with her friends and her boyfriend start to break little by little.

I thought it was a very fun chick-flick. Miranda's character reminds me of Anna Wintour, Vogue Magazine's editor in the US. I've done some research and I've found that Lauren Wiesberger is a former assitant of Anna. She wrote the book after working at Vogue and doing a writing workshop.

Coco before Chanel

I have recently seen Coco Before Chanel. This biographic film narrates the story of young Gabrielle who starts from the bottom of society, but ends at the very top.

It is a french movie made in 2009. The film starts with Gabrielle living in an orphanage. When she grows up, she works in a cabaret singing songs like "Coco" (which means reserved woman), from where she gets her nickname. She learns the art of sewing with the nuns and with her aunts during summer.

From a laison wih Baron Balsan she enters the top of French Society. At this point, she starts designing hats for Balsan's acquaintances and becomes more and more popular.

Her lover, Boy Chapel, encourages her to start a business and lends her money to open it. And so she does, becoming one of the finest designers in Paris.

The photography of the film is warm and comfortable. I also thought it was quite poetic because it uses images and icons to symbolize and foreshadow up-comming events. For example, everytime it rains, something bad happens.

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The Beach Boys

I just watched "50 First Dates". Touching movie, isn't it?
The theme song is "Wouldn't it be nice". I've heard it so many times since I was 6 that I feel some kind of attachment to it.

The rythm is catchy and fun, and the lyrics are very sweet.
In the movie it plays a major role. I relate songs with people and feelings.
I like to do that myself once in a while. Actually, there are some songs that remind me of a specific part of my childhood or of a certain day.

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

What is love? Is it crazy? Is it stupid? Is it both? Or neither of them?

Crazy, Stupid, Love. is a romantic comedy directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, written by Dan Fogelman, and starring Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone, Marisa Tomei and Kevin Bacon.

Cal (Steve Carell) is living the American Dream, until his wife (Julianne Moore) asks for divorce. His world is turned around: appartment instead of house, one woman for many women, his old best friend for Jacob...

Jacob,  the attractive womanizor who beds every woman he sets his eyes on, decides to help Cal to move on. He shows him to flirt and how to get the attention of women. Cal discovers a new world, but he misses his previous life.

This movie is a story of different relationships, of different people, who look for love. 

In 3 words? Fun, spontaneous, entertaining. 

It fills your heart with warmth at every scene.

The script is witty, all the pieces of the puzzle fit in perfectly.

A Walk to Remember

Do you enjoy romance movies? Then you shouldn’t miss Adam Shankman’s breathtaking movie: A Walk to Remember. The movie is based on the homonymus novel by Nicolas Sparks.
The movie is about Landon Carter, a popular teenager (Shane West), who is forced to do community service for committing a prank. The community service draws him toward Jamie Sullivan, a girl whom he has known all his life but never really talked to. He is also assigned to participate in the Drama Club spring play and struggles learning the lines. So, he asks Jamie for help. From then on, he draws nearer to her until he falls in love with the serious, conservative, and far from cool Jamie.
However, as their relationship develops, Jamie must keep a big secret from Landon that would destroy their future together.
A Walk to Remember has an amazing script and the strong performances from the West and Moore. I loved it, and I think that this movie would please a much wider audience one could expect, including adults, even men say that they need a tissue for the ending.

Twilight Review

“And so the Lion fell in love with the Lamb.”

(Twilight: 274)

Twilight is a young adult romance and fantasy novel by Stephanie Meyer. It is the story of two star-crossed lovers that have a breathtaking relationship.

I enjoyed this book a lot. It kept me hooked after every page. I really liked the metaphors the author uses and the development of both the story and the characters’ personality.

Twilight has been nominated to ALA Best Books for Young Adults and awarded with New York Times Editor’s Choice, New York Times Best Seller, and First on Amazon’s “Best of the Decade…So Far”.

If you liked A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray, The Silver Kiss and Blood and Chocolate by Annete Curtis Klause, and Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, you might want to try this book. These books are similar, but Twilight has an intense romance with a little mystery to it.

Twilight reminded me of Romeo and Juliet because of their passionate love. I also liked the metaphor the author uses with the situations and conflicts that occur in the plot. Above all, it is very interesting how the characters are developed in the story and how they change with the situations that are presented onto them.

“Propelled by suspense and romance in equal parts [this story] will keep readers madly flipping the pages of Meyer’s tantalizing debut.”

The story is about Isabella Swan (know as Bella), who decides to leave the sunny Phoenix, Arizona for the rainy Forks, Washington to live with her father, who with she spent her early summers with her because of her parent’s divorce. Bella makes this decision to let her mom travel with her new husband, Phil, a minor league baseball player. Bella never had too many friends, but in her new high school she is quickly accepted.

At first, Bella thinks Forks is boring, rainy and too green. The exception is the mysterious, beautiful, and enigmatic Edward Cullen, who sits next to her in biology class. His family is described as inhumanly beautiful since they have a very reserved reputation. Her first encounter with Edward made her think that he hates her, but doesn’t understand why. This makes Bella unable to stop thinking about him and his actions. Through careful observation, she discovers that Edward is not normal. There is something special about him. She even makes theories about him to explain his supernatural behavior.

Some readers have become addicted to Twilight.

“I wasn't interesting. And he was. Interesting . . . and brilliant . . . and mysterious . . . and perfect . . .
 and beautiful . ... and possibly able to lift full-sized vans with one hand.”

Twilight has three other books that follow: New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn.