Let's Review

I've never been one to "discover" things. (You know, like how Columbus discovered America.....gag me) I'm a happy bandwagon jumper. All of the things I'm about to review are old. So you may have decided you did or didn't like them months ago. But I'm a late bloomer and I've had a bit of free time the last week or so.

This week and last are the only break I get between spring and summer classes so I've been reading for pleasure which will sadly end again come Monday.

books

One day last week I read The Great Gatsby....yes it was the first time, what can I say I didn't reach much in my youth. But I've evolved into someone who wants to read something before I see the movie. And with Leo...you know I was going to see this movie. The book was great. I wasn't moved by it and it didn't make me want to be a better person but I can appreciate it for what it is. One of the reasons it probably didn't affect me very much is that I read it in less than 24 hours.
It was the first book I'd read that I didn't have to stop and take notes and highlight in months so I breezed through.

The joy of owning a Kindle (thanks Dad!) is that I can immediately start another book I want to read and don't forget about reading altogether for months at a time. So that same night I started:              Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling. I needed something light-hearted and had heard awesome things about it. To any and all ladies who may read my blog, if you don't listen to any advice I ever give again listen to this: read this book! It would be great to read at the beach or as I begged my sister to do on her plane ride to Prague Monday she did not listen. I laughed until I cried more than once. Drew laughed at me, laughing at the book. She is a genius and she's also maybe the funniest freaking person ever. I finished it in 2 days.

 Then I started this little gem: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. My feelings about it are mixed. It was funny at points. It is a "Chinese mother" telling how she parents her two daughters in modern America. It was interesting, certainly. However, I think it may have offended me a couple of times but I'm not entirely sure. Whatever, I'm easily offended. But I think it's worth a read. She was definitely passionate about her style of parenting which I can appreciate.

Now I'm reading this:

 

Which my mom has been begging me to read for years. So far, so good.

 

 

Now onto the movie portion of my reviews.

 

Saturday Drew and I finally rented Django Unchained. I loved Inglorious Bastards so I had high hopes for Django and oh he did not disappoint. I love that Quentin Tarantino has the balls to rewrite History to suit his fancy, I think he is brilliant. I loved Jamie Foxx who I am normally not crazy about. And Christoph Waltz was kick-ass as a "good guy" who kills people for money.

 

In true Tarantino fashion, there were parts of the movie that I hung out in the kitchen and had Drew yell when it was over. But the thing that made this movie for me was the music. I'm so excited to watch it with my sissy when she gets back I know she will love it.

 

 

Then on Sunday we went to the $3 matinee and saw The Great Gatsby. And I will just tell you, I'd be fine if I never saw another movie. It made me completely re-think the book. Leonardo Dicaprio is getting more handsome the older he gets which I'm totally fine with but it's a little unfair. Prepare to get angry with me literature snobs: I liked this movie more than the book. Oh I cannot get enough of the movie. In fact I dreamt last night that I got married again.....Gatsby style.

 

And once again the music was perfect. I love that both of these movies used current music in their movies whose stories are not.

 

 

I hope to see Gatsby again ASAP and I will be purchasing both soundtracks. I'm also taking book suggestions...I have until Monday people. Tell me what's worth reading!