"I am a reader not because I don't have a life but because I choose to have many"

gennaio 26, 2017

THE TEMPEST (2010) starring Helen Mirren and Felicity Jones, Directed by Julie Taymor - BOOK vs MOVIE

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THE TEMPEST directed by Julie Taymor  "We are such stuff that dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded in a sleep" -Prospero in the Tempest- When you read a play you can never imagine its full potential until you watch a stage or movie adaptation of it. I read The Tempest...
gennaio 23, 2017

The Tempest by William Shakespeare - Review

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The Tempest  by William Shakespeare  Shakespeare again! This one was also a reading for my english literature course and I've got to say that I liked all the books I've read for it so far, I'm also loving theater more and more. The Tempest is one of Shakespeare's four romances,...
gennaio 21, 2017

HAMLET by William Shakespeare - Review

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TO BE OR NOT TO BE Another book I finally got to read and analyse for my english literature course, and what an amazing surprise. I've always  found Shakespeare boring and sentimental but this time having taken my time in reading this amazing tragedy I was able to enjoy it fully. Since...
gennaio 19, 2017

THE 5TH WAVE, starring Chloe Grace Moretz directed by J Blakeson - BOOK vs MOVIE

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THE 5TH WAVE directed by J Blakeson Before reading the book I saw the movie trailer and I thought: " Wow this is gonna be a kick ass movie!". Well it wasn't exactly as I had immagine. I read and quite liked the 2013's novel by Rick Yancey (REVIEW HERE) that did put a good emotional spine...
gennaio 18, 2017

The 5th Wave (#1) by Rick Yancey - Review

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THE 5TH WAVE by Rick Yancey I don't usually read alien related books, but I like the post-apocalyptic one, more over the movie was coming out last year so I had to read it. As Stephen Hawking said: "If alien ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first...
gennaio 17, 2017

Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children (2016), with Eva Green directed by Tim Burton - BOOK vs MOVIE

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Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children  directed by Tim Burton I was waiting impatiently for this movie to come out, first because I read the first book of the Trilogy by Ransom Rigg and second because I'm a huge fan of Tim Burton. I was slightly desapointed by the book for...
gennaio 15, 2017

Victor Frankenstein (2015) with Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy - BOOK vs MOVIE

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VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN by Paul McGuigan  I don't even know where to start with this movie! I was hoping to finally get a well done movie adaptation of Frankenstein, but as usual what we got was  a bad mash up full of monstrous creatures, big explosions and a weird catholic Sherlock...
gennaio 14, 2017

FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley - Book Review

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FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley I finally got to read the whole version of this classic since it was in my english literature course TBR, and what an amazing surprise! "You are my creator,  but I am your  master- Obey!" The story is well known to everybody so I'll be brief. Victor...
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