I love a good film adaptation, but like a lot of readers, I tend to want to read the book first. That usually makes me even more excited to watch the film, although I am also more likely to be a bit more critical (but that’s fine; I like being critical). When it’s the other way […]
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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda is one of those books that everybody seems to love. Some people adore it with a passion; others simply like it, but I haven’t seen anyone say “it’s crap, I don’t get why everbody loves this so much”, which is what does happen with most hyped books. I think […]
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Some of you might be wondering: “what does Harry Potter have to do with Christmas?” Well, let me explain! Not all that much, really. Yet, for some reason, the Harry Potter films have become a part of Christmas for a whole lot of people around the world. Perhaps it’s the cosiness of the earlier films, […]
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*puts on La La Land soundtrack for the gazillionth time* So, here’s the deal. I love La La Land. A lot. And I want to write a post on why I love it so much, but I also feel as if everything has already been said about it. So I think I’m just going to go on […]
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So… Another post about a film. This one isn’t related to books, or to baking, but I wanted to write a post about it nevertheless, because Pride is one of the best and most important films I’ve seen in years. It’s 1984, and the miner strikes are in full swing in the UK. A group […]
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Julie & Julia is a film based on two books: My Life in France by the famous Julia Child, and Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell, both true stories. It’s not a very recent film (it came out in 2009), but I recently rewatched it and decided to write a blogpost […]
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Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Wow, this is the second time in a row that I’m a day late with my Top Ten Tuesday post. I could bore you with all kinds of (valid) excuses, but let’s just get on with the show! When I saw this week’s topic […]
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I’ve talked about John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars (way too) many times since I started this blog in October, so you can probably imagine how much I was looking forward to the film. While the early posters said it was coming out on June 6 in the Netherlands, just like in the United States, […]
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Books Baking and Blogging 