Cindy's Books, Dramas and Film Blog

  Six of Crows(2015) Author:Leigh Bardugo Pages:496 Published on 2015 September 29th by Henry Hot and Co. Rating:5/5 Start date: 2022.02.10 Finish date: 2022.02.10 Summary: Bo Yul-Bayur is a scientist who developed jurda parem, a drug which strengthens Grisha powers but weakens them drastically if they stop taking it. Every nation is hungry for Grisha power, so Bo Yul-Bayur is captured and put into the Ice Court, a heavily secured court and prison in Fjerda.   Jan Van Eck, a merchant from Ketterdam, seeks help from Kaz, a criminal prodigy, to sneak Bo Yul-Bayur out, by order of the Kerch council. He proposes a enormously large cash prize for this impossible mission, so Kaz sets off to find his crew. Nina, a powerful Hearttender, Inej the Wraith who hears every secret, Matthias, a convict who is familiar with the Ice court, Jesper, a boy skilled with guns, and Wylan, Van Eck's son. They set off and go through many challenges while figuring things out between each other and...

  The Song of Achilles(2011) Author:Madeline Miller Pages:385 (This version) was published on 2012 April 12th by Bloomsbury Publishing Rating:4/5 Start date: 2022.02.06 Finish date: 2022.02.08 Summary: This book is based on greek mythology. It is written in the view of Patroclus, an awkward prince who was exiled to Phthia after accidentally killing someone. Phthia is a kingdom led by King Peleus and his son, Achilles. Achilles mother is a goddess, making him half god half mortal. He has exceedingly good fighting skills. Achilles and Patroclus become friends at 11 years old, and slowly developed feelings for each other throughout the years. However, Achilles mother, Thetis has never approved of Patroclus being around her son.  When Helen of Sparta , claimed to be the most beautiful woman in the world, is kidnapped, Achilles agrees to join the war between Greece and Troy, for it guarantees fame and an honorable name. Patroclus joins him, with the fear of the prophecy of Ach...

  Our Beloved Summer(2021) Genre:romance, comedy Rating:5/5 Summary: 10 years ago, Choi Ung and  Kook Yeon-soo filmed a high school documentary together. They despised each other and were sure that they would never meet again. Yet 10 years later, their documentary goes viral and their producer friend,   Kim Ji-ung, makes them film a second season. Many things have happened during the ten years in between. Choi Ung and Kook Yeon-soo dated for the first half, and ended things quite badly for the rest. Choi Ung was ranked last place academically in high school, but he turns into a well known but anonymous artist. Kook Yeon-soo was first place, but is now an office worker in a small company. Yeon-soo is forced to meet Choi Ung after finding out he is the artist her clients requested for a project. During the filming of the documentary, they struggle with their feelings for each other. NJ, a famous idol who bought one of Choi Ung's artworks developed interest for him, while it...

  A Step Toward Falling(2015) Author: Cammie McGovern Pages:384 Published on October 6th 2015 by HarperTeen Rating:4/5 stars Start date: 2022.02.05 Finish date: 2022.02.05 Summary: Emily is an average teenage girl part of the 'geek' crowd, while Lucas is a popular football player. Their lives had almost nothing in common, until they both witness Belinda, a student with development disabilities, get attacked.And they do nothing about it. After the incident, they get sent to volunteer at a center for the disabled. They learned to communicate and to interact with these people, while gradually getting to know each other along the way. When Belinda returned to school, they tried to apologize and make up for their mistakes by putting on a play with Belinda(who had an amazing acting ability) as the main character. The play didn't start off well with the lack of participants and miscommunication, but the three characters grew and learned from their mistakes in the past. Lucas start...

  Flipped(2010) Genre:romance,comedy Rating:4/5stars Summary: The film takes place in 1957, when Bryce Loski moves to a house across the street from Julianna Baker. Julianna fell in love with him at first sight, and continuously tried to talk to Bryce for more than four years. Bryce did all he could to avoid the girl, for he thought her annoying and strange.One year, Bryce's grandpa moved in with them, and took interest in the Julianna because she reminded him of his wife. Julianna, at that time, found her chickens from the school science fair were laying eggs, so she sold them to her neighbours, but gave Bryce's family a basket for free. She did it many times, before she found out Bryce would dump the entire basket in the trash almost immediately after receiving them. Julianna was deeply hurt by this and she started to question whether she liked Bryce, or only the idea of him. The situation only became worse after hearing the reason behind all this-Bryce's family thought t...

  All Of Us Are Dead(2022) Genre: horror, coming-of-age, zombie apocalypse Rating:4.5/5 stars Summary: A science teacher at school creates a virus in hope of making his son, who is bullied , stronger and able to fight back. The situation grows out of control when a student gets bitten by a mouse with the virus, spreading it to other people by biting or contaminating their blood. The students of second grade class 5 struggle to survive as they watch their school turn into complete chaos. However, zombies aren't the things they should be scared of the most, as there are "hambies", half zombie, half human, who have full human consciousness but also the traits of a zombie-they are almost immortal, and have a lot more strength than their peers. Once the government find out about the existence of these creatures, they call for all rescues to be stopped, therefore leaving the survivors stranded and left to fend for themselves. They find a way to leave the school and meet up with...