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TWISTED TALES; king arthur
No matter how many times this has been remade, it hasn’t been done like this. So, let’s have this please? Twisted Tales is a series of photosets depicting POC fancasts of fairytales that are traditionally cast as not-POC. Featuring: Rahul Kohli as Arthur Candice Patton as Guinevere Aarti Mann as Morgana Manny Jacinto as Merlin So endeth the story of the winning of Excalibur, and may God give unto you in your life, that you may have His truth to aid you, like a shining sword, for to overcome your enemies; and may He give you Faith (for Faith containeth Truth as a scabbard containeth its sword), and may that…
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RACEBENT ROMCOMS; two weeks notice
I haven’t seen this movie in a while, but I remember enjoying their dynamics when I did. There was just something about it… Racebent Romcoms has me taking existing Hollywood romantic comedies (and romances), and recasting them for the modern day with a more diverse cast. Featuring Vanessa Hudgens as Lucy Kelson and Raymond Ablack as George Wade. Nobody wins or loses when it comes to women. You just talk about your feelings until all your breath is sucked out your body. All men are pawns when it comes to women. Especially a smart one like Lucy. She’s hard to control, and you know the man has got to be…
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;five asian bloggers you should follow
I was actually stuck on what to blog for quite a while. I feel like I’m running out of things to talk about? Maybe I’m just stressing myself out for no reason. It was quite a shock to realise I’ve never really done a ‘blogs you should follow’ post. There are so many bloggers I look up to and admire that honestly, I should have written something like this ages ago. And since it is The Year Of The Asian after all – check out #YARC2019 posts on Twitter, you guys – it seemed appropriate to do an Asian book bloggers post*! *Of course, this is no where near an…
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review; wait for you
Wait For You by Jennifer L. Armentrout Some things are worth waiting for… Traveling thousands of miles from home to enter college is the only way nineteen-year-old Avery Morgansten can escape what happened at the Halloween party five years ago – an event that forever changed her life. All she needs to do is make it to her classes on time, make sure the bracelet on her left wrist stays in place, not draw any attention to herself, and maybe – please God – make a few friends, because surely that would be a nice change of pace. The one thing she didn’t need and never planned on was capturing…
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review; as kismet would have it
Title: As Kismet Would Have It Author: Sandhya Menon Genre: YA, contemporary Type: E-Novella (sequel to When Dimple Met Rishi) Dimple Shah has a lot of opinions about marriage, but they boil down to this: It’s not for her. Sure, she loves her boyfriend, Rishi, but why does she need to validate that with an institution that has historically never favored the woman? Why go through all that hassle? Rishi Patel deeply disagrees. He believes in the power that comes with combining love and tradition, and when the time comes, wants nothing more than to honor those things in a huge celebration with his friends and family. He knows Dimple…
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;soundtracks to write to
It is April, and that means Camp NaNoWriMo. Are you taking part? While I am taking part this year, once again, I’ve set my sights low because with a toddler running around the house, and taking on more responsibility at work, I know I won’t be able to write as much as I want to. Hopefully once the little one starts her play school, I’ll be able to add some writing to my routine. But that is not what this post is about. This post is about some of my favourite soundtracks* to write to! I try to make playlists for every individual story I write – follow me on…
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TWISTED TALES; jack and the beanstalk
I know this was just remade recently – and it wasn’t bad! – but can I please have a version that is not so overwhelmingly white? Twisted Tales is a series of photosets depicting POC fancasts of fairytales that are traditionally cast as not-POC. Featuring: Keahu Kahuanui as Jack Eric Steinberg as the Giant Andrea Navedo as the Giant’s Wife Aamna Sharif as the Harp So Jack climbed and he climbed and he climbed and he climbed and he climbed and he climbed and he climbed till at last he reached the sky.
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jan – mar 2019; it’s a wrap
I am trying something a little bit new! Last year, I tried to do the monthly wrap-up thing and failed miserably, so I wound up doing a mid-year and end of the year wrap-up only. But this year, I’m going to try a quarterly wrap-up. Major updates every three months. Should be managable. Right? I’m going to try and find a style for this that suits me, so next time around my wrap-up might look and sound a little different. Who really knows what can happen in three months. Let’s start with how life and family have been, shall we? Most recently, my daughter turned 2! We held her birthday…
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RACEBENT ROMCOMS; runaway bride
I remember finding this movie enjoyable, but it could definitely do with a revamp. Someone please, let’s give it a facelift! Racebent Romcoms has me taking existing Hollywood romantic comedies (and romances), and recasting them for the modern day with a more diverse cast. Featuring Nicole Gale Anderson as Maggie Carpenter and Nick Sagar as Ike Graham. Look, I guarantee there’ll be tough times. I guarantee that at some point, one or both of us is gonna want to get out of this thing. But I also guarantee that if I don’t ask you to be mine, I’ll regret it for the rest of my life, because I know, in…
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;art attack!
This is not exactly a book-related blog post, but! I am excited! If you follow me on my various social media accounts (truly, I have too many and need to start cutting down on them), you might have seen me mention once, or twice, or twenty times that my daughter turned 2 this year. Her birthday was a few weeks ago, and her party was this past Saturday, and for once in my life, I was ON TOP OF THINGS and I am very proud of myself. Last year, I made the mistake of thinking things could be done and ready just a couple of months before her birthday. Last…