Movies & Books.

Growing up, I've heard about various famous (Croatian as well as English) literature phenomenon, such as Anna Karenina. I've never read the book, but I heard it was a good, solid romance that takes place sometime before or during World War I (forgive me if I'm mistaken, I don't know the details). Recently the actual movie came out, starring Keira Knightly as the heroin of the story. I am pretty sure it is the kind of a story I will definitely enjoy.

 

The second book that came out--or is coming out soon--is called Summer In February, starring none other than our DAN STEVENS from Downton Abbey. It is a wonderful, historical World War II drama of an English family living in the English countryside. I am not the one to have "TV crushes" but I find this actor not only appealing in looks, but he did a splendid job as Matthew Crawley in Downton Abbey, and I am looking forward to watching this new project in development.

 

 

 

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A few years ago during the Twilight madness, everyone seemed to drool over this modern vampire series, where I, being I, was left dumbfounded and in the darkness. I didn't understand what all the craze was about. I appreciate the Anne Rice novels and I am a big fan of Interview With The Vampire, and after reading a few pages of Twilight, I realized it wasn't up to par. Sadly to say, I was disappointed. Many books begin to get interesting somewhere in the middle--and that alone speaks for itself--that the beginning should be altered so the novel is interesting from the beginning, not towards the end. Sorry, Twilight fans. However, I did watch the first movie and it was okay, granted the actors were terrible (no, only Kristen was terrible). Then I heard another book came out last year called Fifty Shades of Grey. I decided to give it a chance and guess what . . . another disappointment. The books did not appeal to me first and foremost because they were badly written. I felt like I was reading a fifth grader's essay on how he perceived romance. No, no, no. Bad, bad, bad! Then a movie called Hunger Games came out, and the title itself did not interest me. Then the other night, a friend of mine rattled on happily how the books are amazing and so I have once again decided to give it a try. Apparently, fantasy isn't my kind of genre. . . . I have, however, read the first book of Harry Potter and I did enjoy it very much. *smiiile*

 

 



Update on Time of Loving.

I have created this blog a few months ago because I've always liked the idea of blogging. At first, I found the idea of YouTubing interesting, but feeling lost among all these "Beauty Gurus" I felt it wasn't my place. Since I enjoy writing, I thought this would be the perfect solution. This is an open blog, anyone can view it, granted I only have a couple hundred viewers. I created this place to share my own personal interests, from fashion, to literature to animals. I have a wide range of hobbies and interests, and I need a place where I can vent. Most of what I enjoy to do, 95% of people find quite boring, so I've kept it to myself.

 

As I've mentioned in my last post, I recently began a new project, called Time of Loving, which deals a lot with a blood disease called leukemia. I began my research a few days ago, and the book I am currently reading is called Leukemia, which covers mostly children or young adults that have been dealt with this disease. When a person is diagnosed with leukemia, they automatically think they are going to die, but in the progress medicine has made in this last decade alone, people are at a much higher chance of survival.

 

I enjoy reading romance novels and I enjoy even more writing them. Time of Loving, as with any of my previous and future stories, deals with love, loss, betrayal and tragedies. They take place during World War I or II, and yes I do cover serious topics in all of them, but in this specific story, I feel that it is not a subject to be taken very lightly. The story contains two characters, young adults, who are diagnosed with leukemia and throughout the book, the question weighs whether they will beat the disease or will they lose the battle. (I will not spoil. Sorry.)

 

So far, the book is coming along just fine. I have close to one third of the story finished, and then comes the editing. I edit as I go along. When I complete two chapters, I edit as much as I can, but once I complete the first draft (which is usually my ONLY draft, I only correct the mistakes, I don't rewrite the storyline), I go over the content a few more times to polish it over.

 

(Pssst! I have come at the end of Chapter 8, where Giovanna's ship has been torpedoed and she was transported to a battleship, where she meets Andrew Edwards, a man that plays an important role in her life. That is all I am going to give out.)

 

Until next time. :)