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*