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Inception Directed by Christopher Nolan

August 10, 2021

Dom Cobb, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, is an expert at obtaining others' secrets through their dreams. Inception is definitely one of my favourite Christophor Nolan movies because it's easier to comprehend in comparison to some of his other movies like Interstellar. It does have a new character who learns this process of stealing from the subconscious mind with dream-sharing technology, so you can follow along to understand this complex idea.

One of us is lying by Karen McManus

August 10, 2021
One Of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus is a story about the investigation of the murder of Simon Kelleher.
 
Five students entered detention, but one freak car accident and a cup of water later, Simon Kelleher is dead. Simon was the Mastermind of a gossip app called About That, where he exposed other students' darkest secrets and made a lot of enemies doing so. Each of the other four students has a motive to kill, but no one seems to know who did it.
 

One of us is lying by Karen McManus

August 10, 2021
One Of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus is a story about the investigation of the murder of Simon Kelleher.
 
Five students entered detention, but one freak car accident and a cup of water later, Simon Kelleher is dead. Simon was the Mastermind of a gossip app called About That, where he exposed other students' darkest secrets and made a lot of enemies doing so. Each of the other four students has a motive to kill, but no one seems to know who did it.
 

All our twisted secrets by Diana Urban

August 10, 2021
All Your Twisted Secrets by Diana Urban is about six teens who are locked in a room. No way to escape other than to kill one of themselves using a syringe filled with poison left on the table. They are allowed one hour to decide who to kill before all five of them will be blown to smithereens by a bomb.
 
The story bounces back and forth, flashbacks from the past revealing secrets about each of the characters as the six students try to figure out who was behind all this. The way the story flows is a bit confusing at the beginning, but it gets more and more gripping as the story progresses. The unique layout of the chapters was one of my favourite parts of reading this story.

The Fault in our Stars

August 10, 2021
The Fault in our Stars is about Hazel Grace Lancaster, a sixteen-year-old girl who suffers from thyroid cancer and metastasis in her lungs. She pretty much hates her life until she meets charismatic Augustus Waters, a seventeen-year-old boy who used to have osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer. They quickly bond over witty conversation and the correct use of literality.
 
This book is unique because of the descriptive words used throughout the novel. It's written from Hazel's perspective, and because she's already taking college classes, her mind works in an advanced way. The story is not too difficult to read, but it's aimed more at teens and young adults than younger audiences. I enjoyed the expansive vocabulary featured in this book, but warning, there are swear words used.

The Greatest Secret by Rhonda Byrne

August 9, 2021

The Greatest Secret by Rhonda Byrne truly did feel like an awakening. If you've read The
Secret by her, you should definitely go for this one. If not, I suggest going through The
Secret first and then jumping onto this book.
Being someone who takes great interest in the teachings of Law of Attraction and has
read or watched multiple works from multiple multi-national teachers on the same, The
Greatest Secret that Byrne has revealed in this book was no surprise to me

High School Musical Directed by Kenny Ortega

August 6, 2021

This is such a great movie made in the early 2000s. It is about multiple high school students, the main ones are; Troy; basketball star of the East High Wildcats, faced with finding what he truly wants and likes to do, he and meets a girl, Gabriella; the new girl at East High who is trying to fit in and meet her people. The musical theatre twins; Ryan and Sharpay. Ryan is a theatre boy who is shadowed by his sister, the big shot self loving Sharpay. She is determined to remain the star of the musical and is not fond of the new girl Gabriella and her relationship with Troy. Finally, Chad and Taylor, best friends of Troy and Gabriella, are figuring out whether to support their friends, or try and separate them for what they think is best. 

Northern Exposures by Eric Walters

August 5, 2021

Northern Exposures is set in modern-day Toronto, Ontario and Churchill, Manitoba. The story follows Kevin, an average teenage boy with strict workaholic parents. One day, Kevin gets a call from Norm Rippon of the Mississauga news photo contest.  Kevin is the first prize winner of a photography contest that he entered only so he could skip school. First prize is a fancy new camera, a bunch of free film and developing, and a trip to Churchill, Manitoba to photograph polar bears with a famous photographer.

Mamma Mia: Here we go Again

August 5, 2021

This movie was really unique because it was like a prequel and a sequel.  It revealed the life of one of the main characters Donna, but it also continued the story in present time of her daughter Sophie as Donna has passed away

Emma Directed by Autumn Wilde

August 5, 2021

I would rate this movie a 2/5.  This movie was one of the classic drama’s set in Victorian times where there was a need for a high social status and of course the rush for a woman to get married.  In this movie based on Jane Austen’s book Emma, this is a story about a young wealthy girl who is instrumental in finding love for her dearest friend.  I absolutely loved the friendship between the two main female characters because although sometimes bad decisions were made they were made on good intentions and they were both extremely loyal to one another.