WELCOME TO MY BLOG/WORLD

I'm glad to welcome you to my blog! In this space I will write about some of my favorite things, whether is books, movies, series, sports, arts. Any kind of activity that I would like to recommend to you all.

Because of the purpose of my writings, the majority of the entries will be reviews of the things I have been enjoying lately. I will tell you the good, the bad and the ugly. No secrets will be kept!

In literature, I enjoy terror or suspense books a lot. I'm not a big fan of romantic books. So if you do enjoy those, you may not enjoy this blog as much. Same it goes for the rest of my interests. You will find that I have a very particular taste in music and films. This blog might be addressed to certain kinds of people, but it will be to others. It could be the same in music, but in this category I have a more diverse taste. I like music that sounds good and that's my only requirement. I like fom rock to reggae and hip hop. In that category we might get along more. In movies and series, same as my literature likings, I enjoy horror and suspense movies. Also, comedy and romantic movies. If the plot is interesting enough to make me laugh, or cry or get me to feel something, I like it.

I hope you enjoy all of these recommendations and you take at least one of them! Leave a comment down below with any recommendation that you would like to give me. That way, my blog will keep on growing.

MOVIE OF THE MOMENT: Goodnight Mommy

Can you tell I like horror movies? Here we go with another one. I watched it with my family the other day and for the first time in my blog: WE HAVE A BAD REVIEW. Sad but true. Today we are reviewing "Goodinght Mommy".
This movie is another psychological horror film from Austria. 10-year-old twin brothers Lukas and Elias wait for the return of their mother from facial surgery. When she gets back, instead of a pleasent surprise, it's the complete opposite: her head completely swathed in bandages, it is apparent that something is not right, because now she is cold and cruel. For this reason, the boys become convinced that they are dealing with someone who is pretending to be her and they begin to think out of a plan to get their real mother back. This is where the horror begins. 
Unfortunetely, I must say: I fell asleep at the first half of the movie. The movie clearly tries to represent the routine environment that they live in their mansion and the cold relation between the mother and her sons, but this quickly becomes boring throughout the movie. The scenes are so silent, no music in the background, which in some point makes sense and adds a suspense to the movie, but later on you get sleepy. In conclusion, I saw around 30 min. of a 99 min. movie. 
How many stars do I give this movie? Sadly, I give "Goodnight Mommy" 3 stars. I know other people will like this kinds of movies, I do see that, but I need some action in a horror movie.

SERIES OF THE MOMENT: Rick and Morty

We have another series to talk about in my blog! And I'm so glad I got to see this. I found out about this series through a friend that recommended it to me when I was bored. One day I decided to watch it and I did not regret it. 

This is an animated comedy that follows the adventures of a mad scientist Rick Sanchez, who returns after 20 years of being gone, to live with his daughter, her husband, and her children Summer and Morty. Morty becomes the little helper of his Grandpa Rick, who calls him inmediately to go in all sorts of inventions and crazy adventures outside of the human dimension. 

This series is for adult audience only, because there is inappropiate language and images. Also, is aired by the company "Adult Swim", which is known for its adult comedy series. 

This is not a series you will absolutely laugh your ass off screaming and rolling in the floor. It has a subtle humor that won't be of the liking of every person. A lot of irony and sarcasm. Black humour as well. 

Personally, I'm a huge fan of this type of humour. I have a great time watching and reading what they say. It also helps me develop my English Skills. At least I understand the jokes and enjoy them, but I certainly do know that is not for everyone. Just a warning.

I give this series 5 stars!!!

BOOK OF THE PAST MONTH: Demian de Hermann Hesse

I had forgotten to do a review about this book. I read it about 2 months ago. A friend gave it to me one day and recommended it 100%. I have to say, with the very first time I read it, this book has become one of my favorites. It is amazing and everyone should read it at least one time in their lives. Currently, my mom is reading it because I suggested it to her. She's loving it too!

Demian is the story about Emil Sinclair, a boy with a special personality, from his childhood to adulthood. The story and book itself are difficult to explain in words. If I had to coose ONE WORD to describe the overall story and what you can get to learn from the book, it would be "AWAKENING". The encounters of Emil with people that influence his life in some type of way are key to his destiny, specially one, who is the name of the book, Demian, someone who marks Emil's life for the rest of it.

I feel like I don't want to say any more about this story because I would like you to really look for the book, read it and understand exactly what I'm saying. Only there, you will get my point. In my opinion, that is the best way to read it, with no expectations of the outcome of the story. BUT, I recommend it to you and I hope you take my request. Just do it, it would be good for you and your life. You can get to learn a lot from it.

Obviously, I give this book 5 STARS. 

BOOK OF THE PAST MONTH N°2: The Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King

In this entry we have another assignment that I got from my college subject, but this time we had to choose a book on our own. My sister is a big fan of Stephen King's books, such as The Shining, Carrie (which I will review later on) and others that I forgot now. So the day of that class, my classmate recommended this book to me, she didn't obsessed over it but it was a King's book so I told her to lend it to me. 
The book is really short. At least this one had a lot of images that made the story even shorter. I have to say that I got disturbed with so many images that interrupted my reading, so that was a feature I did not really enjoy. I finished the book in 3 days only in the bus rides. I remember I was reading and suddenly I was just starring out the window and not reading. I guess because I got dis

tracted (bored). Now I'll tell you a bit about the story itself.
It basically is the cycle of a man that turns into a Werewolf each time the full moon shines in the town of Tarker Mills. The cycles are divided by months, were there is a victim per month. The main character is responsible for capturing the werewolf that is attacking the town citizens. He discovers that the werewolf was someone who wasn't far away from him, he knew him (in human form).
Personally, I think the story is nothing out of normal. It pretty much sounds like a cliché movie of another decade. I used to lose my interest in it while reading it. I love the film versions of King's books, but this one I feel is not one of his best ones. 
I give this book 2 STARS :(

MOVIE OF THE MOMENT: The Babadook

I recently got a Netflix account, since I am a huge fan of audiovisual content. One of these days my mother, sister and I, who are movie junkies as well, decided to watch a movie to take advantage of the new purchase. We are all fans of Horror Films, so I directed the cursor directly to that category. I came across this movie and I inmediately looked for online reviews, and to my surprise, it had very positive feedback. And I wasn't dissapointed.

The Babadook is a psychological horror film (my favorite kind). The story follows the life of Amelia Vanek, a busy and exhausted widow with her six-year-old son Samuel after the death of her husband Oskar. Samuel is a very special kid. He believes there is a monster in his room, like any other kid of his age. But this goes beyond that. So much that he builds weapons to fight it and protect his mother.

One night, Amelia reads Samuel a book for him to sleep. Mister Babadook, a tall pale humanoid who scares its victims after they read the book. The book has mysterious and disturbing images, while Sam is convinced that the Babadook is real, which leads Amelia to often have insomnia as she tries to comfort him.

And that's how the horror film begins. Strange things start to occur in the house, as if they had a ghost presence. Sleepless nights until Samuel's biggest fear begins to become real, and Amelia believes in it more each day. 

What I liked about this movie a lot, and what usually calls my attention, is the fact that it doesn't require loud noises and sudden images to make you feel scared or disturbed. Unlike other commercial terror movies. 

All this being said, you must watch it to decide if this sounds like something you would like. Personally, I give this movie 4 stars. 

BOOK OF THE MOMENT: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

As an assigment of the Electivo lll subject in college, I chose this book from the Library. I was so glad of the outcome of this assignment (as I have never been before). I have to say I got hooked since the very first word.

The story centers on Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, a young orphan who is born with an exceptional sense of smell. Grenoullie is able to distinguish a range of scents in the world around him. He can smell everything. Even things he does not know yet. Grenouille becomes a perfumer when he discovers how to get and maintain the scent of beautiful women. With all of these thoughts that different scents bring to him, he discovers new features of his talent. Specially one, that obsesses him widly: being able to change people's perspectives about him. To achieve this he murders a series of young women until he finds the right one that will hopefully give him what he wants: power in society. 

This book was adapted to a film version. I have to say that I saw the film first, and it has always been one of my favorites. Whenever I catch it in TV I see the entire 2 and a half hours. 

The book was not left behind (I guess that's why the movie is so good, in my opinion). I loved the way the author develops his ideas, giving a lot of characteristics of the environment or the feeling of the characters, almost in a hectic way, to give you this sensation of madness. This, because the main character, Grenouille, was a bit mad since the very beginning of his life. 

It's true that I'm not very good at reading, I lack in it sometimes, but this particular book, I wanted to read at all times. I wanted to know how the story continued! (Even though I already sort of knew, because I saw the movie). It was just the way it was written and displayed that kept me so interested. Also the movie lacks a lot of the scenes that the book originally has. 
SO the big question is: How many stars do I give to "The Perfume" book? I say it with no hesitation: 5 stars!!!!

SERIES OF THE MOMENT: Mr. Robot

Recently, I joined the huge group of series and Netflix lovers out there. Even though this is not a Netflix series, a lot of people is deeply hooked with this one. AND even though you can't comfortably find it in Netflix, as I said, you can see it online, with subtitles, HD and with no lagging. Now, let's talk about the series itself, which, for your information, has only 2 seasons. Season 3 is on the making. 
The story revolves around a young computer programmer called Elliot, who works for a cyber-security firm. Elliot is recruited by an underground hacker group run by a man known only as Mr. Robot, to bring down big corporations, including ones his company is hired to protect. On top of this, Elliot, the main actor, has serious social issues and mental breakdowns. He's antisocial and paranoic about political corruption and humanity. 
If you already got interested about this series, I won't tell you anymore about it, because that should be enough. Computers, hackers, conspiracy, politicians, sex, drugs, alcohol, social anxiety, truth, etc. That's all you need to know. 
I have only seen the first season, but I'm looking forward to seeing the second one, I just haven't had the time. 
I give the first season of Mr. Robot: 5 STARS!! 

BOOK OF THE WEEK: THE SEED OF THE DEVIL – IRA LEVIN

Notice how I put emphasis in the title. All written in capital letters. Keep on reading and you will find out why. 

"The seed of the devil" or also called "Rosemary’s baby" in its cinematographic version, found me without even looking for it. In a walk through those typical "used books" stores, I immersed myself in the search of something interesting and terrifying and I came across a pleasant surprise.

Rosemary is a young housewife married to a theater actor. The couple is searching for a new home and they  find an department that fascinates them. But what they didn't know is that it hid a dark reputation. Both begin a friendship with an unconventional old couple of neighbors. They had strange attitudes that madee Rosemary very uncomfortable. She wants to get pregnant really bad, while Guy, her husband, gets an important role that would boost his career to stardom.

The night Rosemary gets pregnant she has a strange dream of a satanic ritual performed by her neighbors, Guy and others. The worst thing about this is that the dream was not far from reality 

Conclusion? Classic, that any horror fan should have in his collection. I definitely give it 5 stars.

SERIES OF THE MOMENT: Game of Thrones - HBO TV Series

I started to watch this majestic show by recommendation of friends, and for its popularity at world-wide level. Curiosity killed me and I began to see it without realizing how fast it progressed chapter by chapter, and with the eagerness to continue. Knowing this world, I began to read the books of this wonderful saga.

Game of thrones is a saga taken to the screen acclimated in ficional continents and medieval families. It focuses on fighting to obtain the control of the iron throne.

As the series progresses, legendary creatures and fierce towns add action and drama to the confrontation between the kingdoms to reach the throne.

Blood, sex and dynasty are the protagonists of each exciting chapter, which undoubtedly is considered one of the best shows of all time.

Like any successful series, it is often that its creators abuse of this success, extending the outcome of the story, extending up until 6 seasons. Only for that reason I give it 4 stars.

BOOK OF THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR: "It" by Stephen King

You can not imagine how difficult it is to take the decision to read a book of more than 1200 pages, but I did, and I will never regret having started this terrifying adventure.

This book talks about the confrontation between a group of teenagers and 'It', a clown entity that takes different forms and feeds of the fear of the children of a local town called Derry.

In the majority of the story, 'It' presents itself as a perverted circus clown, causing terror in children and killing people with no apparent explanation.

The group of children decide to confront him and plan to face it and liquidate it, which does not work. As a result of this they make a pact, in which they promise to end with 'It' when it re-appears, a fact that takes place in the adulthood of the group. This forces them to face their past to finally close that dark episode of their lives.

The modern film version of this scary novel is now in full running, which has expectant fans all over the world. I am anxious to see how they will be able to reflect in images how frightening it really

is. 5 stars.

FAIL OF THE YEAR: Reading BEAUTIFUL DISASTER by JAMIE MCGUIRE

This is a romantic novel that had a lot of popularity among teenagers, confirming its adaptation to the cinema. I read it a weekend that I went to the countryside with my family. Among those, there was my little cousin of 13 years old who took this book to read. I wanted to read something so she lended this to me. I couldn't be mean towards her so I just read it.

It tells the story of Abby Abernathy, an 18-year-old girl who starts a new life in a new city, trying to escape from her dark past. Stravels from her hometown, Wichita, with her only and best friend, America, believing that moving will change the terrible memories. There, she meets Travis Maddox, also known as "Mad Dog" for participating in fights: A tall guy, with tattoos, law student, sexy. He is the type of guy who brings sighing to all the girls of the college. He has the reputation of a bad boy, just the kind of person Abby is trying to avoid. When Travis meets Abby, he immediately notices that he is not like the other girls. He approaches her trying to get to know her, but he gets a surprise when he is rejected. He used his charming abilities to continue talking to her and she starts a bet that begings with this Wonderful disaster. But, actually that is exactly what this novel is: a 'disaster', as it turns out to be a teenage cliché without any interesting foundation. Which brings me to give it 1 star. A Beautiful Disaster!

MUSIC OF THE MOMENT: DEPECHE MODE – ELECTRONIC MUSIC

This band is one of those that are popular and good at the same it, and that goes through  generation to generation as a precious treasure.

A group of English men formed a band of electronic music in the year 1980. Led by David Gahan, voice, Depeche Mode has earned the nickname of 'the parents of electronic rock', being important precursors of the use of synthesizer as instrument, as well as the realization of music videos.

Among their many musical influences there are high level artists such as David Bowie, Pet Shop Boys, and more. His great career is highlighted by great hits of all time like 'Enjoy the silence' and 'Personal Jesus', that continue to sound on the radio, as well as new albums that have been as popular as in their beginnings.

Honestly, this is a band that does not go out of style. It re-inventes itself every time and surprises you with excellent material. Watching them play live would be one of my dreams come true. Obviously, 5 stars.

FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIMES : THE EXORCIST – HORROR MOVIE

It is common knowledge that the horror genre is one of the most popular among the audiences, especially the old horror films, since the actual horror movies shows fear that even generates laughter.

Its release in the 70's caused an overwhelming acceptance by the public and also critics, who ended up considering it as one of the best films in history of its kind.

The tape recounts the diabolical possession of Regan MacNeil, a twelve-year-old girl who led a normal life, but starts playing with a table of spiritism ("OUIJA"). She gets in touch with a demon, who ends up owning her, pulling her off of her childhood and leading her to suffer fierce demonic attacks that endanger her life and her family’s.

Her mother, a famous actress, takes her to numerous doctors, but she realizes that the solution is with the church. She contacts a priest who decides to practice

an exorcism to free Regan from the demon that torments her .

Fan of horror? You must watch it. 5 stars.

SERIES OF THE MONTH: Narcos - Netflix Series

Narcos is an original netflix series that managed to captivate me not only for the background of the story, but for the fascinating performances, striking localities and the crude reality of drug trafficking that emerged in the Colombia of the 1980s.

Starring the Brazilian actor Wagner Moura in the skin of the main character, Pablo Escobar, this drama portrays the fierce struggle of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Colombian authorities against the Medellin drug cartel, The most lucrative and relentless organization in modern criminal history.

Narcos describes from multiple points of view - police, political, judicial and personal - the rise of cocaine trafficking and the bloody iron arm at the service of drug traffickers who control the market with violence and ingenuity.

If you are a fan of police action, this tv show should consider it on your list. I give it 4 stars.

FAVORITES OF ALL TIMES: The Wizard of Oz Movie

The Wizard of Oz is a fantastic American musical film released in 1939. It is in many ways an exemplary film for children, but its final message can be interpreted by both adults and children.

The film shows the story of a young woman being dragged by a tornado in Kansas state and left in a fantastic land where a scarecrow is spoken, a cowardly lion, a tin man, characters who are appearing on the road helping her To find their way home. However, along the way, there are evil witches trying to hinder Dorothy's arrival at her destination, as well as a good witch who will guide her to her goal: to return home.

For children, youth, adults and older adults is a family musical that transports you to an interesting world of fantasy, with an innocence that is worth feeling. 

5 stars.