On September 4th you’re gonna want to avoid your local sewers, because IT Chapter 2 is coming to theaters across the world! The film is set to be a huge blockbuster after IT raked in a total of $700 million worldwide, with a production budget of $35 million. Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise in IT/image via Horror Freak News However, now that the reviews are rolling in, the sequel might not live up to the hype. Several film critics have taken to twitter after seeing the film early, and there is a shockingly low amount of praise. https://twitter.com/TheOtherScottM/status/1163986792183263233 Woof. That’s a rough …
On August 24th Paulo Coelho will be turning 72 years old! Here are nine of the best quotes from his immeasurably popular novel The Alchemist to help celebrate the occasion, because there’s nothing quite like thinking about the universe to get you in the partying mood! Image via Barnes and Noble 1. “Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place. 2. “Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.” 3. “The secret of …
On August 24th Paulo Coelho will be turning 72 years old! Here are nine of the best quotes from his immeasurably popular novel The Alchemist to help celebrate the occasion, because there’s nothing quite like thinking about the universe to get you in the partying mood! Image via Barnes and Noble 1. “Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place. 2. “Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.” 3. “The secret of …
There’s more than you might think! Here are 7 popular songs inspired by books! 1. Panic! At the DIsco, “Time to Dance” [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwT83GYB7kA] “Time to Dance” was inspired by Chuck Palahniuk’s Invisible Monsters. The novel follows an unnamed ex-model who has been left disfigured by a gunshot to the face, as she attempts to navigate through the new life she’s left with. Her friend, Brandy, is a trans woman seeking a sex change operation, and her presence serves as a symbol self-love and acceptance. Things get more complicated than this, but I don’t want to spoil …
Recently (an hour ago) I wrote an article for Bookstr titled 10 of the Most… Interesting Book Covers, and on that list was Josh Lark’s Now That I’m a Ghost I’m Gay. Image via Wired This, obviously caused a bit of a stir in our office. What’s this about? Is it about ghost sex? How do you have sex with a ghost? What’s it feel like? Did becoming a ghost make him gay? And with a title like that what was I supposed to do? Not read it? So I paid the $2.99 fee, I downloaded it to my Kindle, …
