Celebrating Stories in Every Medium
I blame Melanie Benjamin. It was my discovery of her fictionalized portrayal of the friendship between Mary Pickford and Frances Marion in The Girls in the Picture, that sparked my interest in Marion. In a serendipitous moment, I also just happened to watch the Marion directed, Pickford starring silent film The Love Light around the …
Although, I always do a full review of each book reading year. I ran across this fun annual survey originated by the Perpetual Page Turner thanks to Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl who hosts the Top Ten Tuesday weekly. I love that it allows me a different way of looking at my reading year …
If anything defines my reading this year, it is contemporary romances and classic film biographies. I binged both like there was no tomorrow. Unfortunately for the contemporary romances, they all blended together after a while, so that I don’t have strong memories of most of them. This makes me a bit sad as I was …
Today’s Topic: Freeebie Hosted by: That Artsy Reader Girl Anyone who has hung around here long enough knows two of my passions are books and classic films. I really love when I get a chance to combine the two, which is why for this week’s freebie, I am sharing my favorite books on film stars
October 2023 BREAkdown 16 films/series total (not including Hallmark films) 14 foreign films/series 1 TV series 1 re-watch Biggest Disappointment: Homme Fatale Favorite Discovery: Tree With Deep Roots
September 2023 BREAkdown 17 films/series total (not including Hallmark films) 10 foreign films/series 3 TV series 2 re-watches Biggest Disappointment: Doctor Stranger Favorite Discovery: The Package, Chief Kim
july 2023 BREAKDOWN 16 films/series total (not including Hallmark films) 13 foreign films/series 2 TV series 1 re-watch Biggest Disappointment: Crazy Love Favorite Discovery: Dr. Romantic 3, The Girl Who Sees Smells
May 2023 BREAKDOWN 18 films/series total (not including Hallmark films) 11 foreign films/series 4 re-watches 3 TV series Biggest Disappointment: My Roommate is a Gumiho Favorite Discovery: School 2017, Fight for My Way, Oath of Love
March 2023 BREAKDOWN 17 films/series total (not including Hallmark films) 4 TV series 11 foreign films/series 2 re-watches Biggest Disappointment: Moonshine Favorite Discovery: 1% of Something Television Series The Way Home (2023) – This Hallmark generational time-travel mystery series feel very un-Hallmark-like, in a good way. The mystery behind what happened to the Landry family, …
june 2022 BREAKDOWN 25 films/series total (not including Hallmark films) 9 new classic films 7 re-watches 4 TV series 3 foreign film Biggest Disappointment: You For Me, Cross Country Romance Favorite Discovery: Vincenzo and Top Gun: Maverick