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celiabowens · 4 years

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Book recommendations, Literary Fiction edition(?)

A companion to this post (which should be updated, at some point lol)

Short Story Collections:

Salt Slow by Julia Armfield: grotesque and disquieting collection about women and their experience in society, how they view and perceive their own body and desires. Pretty strong mythic, magical realism, body horror elements in here.

The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks: fascinating collection in which Sacks reminishes some particularly odd stories of patients who had to cope with bizarre neurological disorders.

Home Remedies by Xuan Juliana Wang: a collection focused on the Chinese millennial experience. Stories about love and loss, family, immigration and the uncertainty of the future. (also there’s an extremely beautiful short story about a pair of Chinese divers that broke me forever!!!)

Bestiary: The Selected Stories by Julio Cortázar: unforgettable selection of short stories that mix surreal elements to everyday life and apparently ordinary events. Would also recommend All Fires the Fire by the same author.

Novels:

How Much of These Hills is Gold by C. Pam Zhang: one of the biggest debuts of 2020, it follows two recently orphaned children through the gold rush era. An adventurous historical fiction piece that focuses on themes like gender, identity and immigration, this is one of my favorites 2020 reads so yeah, I’d really push it in anyone’s hands to be honest.

Burial Rites by Hannah Kent: historical fiction inspired by the last days of a young woman accused of murder in Iceland in the 1820s. A quite bleak, but beautiful novel (the prose is stunning).

The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave: historical fiction novel set in Norway in the 17th century, following the lives of a group of women in a village that recently (barely) survived a storm that killed all of the island’s men.

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead: the 2020 winner of the Pulitzer Prize. The book follows the lives of two boys sentenced to a reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida. A bleak, but important book, with a shocking final twist (side note, I’ve been recommended The Underground Railroad by Whitehead as well, but I haven’t gotten to it yet. If you’re looking for something quite peculiar, if a bit less refined when compared to The Nickel Boys, The Intuitionist is a quite odd pulpy noir set in an alternate NY about...elevator inspectors *and racism*).

The Leavers by Lisa Ko: haunting book about identity and immigration as the main character is apparently abandoned by his own mother (an undocumented Chinese immigrant) during his childhood. Mainly a story about living in between places and constantly feeling out of place.

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa: when everyone would probably recommend Murakami (not much against Murakami besides his descriptions of women and their boobs), I suggest checking out some of Ogawa’s books. The recently translated The Memory Police, published in Japan in the mid 90s, is an orwellian dystopian novel set on an unnamed Island where memories slowly disappear. Would also really recommend The Housekeeper and The Professor, a really short novel about a housekeeper hired to clean and cook for a math professor who suffered an injury that causes him to remember new things for only 80 minutes.

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong: Ocean Vuong’s debut novel, following a son writing a letter to his illiterate mother. The book seems quite polarising due to Vuong’s writing style (his poetry background is really quite clear and the book doesn’t really follow a regular narrative, rather than portrays events and memories in brief flashes), but I loved it and I’d really just recommend going into it without knowing much? It’s a beautiful exploration of language, family history, trauma, sexuality and more.

Exist West by Mohsin Hamid: this book was fairly popular when it came out (in 2017 I believe) and was often incorrectly marketed as magical realism. Hamid’s book is a brief and quietly brutal journey with a few fantastical elements, following a couple trying to escape their city in the middle of war, as they hear about peculiar doors that can whisk people far away. The doors are, of course, a quite effective metaphor for the immigrant experience and the book does a great job at portraying the main characters’ relationship.

Family Trust by Kathy Wang: this has a really low rating on goodreads which...wow i hate that. Family Trust is a literary family saga/drama about a Chinese-American family residing in the Silicon Valley. It’s often been compared to Crazy Rich Asians, but I believe it to be more on the literary side and definitely less lighthearted.

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee: historical family saga (one of my favorites tbh, I’m absolutely biased, but this book deserved more hype) set in Korea and Japan throughout the 20th century, following four generations of a Korean family. While I wasn’t the biggest fan of the prose, the book has really great characterisation and absolutely fascinating characters. (I’d suggest checking out eventual TW first, in this case).

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker: another recent read, The Silence of the Girls, while not faultless, is a pretty good retelling of The Iliad, narrated through Briseis’ perspective. The prose can feel a bit too modern at times, but it provides the reader with some really strong quotes and descriptions.

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng: and also Little Fires Everywhere by the same author, to be honest. If you’re looking for really really good family dramas, with great explorations of rather complex and nuanced relationships? You should just check out her stuff. Vibrant characters, good writing, and some superb portrayal of longing here.

Nutshell by Ian McEwan: i’m starting with this one only to grab your attention (if you’ve even reached this part lol, congrats), but McEwan’s one of my favorite authors and I’d recommend almost everything I’ve read by him? Nutshell, specifically, is a really odd and fun retelling of Hamlet...told from the pov of an unborn baby. But really, I’d also recommend Atonement (of course), The Children Act, Amsterdam? All good stuff.

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles: I’ve read this book this summer and, while I’m still unsatisfied with the ending, I’d thoroughly recommend this? The novel follows Count Alexander Rostov, who, in 1922, is sentenced to a lifetime of house arrest in the Metropol, a luxurious hotel in the center of Moscow. A singular novel, funny and heartbreaking at once, following a vibrant cast of characters as they come and go from Rostov’s secluded life.

Human Acts by Han Kang: from the bestselling author of The Vegetarian (which honestly, I thoroughly despised lol), Human Acts focuses on the South Korean Gwangju uprising. It’s a really odd (and at times grotesque) experimental novel (one chapter is narrated from the pov of one of the bodies if I remember correctly), so one really has to be in the mood for it, but it’s a really unique experience, worth a chance.

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon: sort of a really chunky historical adventure novel following two artists in 1940s/1950s NY, who create a superhero and use him to wage a one man war on the Nazis. A bit slow in places (the pace can be uneven at times and the book is quite long), but an enjoyable novel that does a pretty good job when it comes to exploring rather classic themes of American contemporary fiction: the American dream and the figure of the artist (I think there’s a particularly interesting focus on how the artists navigates the corporate world and its rules) and their creative process.

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel: this is a pretty classic rec, the book really got a lot of hype when it came out? It’s a dystopian-ish novel set after civilisation’s collapse, following a post-apocalyptic troupe (of Shakespearean actors). It’s a really odd, but surprisingly quiet book. Not sure if a pandemic is exactly the right time to read it, but I thoroughly recommend it.

The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng: I feel like this book is extremely complex to summarise to be honest. In short, it’s a book set in Malaya at the end of the 1940s, following a woman who, after surviving Japanese wartime camps, spends her life prosecuting war criminals. But truthfully this book is about conflicts and contradictions and in particular about remembering and forgetting. Lovely prose.

The Secret History by Donna Tartt: and also The Goldfinch. I’m sure no one really needs me to introduce Donna Tartt?

The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton: quite cerebral mystery set in New Zealand in 1866. Honestly you have to be a patient reader who enjoys novels with a pretty complex structure to like this, but if you’re into this sort of challenging read...go for it? It’s a book of interlocking stories (with 10+ pov and main characters) with a really fascinating structure based on astrological charts, which provide insight to the main characters’ traits and personality as the mystery unfolds.

The Hours by Michael Cunningham: ok...do not watch the movie first. The Hours is an incredibly difficult novel to describe to be honest: it begins by recalling the last moments of Virginia Woolf’s life, as she’s writing Mrs. Dalloway. The book focuses on three separate narratives, each one following a specific character throughout a single day of their own life. Goes without saying that I’d suggest being familiar with Mrs. Dalloway itself first though.

An Artists of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro: not one of Ishiguro’s most famous works (most start reading his work with Never Let Me Go or The Remains of the Day), but probably my favorite out of those I’ve read so far. The novel follows Masuji Ono, an artist who put his work in service of imperialist propaganda throughout WWII. Basically a reflection and an account of the artist’s life as he deals with the culpability of his previous actions.

Stoner by John Williams: I feel like this is an odd book to recommend, because I don’t think someone can truly get the hype unless they read it themselves. Stoner is a pretty straight-forward book, following the ordinary life of an even more ordinary man. And yet it’s so compelling and never dull in its exploration of the characters’ lives and personalities. Also, I’ve just finished Augustus by the same author, which is an epistolary historical fiction novel narrating some of the main events of Augustus’ reign through letters from/by his closest friends and enemies. Really liked it.

Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien: back to integenerational family sagas (because I love those, in case it wasn’t clear lol), Do Not Say We Have Nothing follows a young woman who suddenly rediscovers her family’s fractured past. The novel focuses on two successive generations of a Chinese family through China’s 20th century history. While not every character got the type of development they deserved, the author does a good job when it comes to gradually recreating the family’s complex and nuanced history.

There’s probably more but I doubt anyone’s going to reach the end or anything so. There’s that lol.

#book recs #book rec #litblr #2020 reads #all the typos are my own LOL #also i didnt put here philip roth or auster #but tbh #i dont think anyone needs me to rec them???

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ask-you-what-sir · 3 years

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hi there and welcome to my hbo war / ww2 enthusiast sideblog!

i'm juliana, a 22yo hungarian girl who's convinced that in her previous life she was a ww2 soldier. (but let's not get into that now)

my main blog is rose-tinted-juls, so don't be surprised if i follow/reply/like/ask/whatever from that. it's me. if you ever want to talk about hbo war or just ww2 in general and don't have anyone to do it with, feel free to dm me, i always love to have a conversation about them (amongst many more things).

i love all four hbo war shows with my whole heart, band of brothers, the pacific, masters of the air and generation kill. i've also watched a huge amount of war movies as well (including ww1 too) - one of my absolute favourite movies ever made is hacksaw ridge. i'm always thankful for a film/tv series rec though!

under the cut i've listed the stuff i post about, including fanfic i write on my other sideblog, fic recs and all kinds of other little things my posts are mainly about.

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FANFIC: as i've said, i have a writer sideblog, nonstoplover, where i write for anything and everything, but also have a specific hbo war masterlist where i collect everything i've ever written for this fandom

FIC REC: in my free time when i don't write, i mostly read fanfic - you can say i've read a fair share of fics in this fandom. under the tag juliana's fic rec i have my absolute favourite ones (mainly for myself so i can find and re-read them later on)

EVERYTHING ELSE: i have so many random posts and reblogs, basically under the tag my darling *insert hbo war character's name* i have the ones of my fav boys from the shows; under the tag the ✨talent✨ you can find my reblogs from all the incredible people in the fandom whom i absolutely admire; under the tag ✨history things✨ i put all the real life stuff i find; and also i'm tagged sometimes in lil games and picrews, they're under the very original tags: tag games and ask games

#juliana's masterpost #welcome on board!#ask-you-what-sir's masterpost #so yeah i decided to make a post like this #inspired by many other blogs in the fandom

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roadsidegrave · 4 years

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tagged by @ladyofdragonstone to do some movie recs thanks babe *mwah*

Favorite Recent Movie: CATS (2019) Favourite Classic: psycho (1960) Favourite Western Animation: the last unicorn Favourite Anime Movie: howl’s moving castle Favourite TV Show: fullmetal alchemist Favourite Comedy: what we do in the shadows Favourite Drama: brokeback mountain Favourite Guilty Pleasure: les mIserables 2012 except no guilt just pleasure Favourite Horror: the shining Favourite Kid’s Movie: treasure planet and coraline Favourite Movie Performance: russell crowe in les mis :) Favourite Show Performance: toby stephens in black sails Favourite Musical: LES MIS Favourite Soundtrack: have to go with jade and say hunchback Last Movie You Saw: ....cats 2019 Last Show Your Saw: true detective Most Relatable Film: little miss sunshine, not cuase any of that happened to me i just feel it Most Rewatched Movie: the princess bride Most Underrated Film: the last dragon 1985 Most Underrated Show: riverdale Must See Before You Die: human centipede :)

um juliana tagged most of the people i would tag so just do this is you wanna and tag me :)

#ball pit

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rhetoricalrogue · 7 years

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For all OCs or for the first that comes to mind: How does their personality shift when someone gets to know them well? Do they prefer time alone, or with other people? How do they show affection with loved ones?

Oooh, good one! I’ll put most of this behind a read more for length, because I did ALL my current OCs. (I really hope the read more link works or else there’s gonna be a wall of text, I apologize in advance)

Wardens

Moira: she tends to show more affection once she gets to know someone. She’s a very touchy-feely person by nature, so there’s more arm touches or hands on shoulders. Once she’s befriended someone, there’s plenty of hugs. She likes spending time with people the most, but she’s okay being by herself. She likes giving practical gifts tailored to individuals as a way to show her affection.

Aiden: the surly exterior is really a set of armor he’s put on to protect himself from losing anyone else he cares about. Once people get to know him, they realize that he’s quick with a clever (or not so clever) joke and has a sunny disposition. He also likes spending time with people, but can read who would rather be alone and who would welcome his company pretty well. He shows affection with small, thoughtful gifts with loads of sentimental value.

Iona: Iona’s guard comes down and she smiles a lot more once she’s friends with people. She’s a loner who would rather spend time by herself or only a few select people at a time. You know she cares about you if she cleans your armor or sharpens your blades. You know she loves you if she asks you to braid her hair, since this is something only family members or Tamlen had done for her. She returns the favor by braiding or playing with others’ hair as a way to show affection.

Elsa: are you hungry? Have you eaten? When was the last time you slept? Elsa turns into a mother hen when she knows you better and shows her love through food. She’s happiest surrounded by friends and holding three different conversations all around a dinner table.

Gavin: my poor trash son. He pushes the people he cares about the most the furthest away from him. He believes that he’s cursed and that everyone who cares for him will die, so he tries to cut everyone off at the pass. Once people get to know him, they can see his behavior for what it is, but it’s rare that anyone sticks around long enough to do so. He likes being alone, believing that it’s better that way.

Inquisitors

Ravena: she comes off as being a snooty intellectual, but once people get to know her, they realize she’s just a big history nerd. She likes spending time with others and shows her love through doing little things that make life for the people she cares for a bit more comfortable.

Ada: Ada is the shyest of my OCs, but once she’s comfortable enough with people, she offers herself as a sounding board. She’s one of my knitters, and her loved ones get everything from hats and scarves to pillows and blankets once she gets a good yarn stash going. She’s another loner who prefers spending time with one or two people at a time than a large group. She also shows her love via flowers, so friends will be gifted with potted plants and herbs that made her think of them.

Elora: Elora’s been an outsider for the majority of her life, so she’s not really sure HOW she should be with friends. She also doesn’t realize just how touch-starved she is, so once she knows it’s okay to do so, she usually leans on friends or has an elbow in contact with their elbow. Being with so many people who accept her at once is overwhelming at times, but she wouldn’t trade it for anything.

Rolfe: Rolfe shows his affection through music. He’ll write a quick little tune for friends, but he’ll take his time and compose ballads for those he loves. He also loses a little of the brash, devil-may-care armor and show his more caring side to those he considers friends. If anything, he looks out for his friends in his own way, like teaching Elora enough Orlesian that she knows who’s insulting her behind her back or personally training Ada with daggers because he’s horrified that his cousin doesn’t know how to defend herself. He’s at his best surrounded by people, but he also likes to spend a bit of quiet alone.

Vincent: he will Dad you without even realizing it once he gets to know someone. He’s also a bit of a poet, so he shows his love by writing down the words he somehow can’t get across while talking to people. He’s an introvert who likes being alone, but he’s happy spending time with people while they do their own thing in the same room.

Next Gen Heroes

Tristan: he’s a smart guy with a dry sense of humor, but he hides it until he knows you. He’s also an introvert who likes to be alone, but shows affection by touch. He’s big on hand kisses.

Grace: another mamma bear, she’ll defend her friends to the death once she’s decided to adopt you. She also carries snacks in her pockets and will knit you a scarf, even if she wants to strangle you with it sometimes. (Alex, I’m looking at you.)

Gabriel: do you like puppies? I’m gonna talk about dogs and show you the newest puppies I’m training. Gabe is a quiet guy who likes to be left alone with his dogs, but is a brilliant chess player. If he likes you, he’ll let you win.

Alex: You get what you see when it comes to Alex. He’s my sweetest cinnamon roll and loves everyone. He’ll also break anyone’s nose who talks bad about his friends or family and shows how much he cares about people by trying to cheer them up or by being there for them when they need him. Like Rolfe, he’s happiest around a large crowd.

Marian: my sweet murder daughter. She had some tragedy in her life and now only lets a select few see underneath the Ice Queen facade and is a loner by nature. She laughs more around those she cares about and usually shows her feelings by way of “I found this book and thought you might like it.”

Shepards

Delores: She’s sort of like Vivian and ready to fight anyone who looks at her friends wrong. She’s a loner who usually shows how she cares by way of card games and drinks.

Noah: Noah likes spending time with friends and is another what you see is what you get sort of upbeat, positive guy. He usually likes to spend time with individual people and buy them model ships or whatever goofy souvenir keychain he might come across.

Juliana: Jules likes to spend time alone, but once people know her, they’ll wonder how they would have ever been intimidated by this goofball. You know you’re in if she invites you to watch old movies with her and you know she loves you if she has movie recs for you and throws quotes at you.

Sole SurvivorsSam: she likes being around lots of people and will start mending clothes or fixing gear once she gets to know someone. She usually shows her affection by slipping in little treats to her companions’ bags or finding things for them when on salvage runs.

Olivia: she’s a loner who makes time for only special people in her life. She does thaw out (pun intended) and be more caring once she gets to know people, and she usually shows affection by sharing little mundane tidbits of her pre-war life. She’s also a snuggler and another touchy-feely type character.

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jackiesarch · 3 years

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🌹 Where in the world does your OC feel most at home? Is there any reason why? If it’s not the place they were born, where were they born? Is there a certain somebody that makes them feel at home where ever they may be? What does home mean to them?

For a very long time, home was the place where Andy was born. Not so much Virginia or even Fairfax, but more specifically his mother’s house. As a teenager and well into his adulthood there was always something about the warmth of the house he grew up in and the person that exuded that warmth that made him feel comfortable and at home regardless of what was going on in his life. After the outbreak, Fairfax just holds bad memories and thinking of his mother makes his heart hurt, so home becomes his training room at the Sanctuary, or a full rec room on a Friday night, or even the warmth of Juliana leaning into him while they watch a movie.

🍂 Does your OC enjoy hugs? What do they do as a show of affection for: their friends, their family, their significant other(s) or for strangers? Over all what are they like with recieving affection from others?

Andrew is a deeply physically affectionate person and loves hugs. He’s the first to offer them when someone he loves is sad and the first to accept them when he’s the one going through a rough time. He’s not always so good with words, so doing things is so important for him to show affection, not just by way of hugging, but any kind of service he can perform: cooking for his loved one, giving them a back rub after a long day, tending to their wounds if they come home hurt. There’s a big, scary mask on that boy’s face, but underneath he loves affection and loves to give it.

🌻 What little things do they notice about people or the world around them that make them happy? What tiny little treasures do they find in the normal every day that makes the world seem a little brighter for them?

He loves people’s “ugly laughs”, which is to say he loves when people laugh with zero regard for what they sound like — even if they normally think their laugh is ugly. Andrew loves to see people being happy with reckless abandon, and hearing people laugh genuinely and without holding back tells him they’re so happy in that moment that nothing else matters. Hearing that brings him joy.

#local nerd boy strikes again #ask games #oc: andy benson #thank u Macy 💜💜💜

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rose-tinted-juls · 3 years

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juliana's fav tv shows updated: 26.07.2021.

la casa de papel / money heist (2017-) nationality: spanish created by: álex pina main actors: úrsula corberó, álvaro morte, itziar ituño, pedro alonso, miguel herrán, jaime lorente, esther acebo, alba flores short summary (imdb): "an unusual group of robbers attempt to carry out the most perfect robbery in spanish history - stealing 2.4 billion euros from the royal mint of spain." seasons: 4 - (season 5 is coming in september + december 2021) why i love it (in a few words): it's thrilling, all the characters are perfectly written, i love listening to spanish speech, the actors are awesome, SO INCREDIBLE PLOT, uncountable twists, i got attached so fast, i binge watched it, it never feels forced

band of brothers (2001) nationality: american created by: tom hanks, steven spielberg main actors: damian lewis, ron livingston, ross mccall, rick gomez, james madio, kirk acevedo, neal mcdonough, scott grimes, dexter fletcher, donnie wahlberg short summary (imdb): "the story of easy company of the u.s. army 101st airborne division, and their mission in world war ii europe, from operation overlord, through v-j day." - based on the book band of brothers by stephen e. ambrose seasons: 1 why i love it (in a few words): it's ww2 and i'm a huge ww2 enthusiast, i love hbo war, it shows the good and the bad, we follow the whole journey of these soldiers and it's amazing, the actors are absolutely incredible, their friendships are 100/10, the cinematography is beautiful, it's based on a true story

downton abbey (2010-) nationality: english created by: julian fellowes main actors: hugh bonneville, maggie smith, michelle dockery, dan stevens, robert james-collier, allen leech, penelope wilton, matthew goode, lily james short summary (imdb): "a chronicle of the lives of the british aristocratic crawley family and their servants in the early twentieth century." seasons: 6 + 1 movie (the second movie comes in december 2021) why i love it (in a few words): it has phenomenal actors, the plot is exciting-thrilling, there are twists you don't expect, so many love stories and i love them, fantastic characters, it's often so funny i can't stop laughing, dame maggie smith and her performance as the dowager is just incredible and i love her, costumes on point, tom branson o.o

broadchurch (2013-2017) nationality: british created by: chris chibnall main actors: david tennant, olivia colman, jodie whittaker, arthur darvill short summary (imdb): "the murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart." seasons: 3 why i love it (in a few words): david tennant, his scottish accent i can't-, olivia colman, their duo oh my god these two together are something extraordinary, it's such a thrilling show wow, SO MANY PLOT TWISTS, cinematography is phenomenal and gorgeous, it's so funny at times oh lord (especially david), it's impossible to stop watching

the pacific (2010) nationality: american created by: tom hanks, steven spielberg main actors: joe mazzello, jon seda, james badge dale, rami malek, ashton holmes short summary (imdb): "the pacific theatre of world war ii, as seen through the eyes of several young marines." seasons: 1 why i love it (in a few words): hbo war, it's ww2 and i'm such an enthusiast of it, joe mazzello is incredible oh my, it's a bit graphic (for some people it's too graphic and i can see why) but i love it, it makes you feel you're there fighting and like wow, actually all the actors are amazing in it, we see three different story lines so we get to know different aspects of the whole thing

the crown (2016-) nationality: british created by: peter morgan main actors: claire foy, matt smith, olivia colman, tobias menzies, vanessa kirby, helena bonham carter, josh o'connor, emma corrin short summary (imdb): "follows the political rivalries and romance of queen elizabeth ii's reign and the events that shaped the second half of the twentieth century." seasons: 4 - (season 5 and 6 are in the making) why i love it (in a few words): i've always been interested in queen elizabeth's life, this is a look inside the royal family that you don't often have, the actors are SO AMAZING, honestly sometimes it's so funny and then the next minute it's heartbreaking, it teaches me more about them than anything else, i guess it gives you their point of view so you can understand them a lil bit better, as a child i loved the british royal family so baby me is happy inside when i watch it

the falcon and the winter soldier (2021) nationality: american created by: malcolm spellman - stan lee main actors: anthony mackie, sebastian stan, wyatt russell, daniel brühl short summary (imdb): "following the events of 'avengers: endgame', sam wilson / falcon and bucky barnes / winter soldier team up in a global adventure that tests their abilities - and their patience." seasons: 1 why i love it (in a few words): i'm a huge marvel fan, my fav characters are sam and bucky, SEBASTIAN STAN, it's funny (honestly which marvel movie/series isn't?), the cinematography is gorgeous, the plot is great, fight scenes on point

biohackers (2020-) nationality: german created by: christian ditter main actors: luna wedler, jessica schwarz, adrian julius tillmann short summary (imdb): "a fast-paced thriller following medical student mia akerlund who discovers the use of highly advanced biohacking technology in her university town." seasons: 2 why i love it (in a few words): exciting, plays in a city i know, plot twists, the cinematography is amazing, a beautiful show honestly, the plot is interesting and one of a kind imo, the actors are pretty great

the mandalorian (2019-) nationality: american created by: jon favreau main actors: pedro pascal short summary (imdb): "the travels of a lone bounty hunter in the outer reaches of the galaxy, far from the authority of the new republic." seasons: 2 - (season 3 is coming) why i love it (in a few words): i love star wars and the star wars universe, pedro pascal is amazing, honestly i fell in love with pedro just by his voice literally without even knowing his face, BABY YODA, the character development, exciting plot, pretty awesome fight scenes, great actors

the queen's gambit (2020) nationality: american created by: scott frank, allan scott main actors: anya taylor joy, thomas brodie-sangster, harry melling, jacob fortune-lloyd short summary (imdb): "orphaned at the tender age of nine, prodigious introvert beth harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s usa. but child stardom comes at a price." seasons: 1 why i love it (in a few words): cinematography is beautiful, anya taylor joy is gorgeous, and she's such a talent oh my, i love chess, the plot, TBS is in it, it's a show you can't not binge watch it just pulls you in

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peaky blinders (2013-) nationality: british created by: steven knight main actors: cillian murphy, paul anderson, helen mccrory, joe cole, finn cole short summary (imdb): "a gangster family epic set in 1900s england, centering on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss tommy shelby." seasons: 5 - (season 6 is coming) why i love it (in a few words): i love mob stuff in general, so amazing actors oh my, cillian murphy, helen mccrory, it's so dark i love it, plot plot plot, the soundtrack is phenomenal (especially when it's arctic monkeys shhh), it's british (yay)

#juliana's fav series #juliana's movie rec #tv show recommendations #fav series: tfatws #fav series: the crown #fav series: broadchurch #fav series: hbo war #fav series: queen's gambit #fav series: biohackers #fav series: la casa de papel #fav series: peaky blinders #fav series: the mandalorian

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rose-tinted-juls · 3 years

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juliana's comfort movies

as you can probably guess, you can find the lists including my comfort movies and fave tv shows here. they are basically just recommendations. otherwise i post these under the tag #juliana's movie rec :)

my comfort movies pt.1 my comfort movies pt.2 my fav tv shows pt.1 my fav tv shows pt.2 (TBP)

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juliana's comfort movies

updated: 15.06.2021.

dead poets society (1989)

main actors: robert sean leonard, ethan hawke, robin williams

short summary (imdb): "maverick teacher john keating uses poetry to embolden his boarding school students to new heights of self-expression."

why i love it (in a few words): incredible actors, loveable scenes, heartbreakingly good performance, perfectly written lines, i love robin williams, dark academia aesthetic, full of adorable (and attractive) characters

hacksaw ridge (2016)

main actors: andrew garfield, sam worthington, luke bracey, vince vaughn

short summary (imdb): "world war ii american army medic desmond t. doss, who served during the battle of okinawa, refuses to kill people, and becomes the first man in american history to receive the medal of honor without firing a shot."

why i love it (in a few words): incredible actors, ww2 movie, true story, inspiring and breathtaking, really graphic (this can be a warning as well)

little women (2019)

main actors: saoirse ronan, timothée chalamet, emma watson, florence pugh

short summary: "jo march reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the march sisters - four young women, each determined to live life on her own terms."

why i love it (in a few words): the aesthetic, so many incredible actors, i love this story (loved the novel and the original movie too), somehow it's so relatable, i absolutely adore greta gerwig

good will hunting (1997)

main actors: matt damon, robin williams, ben affleck, stellan skarsgård

short summary (imdb): "will hunting, a janitor at m.i.t., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life."

why i love it (in a few words): i love matt and ben and i'm so impressed that they wrote this whole thing so young, inspiring, somehow relatable even though i'm not a math genius, the aesthetic, the actors' performance oh my, as i already said i absolutely adore robin williams, young matt damon looks breathtaking (sorry not sorry)

the godfather i & ii (1972, 1974)

main actors: al pacino, james caan, robert de niro, robert duvall

short summaries (imdb): "an organized crime dynasty's aging patriarch transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son." and "the early life and career of vito corleone in 1920s new york city is portrayed, while his son, michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate."

why i love it (in a few words): for some reason i have a thing for mob things, i love al pacino (phenomenal acting talent, pretty attractive), this one's a true classic, literally oldie but goldie

dunkirk (2017)

main actors: fionn whitehead, mark rylance, tom hardy, harry styles

short summary (imdb): "allied soldiers from belgium, the british commonwealth and empire, and france are surrounded by the german army and evacuated during a fierce battle in world war ii."

why i love it (in a few words): i love christopher nolan's movies, ww2 movie, perfectly written script with all the needed things, so many amazing actors and characters, the cinematography

memo (2016)

main actors: tamás lengyel, áron molnár, péter haumann

short summary (imdb): "an ambitious psychiatrist is researching a strange and unique mental state: hypermnesia, just so he could help his amnesic father. when he finds a patient with hypermnesia, he decides to take him out of the mental hospital at his own risk and study him. an unusual relationship is formed between the two men, which starts to endanger the doctor's career, his marriage and even the patient himself."

why i love it (in a few words): it's one of the few hungarian movies that i truly love, amazing actors that i love so much, such interesting story, could watch whenever and endless amount of times

back to the future i, ii & iii (1985, 1989, 1990)

main actors: michael j. fox, christopher lloyd, lea thompson

short summaries (imdb): "marty mcfly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling delorean invented by his close friend, the eccentric scientist doc brown." and "after visiting 2015, marty must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985...without interfering with his first trip." and "stranded in 1955, marty learns about the death of doc brown in 1885 and must travel back in time to save him. with no fuel readily available for the delorean, the two must figure how to escape the old west before doc is murdered."

why i love it (in a few words): could watch endless amount of times, i love michael j. fox and christopher lloyd, they are perfect for these roles, it's funny interesting and so enjoyable, time travel

when harry met sally (1989)

main actors: billy crystal, meg ryan, carrie fisher

short summary (wikipedia): "the story follows the title characters from the time they meet in chicago just before sharing a cross-country drive, through twelve years of chance encounters in new york city. the film raises the question: can men and women ever just be friends?"

why i love it (in a few words): so much fun to watch, honestly though somehow it's so fanfic like, these two actors oh my, this is the standard of romantic movies, it set the bar to high so no romcom ever could reach it, oen of my favourite romantic movies ever

about time (2013)

main actors: domhnall gleeson, rachel mcadams, bill nighy

short summary (imdb): "at the age of 21, tim discovers he can travel in time and change what happens and has happened in his own life. his decision to make his world a better place by getting a girlfriend turns out not to be as easy as you might think."

why i love it (in a few words): i love domhnall and rachel SO MUCH, bill nighy is in it and he's phenomenal, this is such an interesting concept, it makes me think and try to live my life with a more positive mindset, this is my other favourite romantic movie ever, it makes me feel so happy whenever i watch it, time travel

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juliana's comfort movies pt.2

posted: 20.07.2021.

scent of a woman (1992) main actors: al pacino, chris o'donnell, james rebhorn short summary (imdb): "a prep school student needing money agrees to "babysit" a blind man, but the job is not at all what he anticipated." why i love it (in a few words): al pacino (as i've already said, i absolutely adore him - he's breathtakingly talented and attractive), interesting plot, dark academia aesthetic, another classic one, i find it heartwarming and wish it didn't end

the holiday (2006) main actors: jude law, cameron diaz, kate winslet, jack black short summary (imdb): "two women troubled with guy-problems swap homes in each other's countries, where they each meet a local guy and fall in love." why i love it (in a few words): i don't even know really, it just makes me feel all happy, and it makes me believe that out of unexpected adventures can come true love. sometimes i just love a cheesy, fluffy romantic comedy

a walk in the woods (2015) main actors: robert redford, nick nolte, emma thompson short summary (imdb): "after spending two decades in england, bill bryson returns to the u.s., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the appalachian trail with one of his oldest friends, stephen katz." why i love it (in a few words): i'm a huge fan of robert redford, i love bill bryson (author) and his books, this movie never fails to make me laugh (even though i know the jokes by heart already), the scenery is *chefs kiss*, it makes me wanna go a long hike, the soundtrack is lord huron songs and it's amazing, true comedy

catch me if you can (2002) main actors: leonardo dicaprio, tom hanks, christopher walken short summary (imdb): "barely 21 yet, frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. fbi agent carl becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man, who only revels in the pursuit." why i love it (in a few words): young leo (!!!), it's honestly so much fun, i love spielberg's movies *shrug*, so many twists, it's based on a true story (!!), amy adams is cute, never gets boring to watch it

the whiskey bandit (2017) main actors: bence szalay, zotlán schneider, viktor klem short summary (imdb): "a rootless young man in ceausescu's romania crosses the hungarian border looking for a better future. with his back against the wall in the post-socialist turmoil, he becomes the most successful bank robber in hungarian history." why i love it (in a few words): finally another hungarian movie i love, based on a true story (!!), the title is terrible but funny in english (i swear the hungarian original title is a hundred times better - "a viszkis"), it's an interesting look back into communism in romania and hungary

love actually (2003) main actors: hugh grant, bill nighy, colin firth, liam neeson, martin freeman, emma thompson, andrew lincoln, keira knightley, thomas brodie-sangster, alan rickman short summary (imdb): "follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before christmas in london, england." why i love it (in a few words): so many incredible actors oh my, adorable plots, so enjoyable to watch, it's a must really, i watch it every christmas, baby thomas brodie-sangster *-*, this movie makes me believe that love actually exists (lol see what i did there), suitable for all age groups in my opinion

the lake house (2006) main actors: keanu reever, sandra bullock short summary (imdb): "a lonely doctor, who once occupied an unusual lakeside house, begins exchanging love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. they must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late." why i love it (in a few words): this one's one of my all time favourite movies, incredible actors, i love keanu and sandra, even more when they play together, the plot is something so unique and well-created, makes you believe in love and that it really has no barriers, some mystery with time

serendipity (2001) main actors: john cusack, kate beckinsale short summary (imdb): "a couple search for each other years after the night they first met, fell in love, and separated, convinced that one day they'd end up together." why i love it (in a few words): it's a truly adorable movie, a lovely romantic comedy, CASSIOPEIA (sorry i just love that scene since i was like 9), makes you believe in love (yeah this one too), but also it gives me some frustration at times when things don't work out like i want them to lol

knives out (2019) main actors: ana de armas, daniel craig, chris evans, christopher plummer short summary (imdb): "a detective investigates the death of a patriarch of an eccentric, combative family." why i love it (in a few words): it's exciting, it has phenomenal scenes (often i laugh so hard my sides start to hurt), i love the actors oh my, the cinematography oh my, THE PLOT, i love detective movies, watched it three times within two weeks (and i rarely do it)

while you were sleeping (1995) main actors: sandra bullock, bill pullman, peter gallagher short summary (imdb): "a hopelessly romantic chicago transit authority token collector is mistaken for the fiancée of a coma patient." why i love it (in a few words): a childhood favourite, watched it like a hundred times (and never got bored), i love sandra bullock, an interesting plot with small twists that i adore, bill pullman's jack is amazing (and his freakin smile), funny and adorable, it's a must for someone who loves romantic comedies

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