tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34064396180900325652024-03-27T19:43:34.016+01:00The Teeny tiny à Tout Fairethe Teeny tiny à Tout Fairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05416380540548119612noreply@blogger.comBlogger1144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406439618090032565.post-17586548860485256992023-10-15T21:03:00.000+02:002023-10-15T21:03:23.121+02:00📖 Novel of the Week: Idol, Burning (推し、燃ゆ) by Rin Usami<div class="separator"><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="319" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8VCgwkKu-IKdYejg59rWYrPC5CdKA6lXiszvcn_6AUGv0MSR_ooXucg_WAmXNis00V4cHOnHOPp_3qNzbGAjw4PfeAB7ni-EkBkeG6mc-yl4wIKcV26pRYg2MRhqXHj0wMjjZuPJ_vRt2Ktjm296dT8efpRz080OxWbbJPS6XkMzQeBMpIa01n7KUxyk/w255-h400/41NUnhCw0xL.jpg" width="255" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="510" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlccg4ED248brI3m2LRzg3bCKOJ9wyIbWPyZ2MzOuMAeAhbutjFHp0IyJ0g9zdVv9majk_8Ecf4Aa7B5XbKnaAnRncYz9SwsowjEha2SxsYOEDjDh_MddES01xeLsbH5eA6rfJzuQRlPItL66adL5FVTdYf29HXBa2DC4QR6F5SVqyuYFgiyxRBSQphTo/w300-h400/%7BDDC1801E-04DC-44A4-B486-9FF0811DE8E4%7DIMG100.jpg" width="300" /></div></div><div>The protagonist of this novella is 16-year-old Akari, whose only purpose in life is to support her “oshi”, (her favourite idol) Masaki Ueno, a member of the popular J-Pop group Maza Maza.</div><div><br /></div><div>Akari devotes herself to being loyal and endorsing her idol in all his activities, whether it is buying at least 3 copies of every album, watching on repeat his performances from when he was a child actor, and making sure to promote him on her blog, which has its fair share of followers. </div><div><br /></div><div>One day, Akari wakes up to the news that Masaki has allegedly hit a female fan (for unknown reasons) and her world starts shattering: she cannot believe he would do something like that and even after Masaki himself admits he indeed hit a fan Akari still tries to find a reason to this behavior. In a spiral of frantic internet searches to dig for more information and theories, Akari forgets her real life and cannot concentrate on her family, school, and her part-time job: her time and effort have to be used to restore Masaki’s image on her blog and calm other fans, all too eager to hate on him.</div><div><br /></div><div>Akari understands that what he did was wrong, but she’s a sensitive young girl and Masaki helped her when she was younger and struggling with her mental health, so she believes it’s her duty as a fan to support him no matter what…</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: large;">👍</b><b style="font-size: large;">👎</b><b style="font-size: large;"><u>My Thoughts</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I read this novella as I wanted to explore the "world" of fandoms: I too have singers and actors/actresses I like and follow, but I've never been a devoted fan, whose whole life revolves around an artist. Hence, I'm always baffled whenever I read articles about K-pop fans (not all the fandom tho) trying to "cancel" an idol for whatever reason (the most common and, frankly ridiculous, reason would be because it was revealed the idol is dating).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In "Idol, Burning" the reason is a serious one: an idol punched a female fan and he also admits it, and it seems he's not even regretting it...yet, Akari is able to emphasize with Masaki's cold attitude and rude behavior; she has been moved and comforted by his theatrical performance as Peter Pan when he was a child actor and has been a fan ever since. While reading interviews in magazines and scanning every angle of the internet for news about him, she has been able over the years to understand the sacrifices and pressure her idol has been under to such a deep level that she still supports him, even tho she knows that what he did was wrong. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Through this book I hoped to understand how and why devoted (and sometimes maniacal) fans become such, but that's not what the story is about: Akari is lost, doesn't know what she wants to do with her life, and isn't able to express her true feeling to her family and friends.</div><p>Her devotion reaches a point where it almost alienates her and this spiraling seems to never reach the bottom. There are some parts where this behavior is almost comical, for example, when Akari gets the best score in her class on a Russian history test, only because her oshi acted in a theatrical piece based on a Russian play and so she researched the background of it.</p><p>The sad and tragic part is when she tells the reader that she checks her oshi's horoscope but not her own because "it's not important" or that pushing her oshi makes her feel alive and so on.</p><p>This story is profoundly gloomy and it's hard to witness Akari losing herself while making her oshi the center of her world. What saddened me the most was that Akari was not even happy while doing it, but consistently forced herself to keep track of the news, the shows, the music, and everything concerning Masaki.</p><p>Rin Usami was awarded the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for this novella and, even if I liked it, I don't necessarily recommend you to read it. Apparently, it was considered the Japanese take on "Catcher in the Rye" but I think it's a bit of a stretch as a statement.</p><p>Is it a good short, coming-of-age story about a teenage girl who struggles to find a place in the world? Yes, definitely</p><p>Is it a masterpiece that everyone should read? I don't think so.</p><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; line-height: 16.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 16.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My vote: 5</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">/10</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ph: goodreads.com </span></span></span></span></div>the Teeny tiny à Tout Fairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05416380540548119612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406439618090032565.post-23707397723489681592021-12-01T01:30:00.016+01:002021-12-01T01:30:00.209+01:00🎄 Novel of the Week [Christmas Edition]: One Family Christmas by Bella Osborne<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0QTIMcZKTO3wwEENmQCHimSybcdqeJQXElVPJcMhFoDVzkCPiJ2lytL85w_LqAuHPJsNU345KVKIj0W0VOqwzhccAqXzM2Qeew_pxqrHHZDHYJ5adaHpbN2zzqQTWgtUMkTaHelPEeSc/s2048/81WaxoGq-sL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1326" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0QTIMcZKTO3wwEENmQCHimSybcdqeJQXElVPJcMhFoDVzkCPiJ2lytL85w_LqAuHPJsNU345KVKIj0W0VOqwzhccAqXzM2Qeew_pxqrHHZDHYJ5adaHpbN2zzqQTWgtUMkTaHelPEeSc/w414-h640/81WaxoGq-sL.jpg" width="414" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: red;">❝Families should be t</b><b style="color: red;">ogether at Christmas, </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: red;">despite how much they think they shouldn't be.</b><b style="color: red;">❞</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Every Christmas is the same for the Collins clan</b>: they pack up and <b>spend it at Henbourn Manor where Nana Rose will put her amazing culinary and organization skills to good use</b> and gather her family together for the holidays.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Unfortunately, <b>this year will be different and it's all up to Lottie</b> to grant Nana's wish for a big family Christmas.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Even if not everyone was enthusiastic about going to the small English countryside village for Christmas, <b>Lottie manages to make them all come: her incredibly self-centered mother Angie and her newest flirt Scott, Lottie's uncle Daniel with her stiff wife Nicola and their son Rhys. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Lottie's beloved older brother Zach, his daughter Jessie and Zach's girlfriend Emily</b> complete the group.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Lottie has been living at Henbourn Manor</b> with Nana and great uncle Bernard for a while <b>so she is taken aback when her mother and uncle inform her they put the estate on sale</b>. And where on Earth would she end up living? Unfortunately, <b>this is the first of a series of revelations and news the entire family will discover in just a handful of days</b>, some funny, some more serious, and that have been dragged out for way too much time...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>To add chaos to an already messy situation, Lottie's first love and ex-boyfriend Joe Broomfield appears back home after he left 9 years ago</b> to go living in America.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Just not the quiet and relaxed family Christmas Lottie had imagined...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>👍👎</b><b><u>My Thoughts</u></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This was <b>quite an eventful novel, with tons of unexpected disclosures about all family members' past and their guests</b> as well so be prepared for plot twists at almost every new chapter!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The story is actually pretty long and it's hard to think that the time span is only 4 days but I found it engaging and interesting, so once you get into the characters and the story, the flow will go naturally.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I liked that all characters get their fair share of the spotlight (pets included!)</b> so when you finish reading you feel like no stone has been left unturned and overall satisfied with all the information and situations the Collins had gone through.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Christmas spirit makes a few appearances here and there</b> throughout the story but to be honest, <b>it was kind of M.I.A for the most part of the narration</b> but this didn't affect how enjoyable and British humor-filled the book was.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: inherit;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Christmas Rating: 1/5</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My vote: 8/10</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Ph: </span></span></span><span>goodreads.com</span></div></div>the Teeny tiny à Tout Fairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05416380540548119612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406439618090032565.post-77247521820735182872021-07-14T01:30:00.002+02:002022-04-03T16:24:54.012+02:00📺 Korean Tv Series Review: So I Married an Anti-Fan (그래서 나는 안티팬과 결혼했다)<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3kc-NMdUivDdJnq4pEJxMKJl1pZREo4lyMRLfut6F0mI9W1BxmpVCFuiufieKtKJGu8IXP1448R_qalHAryLWFqTJaWtl4iJk5afaxIWJWusZRxNusljvDUxmQqxwLnGor_5iroEDnSA/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="680" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3kc-NMdUivDdJnq4pEJxMKJl1pZREo4lyMRLfut6F0mI9W1BxmpVCFuiufieKtKJGu8IXP1448R_qalHAryLWFqTJaWtl4iJk5afaxIWJWusZRxNusljvDUxmQqxwLnGor_5iroEDnSA/w429-h640/image.png" width="429" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span>Nothing seems to go right for <b>journalist Lee Geun-young</b>: not only she caught red-handed her boyfriend cheating on her, but she also got fired from the magazine she works for due to a misunderstanding with top star </span></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><b>Who-Joon, the most famous singer in the entertainment scene</b>.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;">Feeling wronged and ostracized only because Who-Joon is famous, Geun-young makes it her mission to expose him for what he truly is: a fake, egocentric person.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><b>Geun-young gets tons of attention as she's soon labeled as Who-Joon's anti-fan</b> to the point she's offered to star in a reality show where she has to live together with Who-Joon in order to see if he really is the bad person she claims him to be or she got that wrong.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><b>The reason behind</b> all these troubles is that <b>Geung-young caught Who-Joon talking to a crying young girl and then, all of a sudden, he slaps her.</b> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;">The girl, </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;">In-Hyung,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"> </span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b>is actually Who-Joon's first love</b>, with who he used to train when they were both under the same entertainment company.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;">She's <b>now a rookie trainee under </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b>Choi Jae-Joon's company, who's also her boyfriend</b>. <b>Jae-Joon is a former k-pop trainee as well and the three of them were very close friends</b> up until Who-Joon betrayed them to have his debut...or at least, this is what Jae-Joon thinks.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b>Geun-young isn't thrilled to participate in the reality show</b>, which is the very allusive title of "So I Married an Anti-fan", <b>but she's almost broke and doesn't want to overstay her welcome at her best friend's already small apartment</b>, so at the end she accepts.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;">Who-Joon is not keen to star in the reality either, but his company's CEO practically forces him in order to restore his image as the 'boy next door'.</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7qHMcqMytVg9hv106z_UeIaAuBqkBuHrwH7V75pVCSyib2QJXi2_beH3pp6pxLyPXbs2Shd4iO8_CD7BSfpsjzq7UEYMpOkFBbKOntad0nNGgd85QAbAj3NMfdWueRxJzA7JJNzArNgU/s16000/image.png" /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><b>The more Geun-young gets to know Who-Joon, In-Hyung, and Jae-Joon the more she begins to understand their complex background and difficult relationship.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000;"><div style="color: black; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; text-align: center;">Who-Joon will also change his first opinion on Geung-young, as she's not that type of journalist always chasing a scoop or writing articles based on rumors. He'll grow fond of her to the point he will do his best to protect her from all the backlashes Geung-young faces because of Who-Joon's fan club.</span></span></div></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><u>My Opinion</u></span></b><b>👍</b></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Even if this is </span><span>a comedy-romantic series, <b>personally I was far more engaged by other topics highlighted</b>: <b>how toxic (and useless) is to keep grudges for past events</b> and how much those can influence the future, <b>the importance of having friends and family who have your back</b> no matter what and <b>a good dose of self humor to help you keep going.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Both the female protagonists were too submissive and tried to please everyone</b>, even if they didn't agree with something or didn't feel comfortable doing something.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>There <b>both </b></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>kept bottling in the injustices</b> they faced and <b>that led, eventually, to very serious consequences.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b>Geung-young</b></span><span><b> is an intelligent and creative person</b>, but she lets her boss overwork her and then taking all the credits for it. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b>In-Hyung is so desperate to make her debut in the entertainment industry</b> that accepts every gig she's offered while trying to balance between her feelings for </span><span style="color: #222222; text-align: center;">Jae-Joon and</span><b style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"> </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;">Who-Joon.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;">A <b>special mention</b> is due <b>to </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b>Who-Joon's manager, </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Seo Ji-Hyang, who is the funniest, most caring, and down-to-heart character of all.</b> He's really a very positive and trustworthy character!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b>"</b></span><span style="color: #222222;"><b>So I Married an Anti-Fan" is overall a nice drama</b>, I wouldn't pick it as one of my favorite from the first half of the year, but it was still enjoyable and hilarious.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;">If you haven't watched it already, I would say it's <b>perfect as a summer holiday series.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000;"><b><div style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">Rating</span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">: 3½/5</span></b></div></span></div></div><div style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><br /></div><div style="color: black; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span>Ph: hancinema.net & </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #111111;">KSONGS on Pinterest</span></span></div></b></b></div>the Teeny tiny à Tout Fairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05416380540548119612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406439618090032565.post-1938480440285088392021-07-06T01:30:00.002+02:002021-08-07T16:53:24.000+02:00#TTT: Top Ten Tuesday Luglio<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqXMQSc7bNITECIynjTG2BmksZsr3Eg_8kJjHjWbTQ4oiS24OtHFX9chRtYWNnigBbIaIQ-zsFnqWqfjtjXLZclnfQI55X4_b4K1iA2pgtc-HAnNy-dZaal6JGI97a5GPrQjqGBHwyG-Q/s1600/TopTenTuesdays.png" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqXMQSc7bNITECIynjTG2BmksZsr3Eg_8kJjHjWbTQ4oiS24OtHFX9chRtYWNnigBbIaIQ-zsFnqWqfjtjXLZclnfQI55X4_b4K1iA2pgtc-HAnNy-dZaal6JGI97a5GPrQjqGBHwyG-Q/s640/TopTenTuesdays.png" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Here are the movies, books, and Tv Series from the previous lists I've watched and read in the last months!</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><u>MOVIES</u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><b>● In the Name of the Father - </b>based on true events, it's the story of Gerry Conlon (along with other 3 people) who was falsely accused in 1974 for </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">the bombings of </span>Guildford pub. This was a very interesting movie (and magistrally portrayed by Daniel Day-Lewis), surely a way to be educated about the Troubles (the northern Irish conflict).</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>● Avengers: Endgame </b>- I've finally completed the Avengers saga. To be honest, it wasn't as bad as I thought and even if it was a 3 hours-long movie, they've passed relatively quickly.</span></span><b style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b> </b></b></span></div><div><b style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">BOOKS</span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: left;">● </b><span style="text-align: left;"><span><b>Goofy Guardian Angel </b>by Arto Paasilinna - my review <a href="https://theteenytinytoutfaire.blogspot.com/2021/05/novel-of-week-goofy-guardian-angel-by.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></b></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><b>● </b></span></span></span><b>Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Café</b><span> </span><span>by Kawaguchi Toshikazu - my review <a href="https://theteenytinytoutfaire.blogspot.com/2021/06/novel-of-week-before-coffee-gets-cold.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></b></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>● </b><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><b style="color: #0f1419;">Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo</b><span style="color: #0f1419;"> - my review </span><a href="https://theteenytinytoutfaire.blogspot.com/2021/06/novel-of-week-clap-when-you-land-by.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></b></a></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="color: #202122; text-align: left;">● Il Libraio di Venezia </b><span style="color: #202122; text-align: left;">by Giovanni Montanaro</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">TV Series</u><span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="color: #222222; text-align: left;">● </b><b>Taxi Driver </b>- my review <a href="https://theteenytinytoutfaire.blogspot.com/2021/06/korean-tv-series-review-taxi-driver.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></b></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #222222; text-align: left;">● <b>Sell Your Hunted House </b></span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; text-align: left;">- my review</span><span style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><a href="https://theteenytinytoutfaire.blogspot.com/2021/06/korean-tv-series-review-sell-your.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></b></a></span></span></span></span></div></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;">● </span><span style="color: black; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So I Married an Anti-Fan</span></b> </span><span style="color: #222222;">- my review</span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><a href="https://theteenytinytoutfaire.blogspot.com/2021/07/korean-tv-series-review-so-i-married.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></b></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><span><span><span style="color: #222222;"><b style="color: black;">● Doom at Your Service </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; text-align: left;">- my review</span><span style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span> <a href="https://theteenytinytoutfaire.blogspot.com/2021/07/korean-tv-series-review-doom-at-your.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></b></a></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: black;"><span><span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; text-align: left;">● </span>Memorist</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: black;"><span><span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u style="line-height: 20.4px;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">MOVIES</span></b></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 20.4px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnMS_lEYu27hWtFOcw-TP11lxjYbkzsa3et8bvq_cwpHBHi2AGqx29zvIVcaLYUA9kcJzN6Ciaw4Dujt6bAFrzrXi6Dw2jjxPLi_QG7I4Mj4gEbPqtVDB1WoNzYZDZtuAf5hN4u6PADtU/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="532" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnMS_lEYu27hWtFOcw-TP11lxjYbkzsa3et8bvq_cwpHBHi2AGqx29zvIVcaLYUA9kcJzN6Ciaw4Dujt6bAFrzrXi6Dw2jjxPLi_QG7I4Mj4gEbPqtVDB1WoNzYZDZtuAf5hN4u6PADtU/w282-h400/image.png" width="282" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJHsT6qZJKFpRj56gCKBLcR2qz_2sqDr75-8bT4yu2W_s56mv9jQWvKmPl7uhZ-E9vbqnCvAyCezDFfwZOBRtpOyivfvI2auh-43Lq6KWIeTa3Glx-H4Ss3QXl9TVNOYbe9fOmFX8PEXs/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="509" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJHsT6qZJKFpRj56gCKBLcR2qz_2sqDr75-8bT4yu2W_s56mv9jQWvKmPl7uhZ-E9vbqnCvAyCezDFfwZOBRtpOyivfvI2auh-43Lq6KWIeTa3Glx-H4Ss3QXl9TVNOYbe9fOmFX8PEXs/w270-h400/image.png" width="270" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div><span style="background-color: white;"><b>The Lobster</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (2015) by </span>Yorgos Lanthimos. With <span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;"> </span>Colin Farrell<span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;">, </span>Rachel Weisz<span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;">, </span>Jessica Barden<span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;">, </span>Olivia Colman<span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;">, </span>Ashley Jensen, and John C. Reilly</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (2016) by Emily Ting. With </span>Jamie Chung, Bryan Greenberg, Richard Ng, and Sarah Lian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLk8taOF_wKegb9IQiEtOULI6HxBKIic6uVZLaZ62kR9SldpEsuvEDSnA9hAuD5dV3GR030m-3rf-mCzUMX1L7JiUswfAX-i5EO0mEgvSDLwqCsMipTUHvKSyKwuYjFSX_bfp5SiLbtQs/" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="510" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLk8taOF_wKegb9IQiEtOULI6HxBKIic6uVZLaZ62kR9SldpEsuvEDSnA9hAuD5dV3GR030m-3rf-mCzUMX1L7JiUswfAX-i5EO0mEgvSDLwqCsMipTUHvKSyKwuYjFSX_bfp5SiLbtQs/w270-h400/image.png" width="270" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9S9O1-tkJAasRveuYInzrmvo2IzH0T1UOe5ljw9ZbUMSmGOBgtBzcnjuus0qpeMoy6Dt_xTJZYU-q1XLutfG5ZROvap2c5u0pk1M9s7sUNXYM3vmgYVHOQRkpZl51MmCLImd4uV3vfBo/" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="521" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9S9O1-tkJAasRveuYInzrmvo2IzH0T1UOe5ljw9ZbUMSmGOBgtBzcnjuus0qpeMoy6Dt_xTJZYU-q1XLutfG5ZROvap2c5u0pk1M9s7sUNXYM3vmgYVHOQRkpZl51MmCLImd4uV3vfBo/w277-h400/image.png" width="277" /></a></div></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: center;"><b>Minamata </b>(2020) by </span>Andrew Levitas. With <span style="text-align: center;">Akiko Iwase, Johnny Depp, Katherine Jenkins, </span>Bill Nighy, Minami, and Tadanobu Asano.</span></span></div></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span><span><span><b>The Misfits</b> (2021) by </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Renny Harlin<span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;">. With </span>Pierce Brosnan<span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;">, </span>Jamie Chung<span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;">, </span>Tim Roth<span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;">, </span>Hermione Corfield<span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;">, </span>Nick Cannon<span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;">. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9S9O1-tkJAasRveuYInzrmvo2IzH0T1UOe5ljw9ZbUMSmGOBgtBzcnjuus0qpeMoy6Dt_xTJZYU-q1XLutfG5ZROvap2c5u0pk1M9s7sUNXYM3vmgYVHOQRkpZl51MmCLImd4uV3vfBo/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="477" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ekle9GMT55o1r61zQ4bAu8QbtYcCcOgjtqmBGZmhli3dl-K2gbjdlQZYgb2qihQfPWcBZX4ZV8dZwXoWePKO46b0CbL9LRqVq4lfEUk0k4HoRHPd5OnhjLwNTRjH1y8GFsY30rtVkxs/w253-h400/image.png" width="253" /></a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>F9</b> <span><span><span><span>(2021) by </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Justin Lin<span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;">. With </span>Vin Diesel<span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;">, J</span>ohn Cena<span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;">, </span>Tyrese Gibson<span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;">, </span>Charlize Theron<span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;">, </span>Helen Mirren<span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: justify;">, and </span>Jordana Brewster.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><u><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">BOOKS</span></b></u></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZDdm0fMGcLoR2v8Us2Q98sPjU0qLE4LisvzeOzWEd4mduBM44sMV6kG0spIwKEIm2r-5VyInRIyKsN9DgoumGNfeVpHXXNk4EoGaI7_NjoclIIk2P0YFHrfni545VhhSJ-h2YlPMFuo/w267-h400/image.png" width="267" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYYSSagW1ZRcifuG4p7kWRUBBB_BBV2CRqRZsgfFYrfYWS0T3fDfGtztWyS-jIryjDS62HvUQW05P4xpFNyja1bsqUUW4OrWiNK8vX-o_NR9qSQrsJZyQvGCj309Qgz750gz4RON7yPek/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="303" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYYSSagW1ZRcifuG4p7kWRUBBB_BBV2CRqRZsgfFYrfYWS0T3fDfGtztWyS-jIryjDS62HvUQW05P4xpFNyja1bsqUUW4OrWiNK8vX-o_NR9qSQrsJZyQvGCj309Qgz750gz4RON7yPek/w255-h400/image.png" width="255" /></a><br /><b>Fortunate Son</b> by Jay Crownover</div></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Sea's Lies </b>by </span><span>Kaho Nashiki</span></span></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #0f1419; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World</b> by Laura Imai Messina</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCoWHsv5mKYjqJCj-hxKeSVA1OOhdAPXYlpB7sKzGx0_WhfgaBA0WVefD9KP9feKk2qP1FfgInrDTrFmsYYkybOPeMx3fuTVKTZTgTxlulncRBOYrnUbanVtdDsOqJa1GPRbnQ-gPkAfY/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="312" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCoWHsv5mKYjqJCj-hxKeSVA1OOhdAPXYlpB7sKzGx0_WhfgaBA0WVefD9KP9feKk2qP1FfgInrDTrFmsYYkybOPeMx3fuTVKTZTgTxlulncRBOYrnUbanVtdDsOqJa1GPRbnQ-gPkAfY/w263-h400/image.png" width="263" /></a></div><b>Il Guardiano della Collina dei Ciliegi</b> by Franco Faggiani</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">TV Series</span></u></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(currently watching)</span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiruMANM81Y2-ps8tUNW0lIBjs2ZEN138BoDfHYyXj5_-44ariGmqR6ZwW6OJx2veb4I6MOPYE-DQxXukrDPja80eT4Zlbc9oxJfUm1Hc5OdNXJsaZE8ghyphenhyphen5Y4uPnC3IhvMtGm8c5-Su2I/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1057" data-original-width="740" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiruMANM81Y2-ps8tUNW0lIBjs2ZEN138BoDfHYyXj5_-44ariGmqR6ZwW6OJx2veb4I6MOPYE-DQxXukrDPja80eT4Zlbc9oxJfUm1Hc5OdNXJsaZE8ghyphenhyphen5Y4uPnC3IhvMtGm8c5-Su2I/w280-h400/image.png" width="280" /></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiruMANM81Y2-ps8tUNW0lIBjs2ZEN138BoDfHYyXj5_-44ariGmqR6ZwW6OJx2veb4I6MOPYE-DQxXukrDPja80eT4Zlbc9oxJfUm1Hc5OdNXJsaZE8ghyphenhyphen5Y4uPnC3IhvMtGm8c5-Su2I/" style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; display: inline;"><img alt="" data-original-height="969" data-original-width="680" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYEIMFF-PlA7BOw5vh_kOSy0ng4FgBTUPivwel0TTizpmMzISXEhIcTnyeBf2O9Uaa8GreILYcCX4IVDabUvAxXAfoLcjAmOc5DJTxfZXmTBjow691xE3VH82iZmftPXmg77rZvTCoK9A/w280-h400/image.png" width="280" /></div></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b> Imitation </b><span>(K-drama)</span></div></div></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span><b><span>The Devil Judge</span><span face="pt sans narrow, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span> </span></span></b></span></span><span>(K-drama)</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaBE_AVdtLCQ5q0Fk-IQJXzENh5T4EjMlY2ins3huwIauD4CnR9ljtxgFk_qUyZRFCdNHW5rorYyA-_O7kYhrv8SbWGyhWTyw18Y9943dq_rnycFWq4YSYXlexy43QHSovMq2CHFrBbec/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1446" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaBE_AVdtLCQ5q0Fk-IQJXzENh5T4EjMlY2ins3huwIauD4CnR9ljtxgFk_qUyZRFCdNHW5rorYyA-_O7kYhrv8SbWGyhWTyw18Y9943dq_rnycFWq4YSYXlexy43QHSovMq2CHFrBbec/w282-h400/image.png" width="282" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgozezKRYtbTwcm79xQ2TzAGzkd0j4x5VIWa0kZ4ODgvHAMw8cJgzxcA19pBUWgL342F9zMVLdE7xNOkThWKrY2P58jQmdojOscGC3ICSyK-kxpU-BCksKb8QQwuKaxHWZsjNs1LmRFPvg/s968/My_Roommate_Is_A_Gumiho-MP001.jpeg" style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="680" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgozezKRYtbTwcm79xQ2TzAGzkd0j4x5VIWa0kZ4ODgvHAMw8cJgzxcA19pBUWgL342F9zMVLdE7xNOkThWKrY2P58jQmdojOscGC3ICSyK-kxpU-BCksKb8QQwuKaxHWZsjNs1LmRFPvg/w281-h400/My_Roommate_Is_A_Gumiho-MP001.jpeg" width="281" /></a><br /><b style="font-family: inherit;">Hospital Playlist 2 </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">(K-Drama)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>My Roommate is a Gumiho</b>(K-drama)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3kLRHHbyEMkUqufpC0v6T_uFjncVSV79ZZLKSLO1nGb8Xbx8h59qndvaJnVMBPcE8LIZ56Cp1wRHhY_hVUL6AJ2f5E9T6TkAQrTj-I6rnd9toSSGZp4a0RY3XpCXWmdpsGWL62493NME/s1021/Night_Doctor_Japanese_Drama-P1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1021" data-original-width="826" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3kLRHHbyEMkUqufpC0v6T_uFjncVSV79ZZLKSLO1nGb8Xbx8h59qndvaJnVMBPcE8LIZ56Cp1wRHhY_hVUL6AJ2f5E9T6TkAQrTj-I6rnd9toSSGZp4a0RY3XpCXWmdpsGWL62493NME/w324-h400/Night_Doctor_Japanese_Drama-P1.jpg" width="324" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: inherit;">Night Doctor</b><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit;"> (J-drama)</span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Have you already seen or read any of them? </span></b></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>What should I watch/read first?</b></span><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span><br /></span><div><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span>Ph: imdb.com, impawards.com, asianwiki.com, mydramalist.com & goodreads.com</span><br /><span><br /></span></span></div></div></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature created at </span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">The Broke and the Bookish</span><span style="background-color: white;">. It was meant to be only for books, BUT I changed it a little bit so it will be 5 books I want to read and 5 movies I'm planning to watch. PLUS it's going to be monthly and not weekly.</span></span></p>the Teeny tiny à Tout Fairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05416380540548119612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406439618090032565.post-23733380192179383812021-07-04T14:30:00.001+02:002021-07-04T14:30:00.211+02:00📺 Korean Tv Series Review: Doom at Your Service (어느 날 우리 집 현관으로 멸망이 들어왔다)<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0MTS41eggH83iRcnB8AC92PYE4owo9H3oqEYMJtplp9NR5wfN_TYJYx8NTzusxVEhDe_ck4Hi7y-TfPb8lJcP2Jvh-T2iWhwTnHM8FvGm5enD-XRb0id6_KmQGv-IclLB8njqGYfuJwE/s2048/fullsizephoto1323159.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1446" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0MTS41eggH83iRcnB8AC92PYE4owo9H3oqEYMJtplp9NR5wfN_TYJYx8NTzusxVEhDe_ck4Hi7y-TfPb8lJcP2Jvh-T2iWhwTnHM8FvGm5enD-XRb0id6_KmQGv-IclLB8njqGYfuJwE/w452-h640/fullsizephoto1323159.jpg" width="452" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>The day </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b>Tak Dong-Kyung is diagnosed with a brain tumor is also the day she accepts her fate, deciding not to have the biopsy surgery that would</b> help determine the type and <b>advise on the best therapy. Without it, she has 3 months left to live.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Dong-Kyung decides to hide her illness from her aunt and younger brother as well as from her colleagues at the web novel company she works for, as editor. She keeps it from her best friend, Na Ji Na, who's also a writer under the same company.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b>One night</b>, Dong-Kyung gets drunk out of anger at her unfair situation and yells that she wishes the world to end. Soon after,<b> a charming young man shows at her door, introducing himself as </b></span></span><b>Myul Mang (Doom in Korean). He's responsible for everything that dies and gets destroyed and he heard her request. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Myul Mang despises the world, the people living in it, and he was waiting for someone to wish it to be over.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Dong-Kyung claims she wasn't serious about it, but Myul Mang can read inside her and knows she was and offers her a deal: he'll make sure she'll feel no pain for what times she has left to live and she'll have to wish for the world to end by the end of the 3 months.</b> Either that or the person she loved the most will die. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dong-Kyung refuses at first, but <b>she'll be almost forced to accept it when she experiences how painful the tumor can be. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So she comes up with a plan: she'll fall in love with Myul Mang, so the person who's going to die is doom itself.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><u>My Opinion</u></span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000;">👍</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>"Doom at Your Service</b><b>" is a very good fantasy drama, so detailed and full of good characters</b> that I decided to put only the lead protagonist's story in the review above and to go through the parallel ones here.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">● Deity and Destiny</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Myul Mang clearly hates being the one bringing doom and doesn't miss any chance he has to voice it out to the deity who created him.</b> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She's in the form of a young girl, who's confined in a hospital room due to heart disease but, if at first she can come across as detached and cold, soon the reasons for the comments and action become much more understandable.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhST6yhJJtNpgoQcH7OJXfW0O3YBARXgVX14vH7u-tyah76XT2aoA320ZR4QiCGz-VA4HJXx5cRzLh3SIC-wm5ID2qlyx4UApZkMPGHKCON74ySfzKqZYwwrBj7Ghct8sM6fGKkDGu-vw0/"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhST6yhJJtNpgoQcH7OJXfW0O3YBARXgVX14vH7u-tyah76XT2aoA320ZR4QiCGz-VA4HJXx5cRzLh3SIC-wm5ID2qlyx4UApZkMPGHKCON74ySfzKqZYwwrBj7Ghct8sM6fGKkDGu-vw0/w640-h426/image.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The relationship between the deity and Myul Mang is complicated and tense most of the time, but I liked how it developed throughout the series</b> and personally, I got a better understanding as to why the deity acted the way she did.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">● Love Triangle</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As much as Dong-Kyung and Myul Mang's story is compelling and engaging (and full of 'please, let them be happy together already' moments), <b>I found myself waiting for the scenes of the always present love triangle.</b> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dong-Kyung's best friend <b>Na Ji Na is a strong woman, but not when it comes to her love life: she still thinks about her high school love, Lee Hyun Kyu, who broke up with her to go study abroad.</b> When the two finally met at a class reunion, the atmosphere gets really awkward because they never put a 'proper' end to their relationship. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCHZTAQMMGPrrkbtuBdaB0GTLaFAogM8jjmqwPfRSt9xPjQ-NvBc9x6z5_nCNQX6UFOWWocNe-3XuQAJFYW3eJxQjSt9D6O4eq4mp4K5BFjIMxnMbQKd1z2DsRlijTK0jZN0vCXQOLwXY/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCHZTAQMMGPrrkbtuBdaB0GTLaFAogM8jjmqwPfRSt9xPjQ-NvBc9x6z5_nCNQX6UFOWWocNe-3XuQAJFYW3eJxQjSt9D6O4eq4mp4K5BFjIMxnMbQKd1z2DsRlijTK0jZN0vCXQOLwXY/w640-h426/image.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But they're not high schoolers anymore and <b>Cha Joo Ik entered Ji Na's life: he's a senior editor for the web novel company she signed with and, even if he's abruptly honest when she talks, he cares deeply about her, on both a personal and professional level.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He's honest with his feelings and doesn't even try to hide them and, at the same time, he's not pushy over Ji Na to choose him over Hyun Kyu. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BxDbo_jLiLhYHBH9BorM9QgTw2uDHMTqLStjz6IhUj38IoNKvgDhVMBUiC7i5Yt1CGWtHPOvF3ewl9rGXvLqeeMTyUGkif_1KQpvg4cB8GRu9CNcU71l2Nr9BPc6_BKkpGgpY1a17CQ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BxDbo_jLiLhYHBH9BorM9QgTw2uDHMTqLStjz6IhUj38IoNKvgDhVMBUiC7i5Yt1CGWtHPOvF3ewl9rGXvLqeeMTyUGkif_1KQpvg4cB8GRu9CNcU71l2Nr9BPc6_BKkpGgpY1a17CQ/w640-h426/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>● Family's Love</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">At first, I thought Dong-Kyung's decision not to undergo the biopsy surgery was a foolish decision: yes, she has been told that the procedure was dangerous and even if she did it, it would have prolonged her life by 1 year and yet, if I were in her shoes, I'd have tried everything in order to survive. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But that's exactly it! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">She has no wish to merely survive so she kind of accepts the fact that her time is limited and spends it as nothing changed. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Things slightly start to change when her family and Ji Na find out about her illness and run by her side</b> (her aunt travels all the way from Canada with her husband for this) and that slowly starts to shake Dong-Kyung out her numbness.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In my mind <b>this will be remembered as the 'coat' drama, as the protagonists wore basically just those as jackets and I loved them all!</b> We get to witness seriously a brilliant styling!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And <b>the scenographies were something else, I was blown away by how beautiful they were!!!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_5qazERZ1A5jAmr9U1qNGpdoTX5BYViC3tFZIqKyTorXjLpXU1m3_S_kHNkjZHpWK-T6PQ_elsgqEUlcoE96dKGrxPHvNrql8ErUCV95tSsrY1Rhye4mpiBBwgAWO4eU7HuiUUkSuRKs/s1776/IMG_20210704_105541.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="1776" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_5qazERZ1A5jAmr9U1qNGpdoTX5BYViC3tFZIqKyTorXjLpXU1m3_S_kHNkjZHpWK-T6PQ_elsgqEUlcoE96dKGrxPHvNrql8ErUCV95tSsrY1Rhye4mpiBBwgAWO4eU7HuiUUkSuRKs/w640-h338/IMG_20210704_105541.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Can we talk endlessly about <span style="text-align: left;">Myul Mang's house, please?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The casting is also spot-on</b>; everyone fits their own characters so well, it almost looks like they were created just for them.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The soundtrack completes the overall "life's hard /fate is cruel, but there's still a glimpse of hope if you look for it" kind of mood</b> with slow and sad ballad songs.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Final thoughts? One of the best dramas of the first half of the year, for sure!</span></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000;"><div style="color: black; font-weight: 400;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">Rating</span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">: 4½/5</span></b></div></span></div></div><div style="color: black; font-weight: 400;"><br /></div><div style="color: black; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ph: hancinema.net </span></div></b></div>the Teeny tiny à Tout Fairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05416380540548119612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406439618090032565.post-79033998012897081412021-06-21T01:30:00.001+02:002021-06-21T01:30:00.232+02:00👗Awkwafina vs Juana Acosta<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">At a first glance, I would have never thought this look would come straight out from <b>Christian </b><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Dior Pre Fall 2021</b> collection, and yet...it is!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfIKT1_yVZ6t0aP8k9jnivTfuVAa-Idve6HhQ1fNKopyNRZOpCNfWiFuq0V35bp1iu0QRsNvqZzrBGNKFoFwJMnE5iM0gW6xZrWdHFwb697hwEuavMUoctC3G_uPU5QYhhzjbw5GLh68w/s1080/DIORig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfIKT1_yVZ6t0aP8k9jnivTfuVAa-Idve6HhQ1fNKopyNRZOpCNfWiFuq0V35bp1iu0QRsNvqZzrBGNKFoFwJMnE5iM0gW6xZrWdHFwb697hwEuavMUoctC3G_uPU5QYhhzjbw5GLh68w/w640-h640/DIORig.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The first who wore the red sequins skirt paired up with the leopard spots print t-shirt has been singe/actress <b>Awkwafina</b>, back in February while attending the virtual premiere of her Disney movie "<span style="background-color: white;">Raya and The Last Dragon". She completed the look with nude pumps.</span></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Colombian actress <b>Juana Acosta</b> wore the same outfit while attending the opening night of the 2021 Malaga Film Festival. She opted for black heels and a matching black <span style="background-color: white;">netted beret, which I'm now obsessed with...</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><u>Who do you think wore it better</u>?</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Awkwafina or Juana Acosta?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">Ph: Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLkaTaNj98-/?utm_source=ig_embed" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></b></a> & <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CQBf2UTFJ9r/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></b></a> </span></span></div></div></div>the Teeny tiny à Tout Fairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05416380540548119612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406439618090032565.post-20192823376009701652021-06-19T01:30:00.000+02:002021-06-19T01:30:00.228+02:00📖 Novel of the Week: Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Café (この嘘がばれないうちに) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1um6sWsWkj_mGStpmOzJhdN2xYSzpG9ppEDgY2ms1X-OnEum2sYUkeGjCKZqWyLKheauge8bisYJwY07YA5Jd2nxUQVG9qqHK2S3BhTmB6uAsJWNwDEKx9OZPVmb8OlWZEW1NTpSDrs0/s475/53988823._SY475_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="312" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1um6sWsWkj_mGStpmOzJhdN2xYSzpG9ppEDgY2ms1X-OnEum2sYUkeGjCKZqWyLKheauge8bisYJwY07YA5Jd2nxUQVG9qqHK2S3BhTmB6uAsJWNwDEKx9OZPVmb8OlWZEW1NTpSDrs0/w263-h400/53988823._SY475_.jpg" width="263" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyMh80h_QcrulUZNqIUA177KZFw6yEo2Ze6jY3sECBQOjJrBDLlzs1aj9LH5A7H1t6venSzOJPym-oHnT7s6pxrRoC5EjlzysyzEg78MXkKAnIkFcxKmH3rtViiesFCIp-fN7jIDjEYSY/s1189/2794b8692bc49c717d30b7b6cb5d65b2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="798" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyMh80h_QcrulUZNqIUA177KZFw6yEo2Ze6jY3sECBQOjJrBDLlzs1aj9LH5A7H1t6venSzOJPym-oHnT7s6pxrRoC5EjlzysyzEg78MXkKAnIkFcxKmH3rtViiesFCIp-fN7jIDjEYSY/w269-h400/2794b8692bc49c717d30b7b6cb5d65b2.jpg" width="269" /></a><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We are back to the <span style="background-color: white;">Funiculi Funicula cafè, where there's a special seat that allows customers to go back in time...or travel to the future. But there's a set of strict rules, so it's not that many people who decide they can abide by all those rules and actually go back in time.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">The stories of 4 of those people are the protagonists of this book:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Gōtaro Chiba</b> has been raising Haruka like his own daughter after she lost both her parents in a car accident when she was just 1 year old. Haruka's father, Suichi Kamiya, has been a good friend of </span><span style="background-color: white;">Gōtaro and helped him when he most needed it.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Now Haruka is about to get married and is bound to find out the truth about her parents, and </span><span style="background-color: white;">Gōtaro is worried she might not love him anymore once she does.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">He wants to go back to the past and meet with Suichi and ask him what to do.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Yukio Kijima</b> also wants to go back to the past and meet his mom, the only person who event supported his dream of moving to Kyoto to become a pottery master. But things took a wrong turn, and Yukio has always been afraid of returning home and admitting he failed.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Katsuki Kurata</b> comes to the cafè because he actually wants to travel to the future to see his girlfriend, whom he intends to propose to.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Lastly, <b>Kiyoshi Manda</b> always regretted never gifting something nice to his wife and telling her how he really felt about his job as a detective for the criminal division.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;">👍</b><b style="background-color: white;">👎</b><b style="background-color: white;"><u>My Thoughts</u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I've actually found out only recently that "Before the Coffee Gets Cold" is supposed to be a trilogy, so since I liked the first book I decided to get my hand on the second one as well.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Likewise the previous book, the stories are touching</b> and, while I personally found the first is the best out of the 4, <b>all of them have a positive and heartwarming ending message. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The original <b>Japanese title can be translated as "before that lie is revealed"</b> and that's the thing that binds the stories together: <b>all the protagonists have indeed lied to the people they loved</b>, each in their own way, and since they know what happened after,<b> they want to go back and act differently, even if that won't change things.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Having read the first book, <b>I was a bit annoyed by the rules being listed in every chapter</b> but since this book can be read as a standalone without any issue, I understand the need to explain them...even if maybe not as many times as the author eventually did.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">It was <b>a nice and sweet read, nothing too complex</b> and I'd <b>recommend</b> it <b>if you</b>'ve just finished a very long and eventful book and <b>are seeking something simple yet entertaining to read next.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://theteenytinytoutfaire.blogspot.com/2020/09/japanese-week-novel-of-week-before.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiit6DCOH8Sw4XwjQJ18DttjTiaEQFtQl3LUpedLdN0pvTmHPoDLxXr6ZYLYQrovM-8OIKdqPefuO9dCsrAElEByu9OrwCJckxbVN2AqB4X0fCJJBc7KjUMtySWspttCnPTfnBGaAyHnbs/s320/44421460._SY475_.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Click on the cover to read my review</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; line-height: 16.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My vote: 7</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">/10</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ph: goodreads.com & ytanium.com</span></span></span></span></div></div>the Teeny tiny à Tout Fairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05416380540548119612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406439618090032565.post-69940440880121418882021-06-17T13:30:00.002+02:002021-06-17T19:20:46.848+02:00📺 Korean Tv Series Review: Sell Your Haunted House (대박부동산 )<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMsQjL7ov9X3pAeu0L5tUbCpnZYJi58AQSdh10S9w3MfLnr3tpRtY6xDGja7ClgR7eKMfF2m-IeXeztqjcHq3T4r1ts4XP7wEPUENOd8buszi5SEZCIPrLNo8N-9hKL1OG9lPMjxDCW8I/s2048/largephoto1318896.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1438" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMsQjL7ov9X3pAeu0L5tUbCpnZYJi58AQSdh10S9w3MfLnr3tpRtY6xDGja7ClgR7eKMfF2m-IeXeztqjcHq3T4r1ts4XP7wEPUENOd8buszi5SEZCIPrLNo8N-9hKL1OG9lPMjxDCW8I/w450-h640/largephoto1318896.jpg" width="450" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Hong Ji A is the owner of </b></span><span><b>Daebak Reality, a peculiar real estate agency that deals only with...hunted houses.</b> <b>Ji A comes from a family of exorcists</b> and uses his business to perform these exorcisms in order to send the unrested spirit to the other world.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><b>She has her trustworthy secretary (and only friend) </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b>Joo Hwa Jeong to help her manage Daebak Reality and to hire a psychic</b> every time she needs to perform an exorcism; <b>psychics </b>are <b>usually young men who can be possessed by the spirit</b> so that Ji A can 'kill' them and send them away for good.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><b>Oh In-Bum and </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><b>Heo Ji-Chul have been scamming people for a living</b>, using sophisticated devices to make their naive victims believe their houses, shops (even entire buildings) were infested by ghosts and induce them to pay huge amounts of money to get rid of them.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">While trying to scam their latest victim, the duo encounters Ji A, whom they first believed was another con artist.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-cXqHFLSlOmCISl45oa-Yg8MKFGjAu448u82pZrUamiOqmhbHz2YtD2TcZ5U2-fYT5WFFXw0tlI38aZffRYhybubQ2sMCBKs2Z0r68htyWi_h8ABzvngUdBNAsqA243Uojje_x95meo/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-cXqHFLSlOmCISl45oa-Yg8MKFGjAu448u82pZrUamiOqmhbHz2YtD2TcZ5U2-fYT5WFFXw0tlI38aZffRYhybubQ2sMCBKs2Z0r68htyWi_h8ABzvngUdBNAsqA243Uojje_x95meo/w640-h426/image.png" width="640" /></a></div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><b>Ji A finds out that In-Bum is a psychic, and even more powerful than any other she had worked with</b>, so he could be the one to help her send away a very special spirit that she has been with her for 20 years...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">While working on various cases, <b>Ji A and In-Bum will clash with Dohak Constructions chairman, Do Hak-Sung, a remorseless and </b></span></span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><b>unscrupulous man</b>, who has shared a past with Oh In-Bum's beloved late uncle.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><u>My Opinion</u></span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000;">👍</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I already knew actress <b>Jang Na Ra</b> from "The Last Empress" and "I Remember You", but her character in "Sell Your Haunted House" seemed so dark and different that I go curious.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She <b>gave once again an amazing performance and proved to be an outstanding actress</b>, <b>being able to pull off the fierce and righteous Hong Ji A and yet making her soft and humourous side come out when needed. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw8JmHp_NPCgiOJjLhi_w3DosxoF5WnvAIFzC-4Qc3NXzhcE2ZhgBaILOlrUi08zUbfIrMz6VZvcelJpi0lCVfJfSsjWuozHt8F4AdHGkSgS3Nb9lnqY_itlbB4dWo1CCVBfxnHpAetSo/s2048/SYHH.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1405" data-original-width="2048" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw8JmHp_NPCgiOJjLhi_w3DosxoF5WnvAIFzC-4Qc3NXzhcE2ZhgBaILOlrUi08zUbfIrMz6VZvcelJpi0lCVfJfSsjWuozHt8F4AdHGkSgS3Nb9lnqY_itlbB4dWo1CCVBfxnHpAetSo/w640-h440/SYHH.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>High praises also for the styling crew</b>, as they've been able to make Ji A look chic and always on point while wearing only black clothes. But <b>the fashion award this time goes to <span>secretary </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;">Joo (</span>Kang Mal-Geum), who's always overly dressed and still makes it look like it's normality.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I liked the Daebak Reality setting</b>, and maybe because of the unkempt exteriors or Ji A's room, filled with religious folklore memorabilia, but <b>it reminded me of New Orleans</b>...oh, well, I had that feeling.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The main story flows perfectly with the ones of the various unrested spirit encountered and they are all beautiful, however sad and sometimes cruel.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I always like the relationship developed between Ji A and In-Bum and how they overcame all the obstacles along the way. I think it was a smart choice and in line with the plot that <b>SPOILER </b>they didn't get involved romantically.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000;"><div style="color: black; font-weight: 400;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">Rating</span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">: 4½/5</span></b></div></span></div></div><div style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><br /></div><div style="color: black; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ph: hancinema.net & my collage</span></div></b></div></div>the Teeny tiny à Tout Fairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05416380540548119612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406439618090032565.post-65810333401660257642021-06-14T01:30:00.001+02:002021-06-14T01:30:00.207+02:00📖 Novel of the Week: Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFQTqPxQWRHD2rAm1d86oykgNA3TVQ7Bv0pTSwh3Of5PwDsNPpq4JToK2rIOeLnclls1hqZgnaEeDiWKcdCOdFRQikJVV7W1mwCJj1xsZ9axRU2xVS8ErfXYj61XBqn1BdNbxMYsy9jZU/s1994/clap-when-you-land-by-elizabeth-acevedo-1320x1994.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1994" data-original-width="1320" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFQTqPxQWRHD2rAm1d86oykgNA3TVQ7Bv0pTSwh3Of5PwDsNPpq4JToK2rIOeLnclls1hqZgnaEeDiWKcdCOdFRQikJVV7W1mwCJj1xsZ9axRU2xVS8ErfXYj61XBqn1BdNbxMYsy9jZU/w424-h640/clap-when-you-land-by-elizabeth-acevedo-1320x1994.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Camino e Yahaira should have nothing in common: the former live in a barrio in the Dominican Republic while the latter lives in a nice apartment in New York City.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Camino lost his mom when she was younger and has only her Tia as a constant adult presence while Yahaira is loved by both her parents.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One would spend her entire day swimming in the ocean and dreams of attending Columbia's Med School, the other is a chess master (even if she quit competing in tournaments) and has no idea of what she wants to do after high school.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Two completely different girls, two strangers...and yet they actually DO have something in common: their dad.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Yano Rio tried to hide his secret from both his daughters, but somehow Yahaira found out his father's marriage certificate with a Dominica woman and has given him the silent treatment ever since...but it doesn't matter anymore, because Yano died in a plane crash while flying to the Dominican Republic, like he did every summer.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What will happen if when and if the two girls eventually meet? Will they blame each other for being the reason why their father died? </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Or will they form an unlikely sisterhood bond precisely because they have both been lied to by the person they loved the most?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: large;">👍</b><b style="font-size: large;">👎</b><b style="font-size: large;"><u>My Thoughts</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>It's immediately clear that the author is a poetess</b>: the way the phrases are composed and structured, the almost total absence of direct dialogues, the stylistic choice of using '&' instead of 'and'...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To be honest, t<b>his kind of writing style is not my cup of tea, but it surely helps to understand the two protagonists' feelings, thoughts, and backgrounds.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The story is sad, tragic when it comes to Camino's one,</b> and <b>that's why I found it somehow uplifting and inspiring the way the two girls</b>, who are barely teenagers, react to the news of their beloved father's death and yet <b>bravely put their grief aside to be of support to what's left of their families.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another aspect I didn't like was that <b>SPOILER </b>the two girls' first encounter happens well beyond half of the book and, personally, don't think all the events narrated before that are needed, plot-wise...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I still think it's a good story, definitely worth reading</b>, and I'd recommend it to anyone who likes to vary from the common writing style and narration methods.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As for me, I don't think I'll read immediately the author's other books immediately...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-size: large;"><u><br /></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-size: large;"><u><br /></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; line-height: 16.1px;"><span>My vote: 7¾</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">/10</span></span><br style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ph: goodread.com</span></span></b></div></div></div>the Teeny tiny à Tout Fairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05416380540548119612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406439618090032565.post-27180903371974190282021-06-08T01:30:00.002+02:002021-06-17T16:22:30.173+02:00🎬 Movie Review: American Skin<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrnmrAdgwmbwxEdC9JrHSkAU-AgFy3RAOWmXYY6E8Dzhh2kV5jNc0ht1T3DgxaqZDU8n4DtakFlqId4naebDbfsVr2Hst02OVUDd7lsoIxJrDuOC19gSnfjcQqdmnaZpvfk-BZBxHAUIk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="510" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrnmrAdgwmbwxEdC9JrHSkAU-AgFy3RAOWmXYY6E8Dzhh2kV5jNc0ht1T3DgxaqZDU8n4DtakFlqId4naebDbfsVr2Hst02OVUDd7lsoIxJrDuOC19gSnfjcQqdmnaZpvfk-BZBxHAUIk/w432-h640/image.png" width="432" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-size: large;">The life of Lincoln Jefferson</b><span style="font-size: large;">, a veteran with two Iraq tours on his shoulder, </span><b style="font-size: large;">takes a tragic turn while driving home with his 14 years old son, Kajani, as they are stopped by a police patrol for what was supposed to be a routine check in a residential neighborhood.</b></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">After noting that the car's assurance car was expired, the two police officers ask for Lincoln and Kajani to step out of the car. <b>When Kajani refuses to stop filming the scene with his phone, tension escalates quickly and leads to the young boy's death.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>More than 1 year later, <b>the evidence against </b></span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><b>Mike Randall</b>, </span><span>the officer who shot Kajani, <b>is declared not enough to lead to a trial and he's free to go back to work.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In the meantime, Lincoln is interviewed by Jordin, a college student who's majoring in cinema and wants to do a documentary about his story.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Little did Jordin and his 2 friends' crew knew what Lincoln was secretly organizing: to go to the precinct where officer <span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Mike Randall works, take the whole office hostage, and set up a trial with the civilians (and some inmates as well) acting as a jury. Whether they'll judge officer Randall guilty of the murder of his son or not will define Randall's fate.</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><u style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 700;">My Opinion</u><b style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">👍👎</span></b></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Winner of the 2019 </b><span face="Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><b>Filming Italy Award at Venice Film Festival</b>, this movie revolves around the unfair treatment the African American community has to endure when it comes to police brutality.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><b>I honestly don't think the story is biased or exaggerated as we have all seen how </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><b>still a present issue this is in the US.</b> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Lincoln is a man who has been through actual war and came back home just to see his beloved son be taken away merely because they were in the wrong neighborhood, at the wrong time, and with the wrong skin color.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background-color: white;"><b>One of the many iconic scenes</b> in the movie <b>is when Lincoln and </b></span></span><span><b>Kajani discuss over a law saying that US citizens have the right to protest and react to an unfair arrest</b> and <b>it's seriously heartbreaking watching Lincoln explaining to his ideal driven son that this law doesn't apply to black people.</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><b>This movie is, along with "The Hate You Give", sad, enraging, and eye-opening.</b> The dialogues and Lincoln's desperate decision to take an entire police office hostage just to have the trial and a sentence for his son's death are painful and extreme but thinking this is what black people have to face on a daily basis is even more hurtful and despicable.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I cannot even start to comprehend how tough black people's lives must be</b> and that's why <b>I'm so grateful for movies and books like this</b>: <b>they are a way to educate people on the issue</b> and to make all of us think as to why a different skin color should make us feel threatened compared to another one.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/un1Mjqdj03M" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #848484; font-size: 11px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #848484; font-size: 11px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">It DOES NOT pass the Bechdel-</span>Wallace<span style="background-color: white;"> test</span></span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"><span><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1. </span></span></span><span>There must be at least two women (and the names must be known) </span></span></b><b style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white;">❌</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"><b><span><span><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2. </span></span></span><span>The women have to talk to each other </span></span></b></span><b style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white;">❌</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><span style="font-family: inherit;">3. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;">The topic of conversation can be about anything except men </span></b><b style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white;">❌</span></b></span></div><div><b><span style="color: lime; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div></div></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">Rating</span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">: 5/5</span></b></span></div></div></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Ph: impawards.com</span></span></div></span></span></div></div>the Teeny tiny à Tout Fairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05416380540548119612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406439618090032565.post-31588560330784082872021-06-06T13:00:00.001+02:002021-06-06T13:00:00.244+02:00📺 Korean Tv Series Review: Taxi Driver (모범택시)<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiukT58MXJGFfRbK-X4fj7MrXv3gRxFpkLQbd1viGxBRIAASbVCJnqTgh3ScaK9fyLKcxR8b9cfpWZzIUfyQFmYAyo1Kqo5TEwDuLaY6qdfv_82Q_LSm1BGV-bvmgeU0lwe2BC9hEEPZIE/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1450" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiukT58MXJGFfRbK-X4fj7MrXv3gRxFpkLQbd1viGxBRIAASbVCJnqTgh3ScaK9fyLKcxR8b9cfpWZzIUfyQFmYAyo1Kqo5TEwDuLaY6qdfv_82Q_LSm1BGV-bvmgeU0lwe2BC9hEEPZIE/w453-h640/image.png" width="453" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The story follows a group of employees of Rainbow taxi company, who secretly run a side "business": they get revenge on behalf of the victims of all types of crimes who request to </span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">be avenged of the ones who've hurt them.</span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We have <b>Kim Do Ki, the taciturn, martial art trained taxi driver, who usually goes undercover</b> in the place where the victim started to get physically/mentally abused by their perpetrators and almost always ends up discovering way more than what was on the surface (which is already awful).</span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span><b>The mechanic duo, formed by Mr. Choi and Mr.Park,</b> is in charge of all the upgrades and general maintenance of the taxi used for their missions and </span></span><span style="text-align: center;">playing</span><span style="text-align: center;"> down even the most serious situation.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Ahn Go Eun, the only female on the team, organizes every detail of the mission</b> and, being a skilled hacker, she follows the team behind several computer screens in order to have their backs covered.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span>The mastermind behind the creation of this team is </span><span>Rainbow taxi's owner </span></b><span><b>Jang Sung Chul</b>, who's also the chairman and spokesperson of Blue Bird Foundation, a no-profit organization helping the families of violent crimes' victims...which is how they get their mission, by asking to their 'clients' if they want to take revenge over the people who made their loved ones' lives miserable.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>All team members</b> went through some major tragic events in the past and that's why their bond goes beyond friendship and companionship: they <b>lost faith in the justice system</b> and so decided to make the criminal pay for what they did by themselves.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>To do this, <b>Sung-Chung formed a dangerous alliance with the unscrupulous l</b></span><b>oan shark </b><span face=""pt sans narrow", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b>Baek Sung-Mi, who rents him a place to segregate the criminals</b> in order to isolate them from society and to somehow reeducate them.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Kang Ha-Na is a righteous and fierce prosecutor</b> who starts investigating the disappearance of these criminals, wanting to punish them by the law even if she too thinks there's more than one flaw in the justice system.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><u>My Opinion</u></span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">👍</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Taxi Driver is one of the most terrifying k-dramas I've ever watched</b> and to think that the reason why it's so overwhelming is that it focuses on modern society's critical problems like slavery, bullism, and harassment in one's workplace, gives me goosebumps. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>During each episode I found myself holding my breath as I couldn't believe the viciousness of the villains</b>, their pursuit of making their target's lives as miserable as possible, and the repercussions they have to go through if they try to rebel against them.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><b>If you're </b></span><span><b>easily impressionable, I honestly don't think you should watch this drama</b> and </span><span>I'm not exaggerating when I say it was tough to keep watching some scenes due to their repulsive, remorseless, and unbelievably cruel criminal...and here I thought <a href="https://theteenytinytoutfaire.blogspot.com/2021/04/korean-tv-series-review-beyond-evil.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Beyond Evil</span></b></a> was going to be the harshest drama of the year.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I'm caught between being horrified because the topics treated</b> are likely to happen daily <b>and being amazed by how good the acting is,</b> for me to feel this way. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Both the leading and supporting cast is superlative in portraying their characters, while the storyline is full of tension and scary situations that I thought it was going to be like 'Game of Thrones' where anyone could die, it doesn't matter if they're leading characters or not.</span></div></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiklKLFOYUQmfXrbmfcr29avG4Sg0Br__S4GDQjzSMDIxLf2xsCDYeUJRv0jjqOWZGkXgiCMaOIWQsakMajN6jdpkB2lep1HtRXsc_oQ6flbdcYuHzAlfNFnqoCgzPKnTECWiYo6QAY2MY/s544/Taxi-Driver-Lee-Je-Hoon-parking.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="544" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiklKLFOYUQmfXrbmfcr29avG4Sg0Br__S4GDQjzSMDIxLf2xsCDYeUJRv0jjqOWZGkXgiCMaOIWQsakMajN6jdpkB2lep1HtRXsc_oQ6flbdcYuHzAlfNFnqoCgzPKnTECWiYo6QAY2MY/w640-h360/Taxi-Driver-Lee-Je-Hoon-parking.gif" width="640" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtpgU8EbGaydtnwTuCpT6i5bLmucwGsZgdFK-P0hkB3F36FOISmUBJ7WqXdGy7dckmQCpma5PdjKz7SJxNLlKWwfnfNYA1AH9t5Dwverox5nvth6w3ILuLootnhvBQlj_4ulbuX0vDYo/s544/Taxi-Driver-Lee-Je-Hoon-getting-out-of-his-car.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="544" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtpgU8EbGaydtnwTuCpT6i5bLmucwGsZgdFK-P0hkB3F36FOISmUBJ7WqXdGy7dckmQCpma5PdjKz7SJxNLlKWwfnfNYA1AH9t5Dwverox5nvth6w3ILuLootnhvBQlj_4ulbuX0vDYo/w640-h360/Taxi-Driver-Lee-Je-Hoon-getting-out-of-his-car.gif" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">There are obviously some scenes and parallel stories that are uplifting and help break the overall seriousness of the main story, while the action scenes are so well choreographed I wanted to watch them on a loop...</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The tension is kept high up until the very end and the way they ended it made absolute sense and in line with the entire story.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>It wasn't always an easy watch, but I think this could be one of the best dramas of the year.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><div style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">Rating</span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">: 5+/5</span></b></div></span></div></div><div style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><br /></div><div style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;">Ph: hancinema.net and Tumblr.com</div></b></div></div>the Teeny tiny à Tout Fairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05416380540548119612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406439618090032565.post-26546188734826815512021-05-28T21:30:00.001+02:002021-05-28T21:30:00.206+02:00👗Jun Ji Hyun (전지현) vs Girl's Day's Hyeri (혜리)<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Alexander McQueen's S/S 2021 collection</b> is full of beautiful dresses so it doesn't surprise me that these two South Korean actresses got spotted in the same one. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And I won't be surprised if it happens again in the future...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn4rqnAUeVMHqBsB26TDP-LpNAFkR-adWj1bdu2X4Ty0ynw5LUKmi5GDnJtbhqcFE8FKzJEr9V9S_DvFtAOFl26WYejBWiVEO47NMZYmdBSF4JChp8C8oVzHsmI6x4MPutFO2n9blexOw/s1080/Alexander+McQueen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn4rqnAUeVMHqBsB26TDP-LpNAFkR-adWj1bdu2X4Ty0ynw5LUKmi5GDnJtbhqcFE8FKzJEr9V9S_DvFtAOFl26WYejBWiVEO47NMZYmdBSF4JChp8C8oVzHsmI6x4MPutFO2n9blexOw/w640-h640/Alexander+McQueen.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The first who wore this delicate yellow, deep V neckline dress has been actress <span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><b>Jun Ji Hyun</b>, who's also brand ambassador, while posing with </span><span style="background-color: white;">Alexander McQueen Curve bag, in a color matching the dress.</span></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">A couple of days ago the dress made its (first?) rerun thanks to <b>Girl's Day's Hyeri</b> while attending the photocall of her newest k-drama<span style="font-family: inherit;"> '</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My Roommate Is A Gumiho'.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;">She went pretty minimal by completing the outfit with shiny pointed heels and no accessories.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;">Big shout out to IG page </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tetunnie/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #800180;">tetunnie</span></b></a><span style="color: #222222;"> who suggested the #WWIB post.</span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><u>Who do you think wore it better</u>?</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Jun Ji Hyun or Girl's Day's Hyeri?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">Ph: Alexander McQueen Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/COKesYmByW0/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></b></a> & </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626;">Hyeri official</span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">Instagram</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CPU6_5FNCf_/" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></b></a></div></div></div>the Teeny tiny à Tout Fairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05416380540548119612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406439618090032565.post-20018776673318924842021-05-23T19:30:00.002+02:002021-06-17T11:12:54.218+02:00📖 Novel of the Week: Goofy Guardian Angel by Arto Paasilinna<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_CTDvE8qVd7eGGlsZ_Hn3mQlXFYiYffe7d7jVtWI00Iy5SCgUUIBDqhcxk6tkUUWNWjlWo4VKCzyFfxtgTbmg8UFhGk5m9AsDidJNfca8Oo_in0Q4BdizSm7YaFPBn_JSGNFAl3qamdM/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="890" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_CTDvE8qVd7eGGlsZ_Hn3mQlXFYiYffe7d7jVtWI00Iy5SCgUUIBDqhcxk6tkUUWNWjlWo4VKCzyFfxtgTbmg8UFhGk5m9AsDidJNfca8Oo_in0Q4BdizSm7YaFPBn_JSGNFAl3qamdM/w317-h640/image.png" width="317" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Being a guarding angel isn't easy</b> and that's why aspiring protectors have to go through a week of training to learn the basics. <b>Sulo Auvinen</b>, a f</span><span>ormer religion teacher,</span><span> </span><b><span>is full of good intentions and determined</span><span style="text-align: center;"><span> to help his first protege: </span></span><span>Aaro Korhonen.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Aaro Korhonen</b>, who <b>recently bought a coffee shop and an apartment in Helsinki</b>, can describe his life as </span><span style="text-align: center;"><span>relatively </span></span><span>peaceful </span><span>so far</span><span> and he couldn't be more relieved when </span><span><b>Viivi Ruokonen, the young waitress of the cafè,</b> decided to stay and work for him.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>But <b>guardian angel Sulo thinks</b> she's too young for him: <b>the perfect match for Aaro</b>, in his 'humble' opinion, <b>would be </b></span><span><b>Ritva Nuutinen</b>, a lady Sulo met at a church reunion a few years ago...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><b>This and a tragicomic accident with a </b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><span><b>hearse are only the firsts in a series of absurd</b> (and potentially dangerous) <b>misadventures</b> that Aaro, his friend </span></span><span>Oskari M</span><span class="font-titel">ä</span><span style="background-color: white;">tt</span><span class="font-titel">ö, Viivi, and Ritva have to go through due to the overly zealous </span><span>Sulo Auvinen.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: large;">👍</b><b style="font-size: large;">👎</b><b style="font-size: large;"><u>My Thoughts</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Sulo Auvinen</b> had been a kind person when he was alive and he sure kept this trait when he became an angel. But since he died as an elderly person, he <b>thinks he knows what's best for everyone and that's why he's so stubborn in wanting to help Aaro</b> when he could actually live his life smoothly without any heavenly "assistance".</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Aaro is a 40-something-year-old man, who worked many different (and peculiar) jobs and now decided, out of nowhere, to buy a cafè and annex above apartment and settle in Helsinki. Sounds like a safe choice? Yes, and it could have been if Sulo hadn't been assigned as his guardian angel.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The story is written in a very fun and catching way </b>(or at least, the Italian version surely is), and while I couldn't get over some aspects of the characters' behaviors, like Aaro's passiveness or Sulo's obstinacy to intervene when there was no need to do so, <b>I quite enjoyed the read.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; line-height: 16.1px;"><span>My vote: 8</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">/10</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ph: goodread.com & iperborea.com</span></span></div>the Teeny tiny à Tout Fairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05416380540548119612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406439618090032565.post-90553652759249988632021-05-18T21:07:00.001+02:002021-05-18T21:07:49.078+02:00👗Shin Min A (신민아) vs Anitta <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">When I saw <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Brazilian singer Anitta in </span>this two-toned dress by <b>Dolce&Gabbana</b> I knew I've seen it somewhere before, but it took me a while to remember where... oh well, better late than never.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaRthyvpBXeLcg5oWE_Z5nIxZ4ag9kVZ6rRBZydVtW1aQT-OewkFGjiYvWuK67rrFRbgt0wEfFb2J_8g65MkK6LahwUe1EHp55v3NAqnnNrDJuQcYELZ6P6TNz2wceECyaIDtpVzk7Gik/s1080/D%2526G.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="977" data-original-width="1080" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaRthyvpBXeLcg5oWE_Z5nIxZ4ag9kVZ6rRBZydVtW1aQT-OewkFGjiYvWuK67rrFRbgt0wEfFb2J_8g65MkK6LahwUe1EHp55v3NAqnnNrDJuQcYELZ6P6TNz2wceECyaIDtpVzk7Gik/w640-h578/D%2526G.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The first who wore the jeans mini dress has been South Korean actress <b>Shin Min A</b> as part of her photoshoot for Elle Singapore February issue. While </span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">buckled ankle boots by </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">Roger Vivier </span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and a simple sleek hairstyle completed the look.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: center;">Brazilian singer <b>Anitta </b>wore the same dress in the music video of her </span><span style="background-color: white;">latest single, ‘Girl From Rio’. She has all my respect because she manages to stay balanced on those heels.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">She completed the look with a couple of shiny necklaces and a wavy hairstyle.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><u>Who do you think wore it better</u>?</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Shin Min A or Anitta?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">Ph: Elle Singapore Instagram & </span><span style="text-align: center;">redcarpet-fashionawards.com</span></span></div></div>the Teeny tiny à Tout Fairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05416380540548119612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406439618090032565.post-26096945292506049632021-05-11T14:00:00.002+02:002021-06-02T22:53:23.749+02:00🎬 Movie Review: Your Eyes Tell ( きみの瞳が問いかけている)<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1w3fEsOx_nMTPTht3B9BoBZEdenyukJfPAMUeVxPX3VQtFwMm8UqxmCnQtlfG5G8swtFuWRwvYHy4FTxwJjJCz9DihnUEIQP4UGLCLGsiEAVOjIHEdm5DUNQ4JWSBwUiJMgzVu8oUQlU/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="905" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1w3fEsOx_nMTPTht3B9BoBZEdenyukJfPAMUeVxPX3VQtFwMm8UqxmCnQtlfG5G8swtFuWRwvYHy4FTxwJjJCz9DihnUEIQP4UGLCLGsiEAVOjIHEdm5DUNQ4JWSBwUiJMgzVu8oUQlU/w453-h640/image.png" width="453" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Shinozaki Rui</b> works multiple manual jobs, doesn't talk that much and, as a result, is a bit of a </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">loner. One evening Rui is working at a parking garage when a young woman bursts in.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Mei Kaori</b> is a lively girl who doesn't let her blindness affect her mood. She used to watch a drama with the previous man working at the garage and thanks to her bright character (and a rainy day) she befriends Rui as well.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRfXeGkx6-rIZOfL-RIw0ePUbK9wM2yTB4vnh-RhWfv2snreqI33QiqOkTF4VYxcoz-uFi-0A46HMg8x-egPGsEIvAe6WjD2KuUKHMI-OSLYevX-g-hR3v1fjZ2UhKj4fYvUmE0czj__Q/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="900" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRfXeGkx6-rIZOfL-RIw0ePUbK9wM2yTB4vnh-RhWfv2snreqI33QiqOkTF4VYxcoz-uFi-0A46HMg8x-egPGsEIvAe6WjD2KuUKHMI-OSLYevX-g-hR3v1fjZ2UhKj4fYvUmE0czj__Q/w640-h374/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rui seems to walk on eggshells when he's with Kaori, but slowly he'll let his guard down and will let himself enjoy their relationship.</span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If on one side their relationship allows Rui to face his past and makes him want to make amends to the people he'd hurt, on the other going back to memory lane will uncover truths that are difficult to live with...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><u style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 700;">My Opinion</u><b style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">👍👎</span></b></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">'Your Eyes Tell' is a <b>remake of the 2011 Korean movie 'Always'</b> and, having watched both of them, I can assure you they are almost identical even if I'd say<b> the Korean version gives a darker vibe compared to the Japanese one</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This <b>story goes well beyond the simple romance</b> between the two protagonists as <b>it focuses mainly on how people deal with difficult past choices and an uncertain future</b> in their own way, isolating themselves from society or facing it head high. It's also about the importance of forging ourselves, learning from our mistakes, and trying our best not to repeat them.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I also liked that <b>the story takes place in Yokohama instead of good old Tokyo</b> and you get a glimpse of the countryside as well when Rui visits the </span><span style="font-size: medium;">orphanage where he grew up.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Fun fact:</b> the <b>OST </b>has the movie's same title and <b>is performed by</b> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">world-renowned <b>kpop group BTS</b>. If you like emotional yet uplifting ballads, then you should definitely listen to it...</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">It DOES NOT pass the Bechdel-</span>Wallace<span style="background-color: white;"> test</span></span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"><span><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1. </span></span></span><span>There must be at least two women (and the names must be known) </span></span></b><b style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white;">❌</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"><b><span><span><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2. </span></span></span><span>The women have to talk to each other </span></span></b></span><b style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white;">❌</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><span style="font-family: inherit;">3. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;">The topic of conversation can be about anything except men </span></b><b style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white;">❌</span></b></span></div><div><b><span style="color: lime; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div></div></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">Rating</span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">: 4/5</span></b></span></div></div></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Ph: mydramalist.com</span></span></div></span></span></div></div></div>the Teeny tiny à Tout Fairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05416380540548119612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406439618090032565.post-70078254066327198962021-05-09T01:30:00.001+02:002021-05-09T01:30:00.235+02:00📺 Korean Tv Series Review: Vincenzo (빈센조)<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtrL7ZOlzkReepL_mJ0zjGG1sy7vt_-PCxttA7diJ1d4LaPb-QZMsq5ggWgaLWuMJiMQIhiofg25UXWYjSKFZYbq1Rry5689hEspc5XcdBXgqx46fap_fLk4DRROmhPM5OJFxd2tWQvw/s1060/photo1296266.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="740" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtrL7ZOlzkReepL_mJ0zjGG1sy7vt_-PCxttA7diJ1d4LaPb-QZMsq5ggWgaLWuMJiMQIhiofg25UXWYjSKFZYbq1Rry5689hEspc5XcdBXgqx46fap_fLk4DRROmhPM5OJFxd2tWQvw/w446-h640/photo1296266.jpg" width="446" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Vincenzo Cassano</b> was adopted by an Italian family when he was 8 years old and he <b>grew up becoming an important advisor of a mafia clan. After the clan's boss's death, Vincenzo gets on the bad side of the heir and decides to leave Italy once and for all.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Vincenzo doesn't consider South Korea his homeland either but still <b>embarks on the way to Seoul with only one goal: to collect the billions worth of gold bars he has been hiding under a shabby building, demolish it and then settle in Malta.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But <b>as soon as he sets foot in South Korea everything that could go wrong, inevitably does:</b> he gets robbed, and when he arrives at Geumga Plaza (the building he owns) the tenants show no will to transfer and, as a cherry on top, the room where all the gold is is now occupied by two Buddhist monks...a nightmare!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span><b>Vincenzo is firm in not letting himself get involved with the issues and all the weird people who live and work in the building,</b> but when the righteous attorney who runs a small law firm </span><span style="text-align: center;">puts his own life in danger because of the </span><span>sue against South Korea's most influential and corrupted corporation, Vincenzo finds himself helping him despite the fact that he used to be </span></span><span>(and still is)</span><span> </span><span>on the other side of the law...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0.5em auto; text-align: left;"><div style="color: black; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><u>My Opinion</u></span></b><b style="color: #cc0000;">👍</b></span></div><div style="color: black; letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Even if <b>the first couple of episodes are more on the foolish side, I enjoyed the developments of the story moving forward and it became much darker than expected</b>, with a finale that has probably some of the scariest scenes ever.</span></div><div style="color: black; letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>Overall I must say <b>I liked this drama, but the reason I won't give it the full 5/5 rating is because of how uselessly long the episodes are and because I'd have preferred it to be more serious throughout the entire story</b>, even tho the </span><span>supporting cast is great.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIyyc6hiTf7WvRFpCybTBBqlbriccFXhI3ez01fA_QLEqmuWB9nZbuZIYmhUiVOCKJmYj-KoiWuOVhRdp-ndGYVL3WG-ESno1qGIQ9wS_pFpdusT1CpmG_ZK1wQwxEeKBRioq4IaX0WU/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIyyc6hiTf7WvRFpCybTBBqlbriccFXhI3ez01fA_QLEqmuWB9nZbuZIYmhUiVOCKJmYj-KoiWuOVhRdp-ndGYVL3WG-ESno1qGIQ9wS_pFpdusT1CpmG_ZK1wQwxEeKBRioq4IaX0WU/w640-h640/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left;">Being Italian myself, <b>I don't feel insulted by the stereotypes portrayed of Italian people.</b> It's true that we use hand gestures a lot, we can be snobbish about any kind of food that's not our own and we cherish coffee like our life depends on it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left;"><b>It's clear, however, that the screenplay stopped at those clichè as Vincenzo's hand gestures are all over the place and sometimes completely out of context and a few pieces of information about the mafia are either outdated or come straight from American gangster movies from the 80es...</b></div></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left;">That being said, <b>you should take this drama for what it is: an entertaining story with some great teaching, filled with friendship, quite a few funny (and cringy) scenes, 'didn't see that coming' kind of plot twists and some extremely scary and violent moments.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left;">We must remember that <b>Vincenzo is an antihero</b> because he's not an honest character: he plays dirty, doesn't stop before anything to achieve his purposes, and can be very manipulative and ruthless. He sure has his own honor code but still...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left;">While <b>no character in this drama is sinless</b>, it's easier to empathize with the underdogs and the bond they form is somewhat uplifting because it shows what can be achieved when forces are joined for the right cause.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left;">I would say that <b>the actor playing Vincenzo (Song Joong-Ki) speaks decent Italian and some phrases were a bit difficult for someone who just memorized the lines for a handful of scenes</b> and it was so weird not to have to read the subtitles!</div></span></span></div><div style="color: black; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRYizkgAHkQsrf0PmmIde3fFmzuvt_ZFw62_-C2nyxMuvdG_FrxhA3gz8u5fy3UKjO_Ge6RC-_w3ZDwJuZ-zEhxmLF9bKupcalRAEdkWqTwEQKoZ38jDwtpUrR_AV5rivnYoWhkYMP6E/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRYizkgAHkQsrf0PmmIde3fFmzuvt_ZFw62_-C2nyxMuvdG_FrxhA3gz8u5fy3UKjO_Ge6RC-_w3ZDwJuZ-zEhxmLF9bKupcalRAEdkWqTwEQKoZ38jDwtpUrR_AV5rivnYoWhkYMP6E/w640-h426/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div><div style="color: black; letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="color: #cc0000;"><div style="color: black; font-weight: 400;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Rating</span></b><b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">: 4½/5</span></b></div></span></div></div><div style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><br /></div><div style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;">Ph: hancinema.net & TvN's Twitter</div></b></span></div></div></div></div>the Teeny tiny à Tout Fairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05416380540548119612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406439618090032565.post-42609148156336385132021-05-06T01:00:00.001+02:002021-05-06T01:00:00.234+02:00👗Dove Cameron vs Go Min-Si (고민시)<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Dolce & Gabbana</b> is back in full power with this beautiful printed dress and I actually liked both the embellished version as well as the 'plain' one!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhCylDY05pFA2Biq3LDroYR7SZr9UMldK1RikYtsBdMtZ4AHJ0MAa6xUmCo-zoYgr0wJ-_ekyyor9HytWG-SmFPQbOX2VHTkm6Y10pC0bd3CDPHKofbkvVcZ_LPd3NPxU0729407Jz1U/s2048/D%2526G.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhCylDY05pFA2Biq3LDroYR7SZr9UMldK1RikYtsBdMtZ4AHJ0MAa6xUmCo-zoYgr0wJ-_ekyyor9HytWG-SmFPQbOX2VHTkm6Y10pC0bd3CDPHKofbkvVcZ_LPd3NPxU0729407Jz1U/w640-h640/D%2526G.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">American actress <b>Dove Cameron</b> wore it first, last March, while attending the 2021 Kids' Choice Award. The dress bustier has been embellished with crystals to match the shiny platform heels she wore. A magnetic pink smokey eyes make-up and statement crystal earrings completed the look.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Just a couple of days ago, South Korean actress <b>Go Min-Si</b> attended the press conference for her upcoming drama 'Youth of May'. Even if she kept the dress simple, she styled it up with bejeweled bow shoes (also D&G) and pendant earrings. She opted for a natural make-up and a simple half updo hairstyle.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.425px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>Who do you think wore it better</u>?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.425px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dove Cameron or Go Min-Si?</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ph: celebmafia.com & ohmynews.com</span></div></div>the Teeny tiny à Tout Fairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05416380540548119612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406439618090032565.post-10693111301249191302021-05-04T01:30:00.008+02:002021-05-04T01:30:00.233+02:00#TTT: Top Ten Tuesday<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqXMQSc7bNITECIynjTG2BmksZsr3Eg_8kJjHjWbTQ4oiS24OtHFX9chRtYWNnigBbIaIQ-zsFnqWqfjtjXLZclnfQI55X4_b4K1iA2pgtc-HAnNy-dZaal6JGI97a5GPrQjqGBHwyG-Q/s1600/TopTenTuesdays.png" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqXMQSc7bNITECIynjTG2BmksZsr3Eg_8kJjHjWbTQ4oiS24OtHFX9chRtYWNnigBbIaIQ-zsFnqWqfjtjXLZclnfQI55X4_b4K1iA2pgtc-HAnNy-dZaal6JGI97a5GPrQjqGBHwyG-Q/s640/TopTenTuesdays.png" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Here are the movies, books, and Tv Series from the previous lists I've watched and read in the last months!</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>● Your Eyes Tell</b><b> (</b><b>きみの瞳が問いかけている)</b><span> - I'll post the review soon</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>● </b></span><b><span><span style="background-color: white;">Appointment with Death (</span></span><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)" style="background-color: white;"> </span>死との約束</b><span style="background-color: white;"><b>) - </b>I really liked the 1950s atmosphere and the magnificent clothes. We have a very dandy Japanese version of Poirot busy solving the death of an authoritarian matriarch who had more than one family member wishing her dead. I also really like the setting in the mysterious and fascinating Kumano Kodo.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b style="color: #202122;"><b style="background-color: transparent;">● </b></b></span><b>Godzilla vs. Kong</b><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b> - </b>D</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;">id we need this? No. Did I enjoy it? Mah. Nice CGI effects.</span></span></div><div><b style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">BOOKS</span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><b>● </b></span></span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes</b> by Anna McPartlin</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>● A Righteous Man</b> by Jay Crownover</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: left;">● </b><b>The Midnight Library</b> by Matt Haig - my review <a href="https://theteenytinytoutfaire.blogspot.com/2021/04/novel-of-week-midnight-library-by-matt.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></b></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: left;">● </b><b>The Vegetarian</b><span> by Han Kang - my review <a href="https://theteenytinytoutfaire.blogspot.com/2021/05/novel-of-week-vegetarian-by-han-kang.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></b></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">TV Series</u><span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><b style="color: #222222; text-align: left;">● </b><b>Scripting Your Destiny</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">● </b><b style="font-family: inherit;">Beyond Evil</b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">- my review</span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span><span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><a href="https://theteenytinytoutfaire.blogspot.com/2021/04/korean-tv-series-review-beyond-evil.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></b></a></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">● </b><b style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">Navillera </b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">- my review</span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span><span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: 400;"> </span><a href="https://theteenytinytoutfaire.blogspot.com/2021/05/korean-tv-series-review-navillera.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>HERE</b></span></a></span></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span style="color: #222222;"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u style="line-height: 20.4px;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">MOVIES</span></b></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></div></div><div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitj0y5Mp0hAavmwlumm0Al9-N2qXR9AjlxpodfkDRLGZL5gIGJJoF3tcOJEPzNnqOsencdi_eEddWtrh42AUhq_ZVMhoUWzDGw2xDO9o43tvhZyARGNaipNTNSSO9NPd6Ye0UH_qVdUuY/" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1z04PwTy9s15-A0Xl2gtnYOWt7imgyOr6B8y15-28ETv2EFviR9H9bfUR_wzHRU1bLTNuACrZgdZ_55kZ6AhBd53KJ1-qjALJztghf1Bdqw_2rxXNDakGjvi3dxVVmuSwsmmjJ6-JWTY/w266-h400/gRNYoaqSzmaaGIBIYZ5XdBF8ETn.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><span><b>Finding You</b> (2021) by </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Brian Baugh</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span>. With </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Katherine McNamara</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Tom Everett Scott</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Vanessa Redgrave</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Rose Reid, and </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Jedidiah Goodacre</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">,</span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span>God of the Cinema (</span></span></span>キネマの神様)</b> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span>(2021) by </span></span><span><span>Yamada Yoji. With </span></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Sawada Kenji</span>, Miyamoto Nobuko, Noda Yojiro, <span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Kobayashi Nenji and </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-align: center;">Terajima Shinobu</span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><u><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">BOOKS</span></b></u></div></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8BiAQLLRVVcG2xcJ5cewcD1mShvDkl7m_Mx7AN1zT0xNm_88B54NRjC-vEIK6gThGLSHX45ri9y7y17-a31i-ivL_0QPtK8MMzQi3JG1yYYiq_5cTKgHkp4ZiyMwg4ol0J7kMIjStPjc/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="311" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8BiAQLLRVVcG2xcJ5cewcD1mShvDkl7m_Mx7AN1zT0xNm_88B54NRjC-vEIK6gThGLSHX45ri9y7y17-a31i-ivL_0QPtK8MMzQi3JG1yYYiq_5cTKgHkp4ZiyMwg4ol0J7kMIjStPjc/w262-h400/image.png" width="262" /><img alt="" data-original-height="392" data-original-width="255" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqjE0kCGeR5dCEh3dK-lZ3z-yz4BYAXojc26WBQSgRLFW1cZB8Nso3P-IeZn_igq-MU-MLy1V2xuGS4DOyTdqOLBg0sqpiY1VDA-5r3qPl5nBCQQF3dqigjEvg56K6d6jQ5ety6HrzYg/w260-h400/image.png" width="260" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><b>Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Café</b> by Kawaguchi Toshikazu</div></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Below the Big Blue Sky</b> by Anna McPartlin</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><u>TV Series</u><span>:</span></span></span><br />(currently watching)</span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1057" data-original-width="740" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYGcn4_3xKJ2_BjZfcYxldwsZXMn6SqERfx1LPtwe-JVc6Y1Upah4qjGfGP4bumt9yM8sO34Oa8Vza4IkeF3e0DxW64tbe6zCn7RT2WwzfyJrC0-ktp_ZUylwoUkdoYhSdjQrb3mDO3uk/w280-h400/image.png" width="280" /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhifSN2SkPtoJzjYlTd0WQcZYk1rZpA81VR0Lq42DRLcjyDOIj4p6sO3fVL26dIMwP4oTQrGuvfLkyG07QiXAkqw4qVuilbFFg8CALRw8PN5Oq29RV6FFiXABI-j_NH2r7OyXPzfyECuKo/s1016/So_I_Married_An_Antifan-tp1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="680" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhifSN2SkPtoJzjYlTd0WQcZYk1rZpA81VR0Lq42DRLcjyDOIj4p6sO3fVL26dIMwP4oTQrGuvfLkyG07QiXAkqw4qVuilbFFg8CALRw8PN5Oq29RV6FFiXABI-j_NH2r7OyXPzfyECuKo/w268-h400/So_I_Married_An_Antifan-tp1.jpeg" width="268" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: inherit;">Memorist </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">(K-drama)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">So I Married an Anti-Fan</span><span face="pt sans narrow, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.4px;"> </span></span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(K-drama)</span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoADLXY-Lul6Dd8IPoUvOqNHf2Iusj7e66_vtFCAhbpfz1OSYLZzQUYHuwbeHa_TEVjcYgWxV1Dsx2i8vhJrfqrhJHWkc_T5C8Z1wtz2oaY76VZY3LrDcDTNoebTpvzeinQgK-a6mAAts/s805/800753d04dd84d362709479a8a7187e1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="564" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoADLXY-Lul6Dd8IPoUvOqNHf2Iusj7e66_vtFCAhbpfz1OSYLZzQUYHuwbeHa_TEVjcYgWxV1Dsx2i8vhJrfqrhJHWkc_T5C8Z1wtz2oaY76VZY3LrDcDTNoebTpvzeinQgK-a6mAAts/w280-h400/800753d04dd84d362709479a8a7187e1.jpg" width="280" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx9W5TbKNTFqyLQk6jiXt4y_a6TAQIxVXkGkpl2kg0kzDFCcYVFGupBk3ll-5UdJ-43uUj3VMyDx2uo84yXS1aWQnskpeEaPpfiOtcUudrDPicoP5cU_fwy6m6e3hD27XJ3FGPawCQiG0/s1273/2Bkww_4f.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1273" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx9W5TbKNTFqyLQk6jiXt4y_a6TAQIxVXkGkpl2kg0kzDFCcYVFGupBk3ll-5UdJ-43uUj3VMyDx2uo84yXS1aWQnskpeEaPpfiOtcUudrDPicoP5cU_fwy6m6e3hD27XJ3FGPawCQiG0/w283-h400/2Bkww_4f.jpg" width="283" /></a> </div></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><b>Sell Your Haunted House</b></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> (K-drama)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: inherit;">Taxi Driver</b><span> (K-drama)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjoupaY6MdtACbsQ6N8RBRHneuPc909Y7tnpa9VCvLsYkb_ZzS-ZvABcfMXIEnj4KyScpVsOt5B01D9kW4eZOjzgcfPSr1jZIDyj3WJNxnLKoRe9n_iitfO8CwcmYoodhAdMuSArlECfk/s1200/4xZ8Q_4f.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjoupaY6MdtACbsQ6N8RBRHneuPc909Y7tnpa9VCvLsYkb_ZzS-ZvABcfMXIEnj4KyScpVsOt5B01D9kW4eZOjzgcfPSr1jZIDyj3WJNxnLKoRe9n_iitfO8CwcmYoodhAdMuSArlECfk/w300-h400/4xZ8Q_4f.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: inherit;">Miyako ga Kyoto ni Yattekita!</b><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: inherit;"> (J-drama)</span></div></span></div><br /></div></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Have you already seen or read any of them? </b></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>What should I watch/read first?</b></span><br /><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"></span><br /><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span>Ph: imdb.com, impawards.com, asianwiki.com, mydramalist.com & goodreads.com</span><br /><span><br /></span></span></div></div></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature created at </span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">The Broke and the Bookish</span><span style="background-color: white;">. It was meant to be only for books, BUT I changed it a little bit so it will be 5 books I want to read and 5 movies I'm planning to watch. PLUS it's going to be monthly and not weekly.</span></span></p>the Teeny tiny à Tout Fairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05416380540548119612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406439618090032565.post-41275459949543883262021-05-03T01:30:00.001+02:002021-05-03T01:30:00.219+02:00📺 Korean Tv Series Review: Navillera (나빌레라)<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht58lTIHinDAXrqSF8fR_Ad42BjfMt7wQJy356cz_CgSn4MnCfhFxEcnrHVVSwG9bP-6jlNZb7MzsZ-qNCmEeXCKSUdnMlB9-NspR0sRbRkEeSfem0ai9ApbTle7Y9mPeBgK9VkrEt5Sk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="946" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht58lTIHinDAXrqSF8fR_Ad42BjfMt7wQJy356cz_CgSn4MnCfhFxEcnrHVVSwG9bP-6jlNZb7MzsZ-qNCmEeXCKSUdnMlB9-NspR0sRbRkEeSfem0ai9ApbTle7Y9mPeBgK9VkrEt5Sk/w475-h640/image.png" width="475" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">After a life of hard work and struggles, <b>Sim Deok-cheol</b> has finally retired and is living his days as the average 70 years old man. Sure he's attending more funerals and nursing houses than he'd liked, h</span><span style="font-size: large;">e has a loud and sometimes quarrelsome family and the real boss in the house is clearly his wife Hea-Nam, </span><span style="font-size: large;">but he's not unhappy with how his life turned out.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>One day, by chance, he stumbles into a little dancing studio</b> and sees a young man dancing and making all sorts of </span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">pirouettes and jumps. Moved by the beauty of those movements when asked by the young man what he was doing there, </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">Deok-cheol has <b>no </b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>hesitation and claims he wants to learn ballet</b>, his longtime dream ever since he was a child.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Lee </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Chae-rok is 23 years old and started ballet only a handful of years before but he's talented and stubborn enough to be already at a good level</b> and his wish to join a ballet company makes him practice endlessly and without caring about his injured knee.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">When Chae-rok finds the old man peering in during his practice, he's a bit annoyed and asks him harshly to leave. But the old man is persistent and after hearing that he wants to learn ballet, <b>Mr. Ki (</b></span></span><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Chae-rok's teacher</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: large; text-align: center;">) decides that he'll teach </span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Deok-cheol only if he'll be able to stay on his tiptoes for 1 minute and gives him a week to prepare.</b> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaTCKhd7eX5xWnWH5IlUzvOMn6w8Q3cVHwt6Keefgw1TRHidmo0ZKfPR50KJ6_SCwfYHh5wxg-Fc0TdVig2Z1uTySE1fk8cjfa_NQ7qU5Zi8u7tznaSWegKnEWyEYP7KloyxL7MWWA7cA/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaTCKhd7eX5xWnWH5IlUzvOMn6w8Q3cVHwt6Keefgw1TRHidmo0ZKfPR50KJ6_SCwfYHh5wxg-Fc0TdVig2Z1uTySE1fk8cjfa_NQ7qU5Zi8u7tznaSWegKnEWyEYP7KloyxL7MWWA7cA/w640-h640/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">With a lot of practice, Deok-cheol succeeds and <b>Mr.Ki decides that Chae-rok will be his ballet instructor and that, on the other hand, the old man will become the young ballerino's manager to keep an eye on him.</b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Initially against the whole idea, <b>Chae-rok will eventually soften up after he seems with how much passion and constancy the old man comes to the practice studio.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Chae-rok is bullied by a former football teammate who blames Chae-rok's father for ruining his career and, b</span><span style="font-size: large;">esides his ballet teacher, <b>Chae-rok doesn't have an adult figure in his life</b> so Deok-cheol will end up helping him more than it was initially thought.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-ipkgDF-QOVPPQ_B0kzPZTx2gRUa-hYSI-q3q-2ONXykKQy6RBA9ZfzxZKwS79sY9d7hg22OIYg0B9pjwrvGK1XcT_QiWdqhDe6WCsPIxbTTsP677tcKRm6y6XRyBpkiu2AFrP4kMno/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-ipkgDF-QOVPPQ_B0kzPZTx2gRUa-hYSI-q3q-2ONXykKQy6RBA9ZfzxZKwS79sY9d7hg22OIYg0B9pjwrvGK1XcT_QiWdqhDe6WCsPIxbTTsP677tcKRm6y6XRyBpkiu2AFrP4kMno/w640-h426/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><u>My Opinion</u></span></b><b style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">👍</b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What we have here is <b>a serious contestant for the title of 'Best K-drama of 2021'</b> if you ask me. The <b>plot is moving and I shred far more tears than expected</b> but I loved every single episode as they all teach how to persist to life's difficulties and curveballs with an optimistic mindset.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Deok-cheol might pass as weak and submissive</b> to his family <b>at first, but with his good character and open smile, he's able to convince everyone that it's never too late to fulfill your dreams</b>, even if they might seem odd and unachievable. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Every character is hurting because of their own reasons</b>, which makes them somewhat relatable but what <b>I liked</b> most was <b>that they all find in themselves the strength to keep going on. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Chae-rok's only friend </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Se-Jong</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> is such a funny yet rational character and I liked how he seemed to understand him when even Chae-rok was unsure of his own actions.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>This drama is a beautiful portrait of one unexpected yet heartwarming friendship between two very different people who would have never crossed paths if it wasn't for their common passion so it feels like they were destined to meet.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm still recovering from all the emotions of the last two episodes and my only suggestion if you start watching it is to keep a box of tissues at hand's reach.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span><div style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG8wx6GsL-kHSvQsZNwlgptOIm_cKRMcPcRAASUAzk1orv_DhKjAA06hyphenhyphengIac4flMr1L1gt1nFTyNIZ-GJevxS0d_nSlIdrTsKydkFlpvh7CESutAja-awH55BEVbpPtlMhineY6VWQA0/s1808/IMG_20210418_185359.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="1808" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG8wx6GsL-kHSvQsZNwlgptOIm_cKRMcPcRAASUAzk1orv_DhKjAA06hyphenhyphengIac4flMr1L1gt1nFTyNIZ-GJevxS0d_nSlIdrTsKydkFlpvh7CESutAja-awH55BEVbpPtlMhineY6VWQA0/w640-h332/IMG_20210418_185359.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">Rating</span></b><b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">: 5/5</span></b></div></span></div></div><div style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><br /></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: 400;">Ph: asianwiki.com. </span><span><span style="font-size: x-small;">hancinema.net</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font-weight: 400;"> & screenshot</span></div></span></span></div></div>the Teeny tiny à Tout Fairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05416380540548119612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406439618090032565.post-91232279965491989492021-05-02T13:30:00.001+02:002021-05-02T13:30:00.223+02:00📖 Novel of the Week: The Vegetarian by Han Kang<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU7qHzSSaHhMKn2Xaqi9AyJmDUzHRrd3MaHKWdxXWnlI0QZeR3s2YNeKlnrHNkuntXhYeqjBiCBDNC1acGSfEsB_5qFSxc9gpX8Tgg2-01LG3BB2SDD_DcySSQLH6ZuGFWqcf_S2mHqR0/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU7qHzSSaHhMKn2Xaqi9AyJmDUzHRrd3MaHKWdxXWnlI0QZeR3s2YNeKlnrHNkuntXhYeqjBiCBDNC1acGSfEsB_5qFSxc9gpX8Tgg2-01LG3BB2SDD_DcySSQLH6ZuGFWqcf_S2mHqR0/w427-h640/image.png" width="427" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">'The Vegetarian' is a <b>short but intense novel narrating Kim Yeong-hye's transition from omnivorous to vegetarian (borderline vegan) through</b> three short stories told from <b>the point of view of the protagonist's husband, brother-in-law, and older sister.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The husband describes his wife Yeong-hye as a common, almost banal young woman with no noteworthy physical or intellectual attractions</b>, but whom he married anyway because she has no particular defects and he was interested in leading a quiet life, as predictable and ordinary as possible; he himself admits, in fact, that <b>he cannot say he's unhappy as Yeong-hye isn't demanding at all and does not expect anything more than her husband already gives her.</b> The <b>first story focuses on her husband's total inability and indifference to understanding Yeong-hye's profound psychological distress</b> from the moment she declares that she no longer wants to eat meat due to a disturbing and destabilized nightmare she had the night before.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The situation degenerates to the point of self-harm during a family lunch</b>, when the girl's father, overbearing and authoritarian, forcibly tries to make her eat a piece of meat. This will lead to Yeong-hye's hospitalization and the slow but inexorable separation of her family from her because she's now seen as a troubled young woman and eventually of her husband as well, so self-centered that he calls himself 'the real victim' of the situation.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>After a short period in the psychiatry ward, Yeong-hye seems to be doing better</b> and, within a few months, she even manages to move into a small apartment on her own. <b>Always taciturn and with a look that does not reveal any emotion, her brother-in-law will develop an unhealthy obsession for her</b>, claiming it's for some sort of artistic project, to the point of pushing them to a very dangerous end.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>In the last story, we find Yeong-hye hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital, but the progress is so poor that her attending physician confides to her sister that there is very little left that they can do for her</b>: suffering from nervous anorexia, linked to a severe form of schizophrenia, Yeong-hye has become skeleton-like skinny because of her categorical refusal of food, leaving no option if not feeding her by tube, and almost always under sedation. <b>In-hye, the elder sister, is the only one visiting her</b>, <b>driven partly by the sense of duty she feels towards her younger sister</b>, and <b>partially because she needs to understand in-depth the darker reasons that led Yeong- hye to reduce herself to that state.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The novel is particular, very dark, and gruesome and I wouldn't certainly recommend reading it to those who are easily impressionable.</b> Personally, I found myself uncomfortable during most of the reading due to the very crude and violent descriptions and equally harsh, almost animalistic, and </span><span style="font-size: large;">excessively </span><span style="font-size: large;">exasperated feelings. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is always difficult to identify with and understand the uses and customs of cultures other than one's own, but despite this <b>I think the writer described very well the most extreme and less noble traits of the human soul, pushing them to the limit.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: large;"><u><br /></u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: large;"><u><br /></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; line-height: 16.1px;"><span>My vote: 6</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">/10</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ph: goodreads.com</span></span></div>the Teeny tiny à Tout Fairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05416380540548119612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406439618090032565.post-24840876006905244762021-04-20T01:15:00.020+02:002021-04-20T01:15:00.226+02:00📖 Novel of the Week: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1bQAJMj2Tp2BFCL2cEXmKVVFarx5RUemG8oTDphZ3Sk9nUpuRpQEGdaI-JtJQSnbwoChiEibsDnTv3CeE5PYIFuuRXffAv5YG6v72UE_ea0gXJ-C-5iu-7UjiJW15Sicwmt8AYZKC_M/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1453" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1bQAJMj2Tp2BFCL2cEXmKVVFarx5RUemG8oTDphZ3Sk9nUpuRpQEGdaI-JtJQSnbwoChiEibsDnTv3CeE5PYIFuuRXffAv5YG6v72UE_ea0gXJ-C-5iu-7UjiJW15Sicwmt8AYZKC_M/w453-h640/image.png" width="453" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Nora Seed is convinced she failed at living:</b> she didn't become the Olympic swimmer her father wanted her to be nor pursue the rockstar career with her brother Joe. She studied Philosophy and yet she's working in a music shop...wait, scratch that, she was fired from that job earlier today.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She didn't marry Dan and went living in the countryside with him, her elderly neighbor doesn't need her to collect his medicines anymore and the only living being in her life is Voltaire, her cat...but where is it hiding?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Profoundly unhappy with how her life turned out and already under anti-depressant therapy, Nora decides to kill herself</b>...<b>looks like she's not talented in dying either</b>, as she ends up in the Midnight Library and the person welcoming her and explaining what is this place is no other than her former high school librarian, Mrs. Elm.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The Midnight Library is a sort of limbo, a place between life and death, where all the possible lives Nora could have lived are written in books</b>; and Nora has the opportunity to live any of those lives. If she happens to like it, she'll stay there and eventually forget about her original life and the Midnight Library...if she's unsatisfied with it, she'll return to the Library and could pick out another book.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">With infinite possibilities, who will Nora choose to be?</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>👍</b><b>👎</b><b><u>My Thoughts</u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Midnight Library has a <b>concept similar to</b> the movie <b>'Sliding Doors'</b>, <b>focusing on how one's life could have been if they've taken a different decision at any point in their lives</b>: how Nora's life would be like if she had never stopped swimming or if she worked harder in becoming a musician? Or what if she'd taken a completely different path and became, say...a scientist?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As Nora enters the Midnight Library, she is presented with the "book of regrets" and as she tries a life after another, all the regrets fade away, but that doesn't mean she'll be satisfied with the chosen life...she'll just tick them out.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The 'inconvenient truth' both Nora and the reader come to realize is that a different life doesn't necessarily mean it's going to be a better one</b>; as a matter of fact, most of Nora's parallel lives were filled with misfortunes and sadness, reason why she'd always go back to the Library.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It was interesting to experience all the different lives and see how an initially skeptical and hopeless <b>Nora came to realize</b> <b>she is the one with the power to change</b> her life and, ultimately, life is not meant to be understood but lived, as Mrs. Elm told her.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This story is so fluid, easy to follow and the author's style is super clear </span><span style="font-size: large;">that I've finished reading it in the blink of an eye.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>This book will surely make the reader reflect on their lives</b> and what could be different if they took different choices, but <b>I think it's mostly a book that helps to appreciate the positive aspects of our own lives, the good things we have done, and the amazing people we've met so far.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><b><u><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; line-height: 16.1px;"><span>My vote: 8</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">/10</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ph: sevenoaksbookshop.co.uk</span></span></div></div>the Teeny tiny à Tout Fairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05416380540548119612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406439618090032565.post-76146417257640629712021-04-18T01:30:00.001+02:002021-04-18T01:30:00.214+02:00📺 Korean Tv Series Review: Beyond Evil (괴물)<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtywDyT3yCgDoZDhWczNikUEC9-mrZtgQ0kaT6EQTDWak2qyhNFQrhQYW7fPCnpKGp0w7bjRgQcutC6BpX23GlU1tXSa46gfXpK50imA2MipLJoacBACNg2hpZCjrFgE7jfU5a5ZxFM4k/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="740" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtywDyT3yCgDoZDhWczNikUEC9-mrZtgQ0kaT6EQTDWak2qyhNFQrhQYW7fPCnpKGp0w7bjRgQcutC6BpX23GlU1tXSa46gfXpK50imA2MipLJoacBACNg2hpZCjrFgE7jfU5a5ZxFM4k/w448-h640/image.png" width="448" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Detective Lee Dong Sik</b> works as a patrol police officer in the small town of Munju, following the rules by the book...literally. He has a weird and indecipherable personality, so everyone walks on eggs shells when it comes to him, but the main reason is that he was the prime suspect for the homicide of his twin sister 20 years ago. Even if all charges have been eventually dropped, the town's people are still suspicious.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwe9vWBm4svvZYdwAR6BuXXz4QEcvDT6_vKQYOJrKAOhyphenhyphen9Msj2UW0cCTZ2IXPDHPQ9li-eOCKwGtaD4WdrA1XE-vABUG2D5aMRAXucAq5nFfqF70vo3ICsFcH5NdW_x-iM6LQ2fBgscE0/" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="493" data-original-width="740" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwe9vWBm4svvZYdwAR6BuXXz4QEcvDT6_vKQYOJrKAOhyphenhyphen9Msj2UW0cCTZ2IXPDHPQ9li-eOCKwGtaD4WdrA1XE-vABUG2D5aMRAXucAq5nFfqF70vo3ICsFcH5NdW_x-iM6LQ2fBgscE0/w640-h426/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">One day, <b>detective Han Joo Won</b> gets transferred to the Manyang police substation and assigned to work with Dong Sik as partners. Joo Won has a stellar resume and an influential father, so all the members of the police station are surprised he got transferred there instead of getting a prestigious position within the Seoul police department.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1lNXm-PHHVZmnoAtHBVgmM9RSC8deo4CtglVtUnMX4f_TpiZYNOrfR4kgn1altV_z95SbJYVtW9VYk_He4A7lcGQZq30nLF1cBXyM5sOO1zXVZ2cLCzHh0YrRHGhhGRtRdQNpwXUFNpw/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="864" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1lNXm-PHHVZmnoAtHBVgmM9RSC8deo4CtglVtUnMX4f_TpiZYNOrfR4kgn1altV_z95SbJYVtW9VYk_He4A7lcGQZq30nLF1cBXyM5sOO1zXVZ2cLCzHh0YrRHGhhGRtRdQNpwXUFNpw/w640-h426/image.png" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Dong Sik and Joo Won seem to be unable to get along since they're both stubborn and evidently hiding something</b>, but they'll have to set those feelings aside because of </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Kang Min-Jung</b>. She's the only daughter of a supermarket owner and Dong Sik considers her almost as his daughter, so when he finds her cut fingers in front of the store (but not her body), he and Joo Won start investigating in order to find the murderer, who's also deemed </span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;">responsible for the murders of 20 years ago...</span></span></div></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><u>My Opinion</u></span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000;">👍</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">The above review summarizes the plot to the bone because the main story branches off into so many different other ones that I thought it would be better to keep it as simple as possible.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">If you're into the kind of stories where the culprit is unknown until the very end (LITERALLY!) then you should watch 'Beyond Evil'.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>The title is self-explanatory</b>: the murders committed are atrociously cruel and when I was halfway through the series I suspected everyone could be the murderer. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>The only sure thing is that no one is sinless</b>: every single character hides quite a number of skeletons in their wardrobes and it's just a matter of which level of evil they are at.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background-color: white;">To put it in a simple way, i</span></span><span><span style="background-color: white;">f someone who doesn't know a thing about South Korea </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">watches this drama,</span><span style="background-color: white;"> they'll end up thinking the country is one of the most dangerous places on Earth. </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">This was actually <b>one of the fewest k-dramas</b> I've watched <b>that is not set in Seoul and I like the change of setting.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Shin Ha-Kyun</b> portrays Dong Sik in a marvelous way, <b>switching from serious to seemingly crazy flawlessly</b> and now I know what people mean when they say someone has a 'scary smile'.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>It's a bit intricate at first as murders from the past mix with the present</b> but <b>when all lies start to get on the surface, everything gets clearer.</b> This is a very nice thriller series, it's on the same page as '<a href="https://theteenytinytoutfaire.blogspot.com/2019/01/korean-tv-series-review-bad-guys.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Bad Guys</b></span></a>'.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">This was the kind of story where you want to understand to the core immediately, but <b>the characters are so complex (and frankly, wicked) and it's filled with new twists and question marks that you'll have to way up until the very end</b> to have all your questions answered.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000;"><div style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">Rating</span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">: 4/5</span></b></div></span></div></div><div style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><br /></div><div style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;">Ph: hancinema.net</div></b></span></div></div>the Teeny tiny à Tout Fairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05416380540548119612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406439618090032565.post-80138304812508360972021-04-10T01:30:00.001+02:002021-04-10T01:30:00.283+02:00 👔 Siwan (시완) vs Astro's Eun woo (차은우)<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I've always liked cardigans and I now live in a country where I'm able to wear them almost all year round...The one featured today is from <b>Sandro Paris menswear </b>collection.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFhblV55sw9kkDEW7o0ibaSK6Ru6-asJSjzTYZUPUKWlMZaqQz3OTmP1o00ltglrljfllQCDQRNI_iNFHSaeujpC4laEtx5yQe5v2IOHIU8H2qnwD6g-72Tq9dzowlx1-SoxJ-Pnoii8/s1080/SandroIG.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFhblV55sw9kkDEW7o0ibaSK6Ru6-asJSjzTYZUPUKWlMZaqQz3OTmP1o00ltglrljfllQCDQRNI_iNFHSaeujpC4laEtx5yQe5v2IOHIU8H2qnwD6g-72Tq9dzowlx1-SoxJ-Pnoii8/w640-h640/SandroIG.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Singer and actor <b>Siwan </b>caught everyone's attention with his role in the hit k-drama '<a href="https://theteenytinytoutfaire.blogspot.com/2021/02/korean-tv-series-review-run-on.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Run On</span></b></a>' and it's at an interview for it where he wore the wool, knitted carding. To make the outfit low-key yet elegant, he paired it with black, suit trousers and a plain shirt underneath it.</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">On April 6th, k-pop group <b>ASTRO</b> announced their comeback on Vlive streaming. Member <b>Cha Eun woo</b> (who also was the lead male protagonist in '<a href="https://theteenytinytoutfaire.blogspot.com/2021/02/korean-tv-series-review-true-beauty.html" target="_blank"><b>True Beauty</b></a>') wore the same cardigan. While he kept the look fairly simple with a pair of jeans and a white shirt, he also showed off his newly gray dyed hair.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u>FYI:</u> Shinee's Taemin</b> wore the same cardigan while appearing on the variety show 'Knowing Bros' with his group mates, back in February.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.425px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>Who do you think wore it better</u>?</span></b></div><div><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.425px;">Siwan or Astro's Eun woo</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: -0.425px;">?</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: -0.425px;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ph: Facebook fan page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/101647957976582/photos/pb.100049433632381.-2207520000../263800768427966/?type=3" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></b></a> & Cha Eunwoo's personal IG <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CNPqMiaj58u/" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div></div></div>the Teeny tiny à Tout Fairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05416380540548119612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406439618090032565.post-64256315158526865152021-04-09T01:30:00.005+02:002021-04-09T01:30:00.424+02:00 👔 Shinee's Taemin (태민) vs NCT's Jaemin (재민)<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">To continue with the 'spring vibe' from the previous #WWIB post, today's feature is from <b>Celine Spring 2021 menswear collection</b>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Funny enough, both young men here are k-pop idols from the same music company...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Coincidences? Methinks not.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLZlCBy-L1y46gXJfYW0ZYwWEDIUnDpXhX3h4EJmAUd04UrzyOnJsjhcmICxkZ1YBBKz9ik12Zc1VLOwtJv26vBGzXvcpzHs0JShnKImulSbAI6M6996UNZmGw3L3hMdrD_MsB09OQJA/s1080/Celine.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLZlCBy-L1y46gXJfYW0ZYwWEDIUnDpXhX3h4EJmAUd04UrzyOnJsjhcmICxkZ1YBBKz9ik12Zc1VLOwtJv26vBGzXvcpzHs0JShnKImulSbAI6M6996UNZmGw3L3hMdrD_MsB09OQJA/w640-h640/Celine.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">The first who wore this cotton, tie-dye t-shirt has been <b>Shinee's </b>youngest member <b>Taemi</b>n, on his personal Instagram account. Channeling the '80s style, he paired it with light blue wide jeans, all-black sneakers and a chained necklace with a locket charm. His bi-colored hairstyle is from the latest promo tour he did with the group for their newly released album 'Don't Call Me' and his fan jokingly said he looked like an adorable skunk.</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> <b>NCT </b>member <b>Jaemin</b>'s photo of him wearing the same shirt was uploaded on the group's sub-unit Instagram account a few days later. His take on the style is much more modern, with simple skinny jeans, white socks and high Converse sneakers.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.425px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>Who do you think wore it better</u>?</span></b></div><div><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.425px;">Shinee's Taemin or NCT's Jaemin</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: -0.425px;">?</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ph: Shinee's Taemin's personal IG <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CL5-40Hnfa6/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>HERE</b></span></a> & NCT Dream IG <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CMeLbgMBKSC/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></b></a></span></div></div>the Teeny tiny à Tout Fairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05416380540548119612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406439618090032565.post-54612919369300023052021-04-08T19:00:00.002+02:002021-04-08T19:00:00.290+02:00👗Lee Si Young (이시영) vs Blackpink's Jennie (제니)<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I'm having a hard time thinking of something that screams 'spring' more than this soft pink, cropped carding from <b>Chanel Spring/Summer 2021 collection</b>...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibmRxzC0fLRWsB4NKxbm4ceH3YE4BLS-WyjA3txRe8ihFXGm7cTqScUf1H0sOmK4O1LEJPA-YEP8V0Rn-XbwmyPcTonrNSi4aZXbx49msVwv0WICIwdY3GHjDoHOo2tXk59BxqS_o3la4/s1080/Chanel.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibmRxzC0fLRWsB4NKxbm4ceH3YE4BLS-WyjA3txRe8ihFXGm7cTqScUf1H0sOmK4O1LEJPA-YEP8V0Rn-XbwmyPcTonrNSi4aZXbx49msVwv0WICIwdY3GHjDoHOo2tXk59BxqS_o3la4/w640-h640/Chanel.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">The first who showed it off on Instagram has been Korean actress <b>Lee Si Young</b>, who paired it with high waist, palazzo jeans and a Chancel small, black pouch. She opted for a simple, loose hairstyle.</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Blackpink member <b>Jennie </b>sported off the same carding in a series of snaps on her personal Instagram. She also opted for oversized jeans and a 1920's style hat, almost the same shade of the carding. She completed the look with pink and gold accessories and Chanel's Gabrielle backpack, always in pink shade.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.425px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>Who do you think wore it better</u>?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.425px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lee Si Young or Blackpink's Jennie?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ph: Lee Si Young's personal IG <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CMuWgQJnJUh/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>HERE</b></span></a> & Blackpink's Jennie personal IG <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CNO9l7lDkZ5/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></b></a></span></div></div>the Teeny tiny à Tout Fairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05416380540548119612noreply@blogger.com0