The Girl on the Train

Gone Girl is one of my all time favorite Mystery/Thriller books. It's perfect. Gillian Flynn's writing is haunting and enticing. The story is enthralling and the characters aren't all that black and white and they are intriguing. Now, when someone compares another mystery thriller to Gone Girl claiming that it is the "next Gone Girl," …

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The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe

Yes, that is the title of the book. It's a very interesting book. The book, as the title suggests, is about an Indian Fakir who comes to Paris to go to Ikea to buy himself bed of nails. He is armed with a counterfeit 100-euro bill and nothing else. Upon reaching Paris, he gets into …

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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Evelyn Greenslade: How was America? Muriel Donnelly: It made death more tempting.   The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is the sequel to the 2011 movie, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. The movie stars Maggie Smith, Dev Patel, Dame Judi Dench, Richard Gere, Bill Nighy and more. This movie takes place a couple of years …

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Kingsman: The Secret Service

Kingsman: The Secret Service, based on Mark Miller and Dave Gibbons' comic series The Secret Service. A movie starring Colin Firth as a badass super spy, who wouldn't want to see it? I mean, Colin Firth (*heart eyes*)! So the movie follows Harry Hart (Code Name: Galahad) as he train Eggsy to become a part …

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On Crazy In Love

I'm sure some of you would've heard Beyonce's latest version of Crazy In Love. It was featured in movie adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey and it was quite a big thing when it popped up online. I've heard it again and again and too many times and I have some thoughts on it. First, …

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