Monday 21st- Sunday 27th July
Craft day with my friend Fiona
More faery sewing
More writing
Saw my friend Kat, ate scones and watched movies together
I also started my own #Beastlymovieweek
Bryan Dick in Blood and Chocolate
Beastly movie week: Beginning Wed 23rd
While Ginger Snaps, Interview with The Vampire, Lost Boys and Bram Stoker's Dracula are my favourites, I wanted to discover a few new films.
Blood and Chocolate- Apart from the fact the plot is about 98% dissimilar from the book, is actually an enjoyable movie. Hugs for Hugh Dancy and Bryan Dick for some heartfelt performances.
Beastly- A fun movie, and a clever modernisation. It is hard to imagine that he couldn't get a really punk girlfriend with that face, it made more sense when he was a beast like in the book.
Triggers: Scarification tattoos and deep scars on his body, wrists and neck.
Red Riding Hood- was really underrated, very clever fairytale retelling. I liked the inclusion of the ruthless werewolf hunter. A fantastic fairytale retelling!
Priest- I loved the contrast between Bladerunner-esque city and cowboy style desert town in Priest. It definitely surpassed expectations! It was a solid quality Post-Apocalyptic vampire Western more than an action movie.
Music-
Duran Duran-
Hungry Like the Wolf
Killing Joke-
A Love Like Blood
Books-
Comic- A Love Like Blood, Gordon Rennie, John Smith, Frazer Irving
Finished
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black, which I loved. Innocent people who might be infected forced to be vampire fodder, kids who want to be vampires but don't understand what it really means to go to a Coldtown, reality TV shows about vampire hunters and vampires- a fascinating look at what vampirism might be like in our modern society of TV ratings and celebrities.
Started
Peeps (Scott Westerfeld): Fascinating concept of vampirism as a parasite. The parts about parasites were so horrifying I ended up skipping most of them, I suppose it is testament to how well written a book it is that I am still reading this!