bookclub: Vampire academy 1

people who know me personally will say: another vampire serie? Yes indeed another one.
After the succes of twilight and the vampire diaries  vampire academy is another serie to steal any one's heart. Oh and it's written by Richelle Mead!

To be honest, this serie of books is the most original in my eyes  even though I'm 22 (yes I know) this teenage vamp thing really is enjoyable!

As I am going to review the whole serie in parts this review will contain spoilers, I try to avoid and conceal as much crucial info as possible and please don't let my opinion hold you back. reading is valuable to anyones development. Even reading about vampires.

Lissa Dragomir is a Moroi princess: a mortal vampire with an unbreakable bond to the earth's magic. She must be protected at all times from Strigoi; the fiercest and most dangerous vampires--the ones who never die.

The powerful blend of human and vampire blood that flows through Rose Hathaway, Lissa's best friend, makes her a Dhampir.  Rose is dedicated to a dangerous life of protecting Lissa from the Strigoi, who are hell-bent on making her one of them.After two years of illicit freedom, Rose and Lissa are caught and dragged back to St. Vladimir's Academy, hidden in the deep forests of Montana. Rose will continue her Dhampir education. Lissa will go back to being Queen of the elite Moroi social scene.  And both girls will resume breaking hearts.

Fear made Lissa and Rose run away from St. Vladimir's – inside the Academy’s iron gates, their world is even more fraught with danger.  Here, the cutthroat ranks of the Moroi perform unspeakable rituals and their secretive nature and love of the night creates an enigmatic world full of social complexities.
 Rose and Lissa must navigate through this dangerous world, confront the temptation of forbidden romance, and never once let their guard down, lest the Strigoi make Lissa one of them forever...


Written for the Young Adult market, Vampire Academy has a boarding school setting but this is not any ordinary school - it is St Vladimir’s Vampire Academy.  St Vladimir’s Academy teaches young Moroi vampires magic and young Dhampirs combat skills and their responsibilities to guard their Moroi kind
.
A boarding school that teaches magic classes may sound a lot like Hogwarts from the Harry Potter novels but there really is no comparison.  At Hogwarts Harry Potter and friends learn about magic, eat giant feasts prepared by house-elves and generally have a strange innocence that manages to transcend their being teenagers.

By contrast, at St Vladimir’s Academy learning about magic comes a poor second to boyfriends, girlfriends, gossip about who is doing the nasty with who, drinking and parties.  Somehow I feel that Lissa and Rose are probably the more accurate portrayal of older teenagers at a mixed-gender boarding school…

Aside from the constant social intrigues that the girls must navigate, Lissa seems to be the target of some nasty “pranks” that involve dead or dying animals.  The dead animals could just be someone’s idea of a joke but the nature of the “pranks” suggests that somebody at the Academy knows Lissa’s darkest secret.

Vampire Academy is an engrossing tale.  Packed full of excitement and intrigue this book should have no problems keeping its teenage audience entertained.  It probably has just enough romance to entertain plenty of adults too

Bookclub: casual vacancy

J.K. Rowling came back into publicity with her first adult novel. This review is a review on the book which doesn't contains any spoilers with info about the story or it's characters.
It's based on my personal opinion after reading this book, please never let me stop you from reading it!

Casual vacancy contains adult topics like drugs, sex, self harm, rape,  and there is a lot ...really a lot of swearing. Things youngsters seldom read about or should read about. The topics and vocabullary used sure is a huge step away from the wizard we see before us as soon as we hear the author' name.

This is a traditional, somewhat retro English novel. Set in the "pretty little town of Pagford", in the West Country, it is a study of provincial life, with a large cast and multiple interlocking plots.As I do am a fan of multiple storylines this at first side was a good thing, but as the story continues the storylines switch so often and quickly it can be very confussing! within a sentence the view changes to another character's vision on the situation.

There are similarities found in the casual vacancy and the harry potter books which I loved. Even as this is a adult novel it focusses on teenagers and their struggles. 

This new book is a missed change for Rowling. The story is promissing and some plots really are very creative, but it is hard to read or follow unless you really take a lot of time to re-read things once every while. The end is sudden, predictable and a shame. Really not the ending that fits the story, to me it seems an open ending, but I doubt there is enough to write another book.

movie of the month review: paranormal activity 4

Let me put it like this, after watchin the trailer and sending a tweet to the cine city cinema in Vlissingen (NL) to tell them the 4th movie is due to release in octobre they still didn't put anything on the website. And that should have been a sign.

the trailer, which I will post later on was really enjoyable for a horror/thriller junky like myself. As the storyline in the 3rd woke my interest  I was really really really really really looking forward watching paranormal activity 4.

Now I've seen it I would think twice to watch the 5th to be honest.
A lot of people won't like me for saying this but paranormal activty 4 was a huge piece of shit.
the scary moments which made the 1st and to me the 3rd so popular (2nd was ok, but less) were no where to be seen until the very last minutes and okay one or two during the movie , but that was it! People would think a large budget would help but NO. This was an utter disgrace to the idea of paranormal activity.

The young actors were great though, notthing to comment on their skills. They were well casted and fit their characters perfectly.

It does leave some interesting questions behind and I would like to know the whole story, but it wasn't worth the 8.75EUR. a person.

It came in cinema's (in the Netherlands) on the 25-10-2012.... today it's 20-11-2012 and most theatres don't even show it any more.... say enough doesn't it?

Well enjoy the trailer I selected:

review: kruidvat BB creme

As this product isn't available in non Dutch speaking countries this review will be in Dutch.

Kruidvat komt met een eigen versie van de nu zo populaire BB creame. Gekocht met een actie, gelijk twee tubes, 1 extra voor mams. 2.99 p/s  ipv 4/99 p/s koopje dus.

Wat valt er over te zeggen? Handige tube. De creme ruikt heel fijn, voelt niet vettig en trekt erg goed in. Veel van dit soort getinte creme's zijn vreselijk vettig en dekken bij mij niet mooi.  Vooral bij mijn neusvleugels en net tussen mijn wenkbrauwen.

De kleur van de creme is voor mijn bleke huid niet te donker, maar maakt mijn huid wel onnatuurlijk oranje-bruin zoals dat helaas ook bij veel andere creme's, vooral bij zelfbruiners komt dit voor.

Als mijn haar los zit dan is deze creme erg goed dan valt de kleurverandering niet extreem op. zodra ik me haar opsteek zie je meteen dat mijn eigen huid een stuk lichter is en dat vind ik vreselijk!

Dus al met al een goed en fijn product, ik raad het alle blanke meiden aan om deze BB creme te testen, hij is natuurlijk een stuk goedkoper dan de andere merkcreme's van Garnier, niveau enz. Voor getinte vrouwen is deze creme helaas te licht. Hopelijk komt kruidvat voor hen met een passende teint

review:TONI & GUY SEA SALT TEXTURISING SPRAY

It is a hairspray, well to  put it out clearly it is a spray  to use on hair. it's a texturing spray containing sea salt. So it should give you a beach look. Well did it really? well it make your hair look just like when you've been down at the beach, swimming in the salty water. To me that actually sounds like it does what the name tells you and what the writing on the nice looking bottle tell you.

But do I really want my hair to look like it's been wet and dried out? It make my hair look like I've been in the water too land and dried it with a towel.

Some people may like that, but I think it's horrible

review: Berry blaster detox

This is a great product! it's called Berry blaster and is available in all well known chemists all over the Netherlands and Belgium! It's a syrop, you simple mix one cap full with a glass of water and drink it to start the process.


You have to keep your snacks well hidden for a week and it would work even better when you go veggie all week, no meat, cheese, eggs or other dairy products. you will get all the toxic out in no time and you will feel way better, more energetic.

Apart from the detox it works as an anti hangover too! I've tried it many times and after a rough night out you will feel so much better after 1 glass mixed with 2b. Actually it makes sense as it cleans you're body and alcohol is toxic after all.

Apart from the fact it worked for me it tastes good, the smell and colour may tell you otherwise. Most chemist sell two sizes a 50mil and 100mil bottle

Rose mary's baby

Rose mary's baby een klassieker die ouder is dan mijn eigen moeder: 1968
Dus we kunnen toch wel stellen dat deze film al 45 jaar mensen de stuipen op het lijf jaagt!

Het is een boekverfilming en er is een Golden Globe en Oscar mee gewonnen, maar geen enkele film is pas echt goed tot dat kijkers hem werkelijk waarderen.

Het gaat om een jong koppel, Rose mary en guy. Ze zijn dolgelukkig hebben een kinderwens en wonen naast een ouder koppel. Rose mary krijgt op een gegeven moment vreemde dromen waarin ze verkracht word door een demon en niet lang nadat zij deze dromen begint te krijgen komt het jonge koppel er achter dat Rose Mary in blijde verwachting is van hun eerste telg.

De eerste drie maanden zijn een hel voor de moeder in spe, veel pijnen en abnormaal bloedverlies.
Later blijkt dat Guy om heel andere redenen blij is met de zwangerschap van zijn liefje. Hij werkt namelijk samen met de buren die lid zijn van een of andere satan sekte. Guy verteld zijn Rose mary dat zij het kind van Satan heeft.