June Wrap-Up: Books, K-Dramas, and Films
I recently found a reading place that felt as if it was out of a movie. After a workout at the university I had recently gotten into, I sat on a bench waiting for the bus to come. The leaves were jade green and it was peaceful. The old graceful buildings surrounding me made me feel like I was in another time while reading a mass market beat up library book.
Waiting...I feel like waiting and school go hand in hand. Bursts of intense physical or cognitive activity, then silence—I wonder just how much of our lives is silence and waiting. Maybe it's in the little moments where we have a unique opportunity to appreciate God's goodness in rest—where we can't distract ourselves in the in-between places.
This month was exhausting but good. I finished my first uni-exam, continued to organize a church library, and I am going on my first vacation in seven years today; therefore, I kept my update short.
Thank you again for reading my posts, thank you again for joining me on this blogging journey. God is good even when we're tired; even when we can't see a way out, God is good. 🖤🖤🖤
Monthly Wrap-Up
Table of Contents
The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery — 4 stars
Will you be my friend? The Little Prince seems to ask this as a rhetorical question to his readers, a refection of all of our greatest desires: wanting to be known, and have deep companionship in genuine connections. The book echoes the desire for the casual recollections of sweet and special memories excavated from the mundane parts of our lives, remembering our friends fondly through mundane things, because they remind us of our dear friends.
Through this whimsical journey, the Little Prince goes on an adventure for friendship and finds out what it means to be a good friend.
Overall, I think the little prince was a very whimsical book that was heartwarming, and that spoke to the human experience of finding true companionship up and the struggle to stay selfless in a world that often demands selfishness to survive. I would definitely suggest though critical thinking when reading the novel as there can be some character dynamics that can be misconstrued and good or expected. Overall, I would recommend this book to everyone who want to read a short bittersweet story. I rate this book 3.5 out of 5
Read my full review of The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery
Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio — 3.8 stars
“I have had many names. During the war, I was Hadrian Halfmortal and Hadrian the Deathless. After the war, I was the Sun Eater. To the poor people of Borosevo, I was a myrmidon called Had. To the Jaddians, I was Al Neroblis. To the Cielcin, I was Oimn Belu” — Christopher Ruocchio, Empire of Silence
A broken Hadrian Marlowe is introducing himself in red ink, sitting in a dungeon—a wiser, more tempered version of himself, far past what he once was as a young lord preparing to take over his father's position at Devil's Rest, with the only Cielcin being the ones in nervous rumours, and the greatest silence he observes, from the Colosso.
I think Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio is a solid book to start off a series with. I can't wait to read further. If you're curious to see what I think about the other books in the series, make sure to subscribe to be notified by email whenever I post!
I would recommend this book to those who don't mind reading difficult things, sometimes uncomfortable things, enjoying and reflecting on human nature while reading about space, travel and alien species. This novel, for me, is a 3.8 out of 5.
Read my full review of Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio
The Grand Budapest Hotel — 5 stars
There is a story within a story within a story, in which once there was a grand hotel that the old and rich flocked to, which was the envy of hotels across the country. But The Grand Budapest Hotel is now only a shell of what it once was, wear seeping through its walls and tiled bathroom floors. The hotel's lobby is vacant, except for the occasional guest and the staff who stare out into the empty check-in line or unmoving doorways in front of them. One such person does not simply wait; he is the narrator of this story, Zero. Instead, Zero, the owner of the Grand Hotel, reminisces not only about what the hotel once was, but also about the people it once held.
The Grand Budapest Hotel was an artfully woven film that is philosophically deep and capturs aesthetics in the way the film was shot and the colours the director chose. The downsides of this movie have to be the explicit sexual imagery that is mostly unskippable and the frequent explicit language, but all the same, this is a good movie. From my perspective, this is 3.75 out of 5 stars. The reason I'm not saying it's a 4 out of 5 is because of the sexual nudity and humour.
Read my full review of The Grand Budapest Hotel
That's all folks! If you’re planning to read or watch anything from my June wrap-up list, feel free to comment below! ❤❤❤
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