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Growing up, the one thing I remembered was that I loved curling on a sofa with a book when the rest of the house was asleep. It didn’t matter that it was in the wee hours of the morning.  That was the time when I could be by myself and plunge into a world made up of words. I used to love young adult novellas but I never lost my love for the classics. 

 I wonder what the future of movies will be.  It’s barely about good stories and great acting skills now, and more about trying to keep a group of people happy. 

  The Fifa World Cup finally comes to an end with Argentina’s grand win.  The tournament which began on 20th November was exciting, thrilling, heartbreaking for the teams that couldn’t make it, and surprising for the teams that made it despite no one believing they could. 

 ' Tis the season to be jolly…and also watch a ton of Christmas movies.   Nothing better than to watch a movie to get into that holiday spirit. Of course, over time, the stories have become formulaic, and the posters cliched. See them for yourselves.   The actor is always wearing green in some form or another. If his sweater isn’t green, then his scarf certainly is.

Plot: A popstar plans an escape to a small town to meet her fan. Once there, she starts to fall for a man that helps her write a Christmas song. Christmas movies are light, heartwarming, and magical. Most times it is formulaic. It's usually the woman who has this big city job who encounters some problem that makes her want to go to a small town. Guess who she meets there? The man of her dreams. Sometimes it is her ex lover, sometimes a widower with a kid who is the first to warm up to the woman.

 RomComs are my go-to movie genre after I’ve exhausted every horror movie in my library or I’ve watched something particularly disturbing and want to catch a break.  Okay, so not every horror movie is my cup of tea. I cannot stand disturbing themes that concentrate too much on gore. 

Finally!  Food prices have dropped. Following the war between Ukraine and Russia, the cost of pretty much everything went up. Fuel prices, produce, cereals, you name it and all of it made our pockets get light in the past few months because of the increase in prices.