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Welcome to our first blog! We are three friends and emerging writers who met in Brian Henry's Creative Writing workshop. We soon discovered we were all working on Young Adult novels and shortly...
View ArticleSECRET CIRCLE CANCELLED?!
So, what do we do now – when the show we’ve totally fallen in love with is cancelled after one season?In case you missed it, the Secret Circle begins when Cassie’s mother is killed and she is sent to...
View ArticleTHE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER
Have you seen it yet? If not, you’re missing out! It’s not a big budget movie or a silly teen comedy. It’s a quiet film based on the book by Stephen Chbosky, about Charlie, a freshman just starting...
View ArticleFLESH & BONE - THIRD BOOK IN ROT & RUIN SERIES
Imagine being a teenager and most of society is dead. Ever since First Night, when the dead rose and became animated and electricity ceased to exist, most of the world’s population turned into...
View ArticleBREAKING DAWN PART 2 - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH
Official TrailerBreaking Dawn Part Two – Friday, November 16thLast year we said good bye to Harry Potter and now we’re coming the end of the Twilight series. It’s bittersweet – we’ve invested so much...
View ArticleBREAKING DAWN PART 2 (SPOILER ALERT)
So it turns out that the 'battle that never was' in the book never really was in the movie either. But at least this time we got to see it. And it was epic. Finally, our beloved characters were in...
View ArticleDEAD TO YOU
If you’re seeking a compelling story, have a look at Dead to You, by Lisa McMann. It’s about Ethan, a teenage boy who comes back to his family after being kidnapped as a child. Missing for nine years,...
View ArticleJUST GIVE ME A REASON
An unlikely duet of Pink and Nate Ruess (lead singer from Fun) caught our attention this week. ‘Just Give Me A Reason’ with writing credits for both Pink and Nate, seems to be steadily climbing the...
View ArticleTHE BLING RING
The Bling Ring, directed by Sofia Coppola, opens in June and loosely depicts the true story of a group of teens that burglarize celebrity homes in Hollywood Hills. Will the movie glamorize our...
View ArticleCRASH - BOOK ONE OF THE VISIONS SERIES
Lisa McMann’s latest book is Crash, an intriguing story, which is the first in a series called Visions. The main character, sixteen year old Jules Demarco, lives above her family’s Italian restaurant,...
View ArticleBEAUTIFUL CREATURES
Beautiful Creatures is the first in a series of four books by co-authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, which also includes Beautiful Darkness, Beautiful Chaos and Beautiful Redemption. The movie was...
View ArticleTHE LYING GAME
More and more novels are appearing on the small screen. Series such as Pretty Little Liars, The Vampire Diaries and True Blood are just as riveting on TV as they are in their written format but each...
View ArticleYO HELLO HOORAY - GOODBYE CORY MONTEITH
Lately, every time I listen to Yo Hello Hooray by USS (Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker) it makes me think of the very talented and beloved Cory Monteith who just died of a drug overdose on July 13th of this...
View ArticleSHARKNADO!
Have you seen it? It’s crazy! Sharks swimming in the streets of Los Angeles, flying through the air, bursting through windows and drainpipes and anything else you can think of. The title says it all:...
View ArticleA Little Edge, a Little Pop
Have you noticed that more and more edgy, new alternative rock songs have a strong 'pop' influence, even a country influence? Who would have thought that a radio station like Toronto's 102.1 The Edge...
View ArticleGlee Says Goodbye to Cory Monteith
What a tearjerker! The only relief we got from crying was during the commercial breaks. The songs the cast sang were heartbreaking and hit their mark perfectly. It was a tribute to not just Finn's life...
View ArticleAre We Living in an Age of Meanness-Still?
My writing buddies and I were talking about whether we humans have really evolved as much as we like to think we have. Then I happened to see this article in the Toronto Star titled Mean while browsing...
View ArticleA Christmas Song by Blues Traveler
I love christmas music. I don't mind hearing the classic carols everywhere I go because there are different versions performed by many artists. But after a while it does get tiring hearing the same...
View ArticleReign Series
This is a series that keeps us returning week after week. It's full of great characters and depicts the times well but still manages to leave room for some modern elements. It doesn't hurt that many of...
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