Catching Up a Bit

I was away from the net for the past two weeks and now I'll try to catch up. It won't be so hard I guess since I mainly watched K-Dramas and didn't read many books.

The Rise of the Planet of the Apes It was good. Very entertaining and engaging.

Salt I liked it better than I would have if it starred a male hero. Angelina, despite not being a very good actor has ample on screen presence and she handles action scenes well.

The Princess And the Frog Well, I watched it to the end.

The Romantics It was not a very good film, I actually watched it more out of curiosity (just how bad an actor Katie Holmes is?) than real interest.

Blades of Blood That film is bad, even Cha Seung Won -looking real good in period costume- was not able to save it.

You Again Now I really like Kristen Bell but she is not a rom com actor, just like with Katherine Heigl, I can't sympathise with her for some reason.

These are films that I can think of off the top of my head now. I'll update if I remember more.

Now on to the dramas

I have finished You Are Beautiful and despite not liking Park Shin Hye one single bit, I loved the drama. Hong sisters' humour agrees with me.

Currently watching Baker King Kim Tak Gu and it is total makjang and full of stupid story telling devices (such as flashback to a minute ago) but for some reason I love it. Cried lots during episode 16 last night. Tak Gu is such a lovable character and he has such a kind heart and the villains are so so bad that I do understand how this show had stellar ratings when it was airing.

Books wise I was not very active (I'm fasting and spend all my vacation stuck next to my mother who doesn't read much nowadays) finished

Nine Dragons which was an average Michael Connely novel but since Bosch was in Hong Kong this time I enjoyed reading about places I have been to.

Five Go in a Caravan Enid Blyton I love you and I think every child should read your books (how I loved them as a kid and it is a great suprise to see that I love them still - maybe even more so)

Currently reading

Kader'in Peşinde (literal translation Chasing Kader - Kader is a female name also means Destiny) I like Mehmet Murat Somer's transvestite detective who is a club manager and also a computer programmer/hacker. The novel is full of wit and action. Enjoying it a lot and I'm sad that I'm almost at the end.