I ended the challenge with 3 and a half books read, and one book related movie watched. The books I completed were Sea Witch by Virginia Kantra, which I gave a solid 4 stars. Mysteries and Legends Virginia by Emilee Hines got 3.5 stars. 1984 by George Orwell that I'm giving 5 stars, and my half finished book is Common Sense by Thomas Paine. I won't rate that one. But I will say it should be required reading in school!
The movie I watched was Anna Karenina, the 2012 version with Keira Knightly. I finished the book two weeks ago, and put off watching the movie, because watching a book to movie adaptation was one of the challenges. I wasn't a huge fan of the book, well at least not of Anna. She just might be my most hated character of all time! The movie was visually stunning. The stage, costumes, and cinematography were all outstanding. All the scenes with Anna though were hard to watch, especially towards the end. Watching her fall apart, and cry all the time just made me hate her even more. I was also surprised at who they picked to play some of the characters. Anna's husband and Levin were nothing like I had imagined them. The movie reminded me a lot of Moulin Rouge, which I absolutely love. It was very similar in the way it looked. I was surprised to see the movie had low ratings. It's obvious how much work went into it. Even though I don't love the story, it was still worth it to watch.
Yesterday was also the last day for the Instagram challenges. I'm pretty bummed about that. It was a lot of fun:) Here's the pics I took.
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