5th Book Review: The Amazing Book is Not On Fire

The Amazing Book is Not On Fire

Authors: Dan Howell, Phil Lester

Publisher: Ebury Press

Publication Date: Oct. 8, 2015

Pages: 224

Setting: United Kingdom

Price: £16.99

ISBN:1785031090

Readers Rating: 4.59/5

My Rating: 5/5

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Synopsis: Hello reader, in this book is a world. A world created by two awkward guys who share their lives on the internet! We are Dan and Phil and we invite you on a journey inside our minds! From the stories of our actual births, to exploring Phil's teenage diary and all the reasons why Dan's a fail. Learn how to draw the perfect cat whiskers, get advice on what to do in an awkward situation and discover which of our dining chairs represents you emotionally. With everything from what we text each other, to the time we met One Direction and what really happened in Vegas...

25th Completed Drama: Oh My Venus

Oh My Venus

Synonyms: Oh My God

Episodes: 16

Country: South Korea

Aired: Nov. 16, 2015 - Jan. 5, 2016

Network: KBS

Duration: 60 mins.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Viewers Rating: 8.4/10

My Rating: 8.5/10

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Synopsis: Kim Young Ho is a personal trainer for Hollywood stars. Even though he comes from a wealthy family background, he suffered a devastating injury during his childhood days. Now, he overcomes his problems with patience and stubbornness. Kang Joo Eun is a 33-year-old lawyer who has struggled to support her family. Now, she's overweight and not as attractive. These both go on a diet together, which leads to them becoming healthier and having a romantic relationship.

24th Completed Drama: She Was Pretty

She Was Pretty

Synonyms: She Was Beautiful, Puzzled Lovers

Episodes: 16

Country: South Korea

Aired: Sep. 16, 2015 - Nov. 11, 2015

Network: MBC

Duration: 60 mins.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Viewers Rating: 8.5/10

My Rating: 8.5/10

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Synopsis: Kim Hye Jin was a very pretty girl from a rich family. After her family's publishing company went bankrupt, she experienced hardships then lost her beauty too. Ji Seong Joon was an unattractive boy with low self-esteem, but grows up as a handsome and successful editor.

23rd Completed Drama: Cheer Up!

Cheer Up!

Synonyms: Starting Now, Cheer Up!, Sassy Go Go

Episodes: 12

Country: South Korea

Aired: Oct. 5, 2015 - Nov. 10, 2015

Network: KBS2

Duration: 59 mins.

Genres: Drama, Romance, School, Sports, Youth

Viewers Rating: 8.5/10

My Rating: 10/10

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Synopsis: Set in a highly competitive school that emphasizes achievement and scores above all else, the drama will lay bare the absurdities and hypocrisies of the education system while also featuring the growth stories of the students who struggle to move forward, one step at a time.

22nd Completed Drama: Mrs. Cop

Mrs. Cop

Episodes: 18

Country: South Korea

Aired: Aug. 3, 2015 - Sep. 29, 2015

Network: SBS

Duration: 1 hr. 5 mins.

Genres: Action, Crime, Detective, Investigation

Viewers Rating: 8.0/10

My Rating: 8.0/10

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Synopsis: Choi Young Jin is a female detective squad chief. She also raises her daughter Ha Eun. At work, she deals with brutal crimes with her senior detective Park Jong Ho and squad members Min Do Young, Han Jin Woo, Jo Jae Deok and Lee Se Won.

21st Completed Drama: Yong Pal

Yong Pal

Synonyms: The Gang Doctor

Episodes: 18

Country: South Korea

Aired: Aug. 5, 2015 - Oct. 1, 2015

Network: SBS

Duration: 1 hr. 5 mins.

Genres: Action, Drama, Medical, Romance

Viewers Rating: 8.1/10

My Rating: 7.0/10

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Synopsis: Kim Tae Hyun is a talented surgeon. Desperate for money to pay his sister's medical bills, he adopts the code name Yong Pal and offers his medical skills to those in need of medical attention but who cannot do so publicly, dealing with gangsters and corrupt plutocrats. It is while making such a house call that Tae Hyun rescues "sleeping beauty" Han Yeo Jin, a chaebol heiress, from a medically induced coma, leading to unintended consequences.

20th Completed Drama: Coffee Prince

Coffee Prince

Synonyms: The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince

Episodes: 17

Country: South Korea

Aired: Jul. 2, 2007 - Aug. 28, 2007

Network: MBC

Duration: 1 hr. 5 mins.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Friendship, Romance

Viewers Rating: 8.4/10

My Rating: 9.0/10

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Synopsis: A tomboy is mistaken for a young man, but maintains the deception for the sake of employment. The situation is complicated when her male boss begins to develop feelings for this "boy."

19th Completed Drama: I Remember You

I Remember You

Synonyms: Hello Monster

Episodes: 16

Country: South Korea

Aired: Jun. 22, 2015 - Aug. 11, 2015

Network: KBS2

Duration: 1 hr. 10 mins.

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Investigation, Mystery, Psychological, Romance, Thriller

Viewers Rating: 8.7/10

My Rating: 8.5/10

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Synopsis: A romantic thriller about a mystery solving duo who bicker and fight but end up developing feelings for each other. A complicated love story between a criminal profiler who uses his sharp eye to analyze crime scenes and an investigator female cop who stalks him. The two solve crime cases together while hiding each one's true heart, going through the love-hate relationship and healing in the process.

18th Completed Drama: Oh My Ghost

Oh My Ghost

Synonyms: Oh My Ghostess
Episodes: 16

Country: South Korea

Aired: Jul. 3, 2015 - Aug. 22, 2015

Network: tvN

Duration: 60 mins.

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Supernatural

Viewers Rating: 8.8/10

My Rating: 9.5/10

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Synopsis: Bong Sun, a timid young woman, is possessed by the ghost of a lustful virgin. She has zero self-confidence, and because of her extreme shyness, she doesn't have any close friends. At the restaurant where she works as an assistant, she's not particularly good at anything, and mostly just gets yelled at a lot. Her grandmother was a shaman so from a young age she's been able to occasionally see ghosts, though it's not until she meets the lascivious ghost that she gets possessed totally. Sun Woo is a conceited star chef who's overflowing with confidence in his food and his skills. Bong Sun harbors a secret crush on him, though he doesn't take much notice of her for two reasons: because he's always surrounded by women and because he's hung up on an old flame. But the one day, Bong Sun starts acting differently, shedding her mousy personality, and ends up constantly on Sun Woo's mind.

2nd Book Review: The Maze Runner

The Maze Runner

Author: James Dashner

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Publication Date: Oct. 6, 2009

Pages: 384

Setting: The Maze, Dystopian Universe

Price: £7.99

ISBN: 0385737947

Readers Rating: 4.02/5

My Rating: 3/5

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Synopsis: If you ain’t scared, you ain’t human. When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers—boys whose memories are also gone. Nice to meet ya, shank. Welcome to the Glade. Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the only way out—and no one’s ever made it through alive. Everything is going to change. Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying. Remember. Survive. Run.

4th Book Review: All the Bright Places

All the Bright Places

Author: Jennifer Niven

Publisher: Knopf

Publication Date: Jan. 6, 2015

Pages: 388

Setting: Indiana, United States

Price: £7.99

ISBN: 0385755880

Readers Rating: 4.21/5

My Rating: 4/5

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Synopsis: Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him. Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister’s recent death. When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it’s unclear who saves whom. And when they pair up on a project to discover the “natural wonders” of their state, both Finch and Violet make more important discoveries: It’s only with Violet that Finch can be himself—a weird, funny, live-out-loud guy who’s not such a freak after all. And it’s only with Finch that Violet can forget to count away the days and start living them. But as Violet’s world grows, Finch’s begins to shrink.

3rd Book Review: The Art of Being Normal

The Art of Being Normal

Author: Lisa Williamson

Publisher: David Flickling Books

Publication Date: Jan. 1, 2015

Pages: 368

Setting: Eden Park, England

Price: £9.99

ISBN: 1910200328

Readers Rating: 4.37/5

My Rating: 5/5

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Synopsis: Two boys. Two secrets. David Piper has always been an outsider. His parents think he’s gay. The school bully thinks he’s a freak. Only his two best friends know the real truth – David wants to be a girl. On the first day at his new school Leo Denton has one goal – to be invisible. Attracting the attention of the most beautiful girl in year eleven is definitely not part of that plan. When Leo stands up for David in a fight, an unlikely friendship forms. But things are about to get messy. Because at Eden Park School secrets have a funny habit of not staying secret for long…

1st Book Review: Attachments

Attachments

Author: Rainbow Rowell

Publisher: Dutton Adult

Publication Date: Apr. 14, 2011

Pages: 323

Setting: Nebraska, 1999 (United States)

Price: £7.99

ISBN: 0525951989

Readers Rating: 3.97/5

My Rating: 5/5

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Synopsis: Beth Fremont and Jennifer Scribner-Snyder know that somebody is monitoring their work e-mail. (Everybody in the newsroom knows. It's company policy.) But they can't quite bring themselves to take it seriously. They go on sending each other endless and endlessly hilarious e-mails, discussing every aspect of their personal lives. Meanwhile, Lincoln O'Neill can't believe this is his job now - reading other people's e-mail. When he applied to be "internet security officer," he pictured himself building firewalls and crushing hackers - not writing up a report every time a sports reporter forwards a dirty joke. When Lincoln comes across Beth's and Jennifer's messages, he knows he should turn them in. But he can't help being entertained - and captivated - by their stories. By the time Lincoln realises he's falling for Beth, it's way too late to introduce himself.

On-Hold Drama: The Time We Were Not in Love

The Time We Were Not in Love

Episodes: 16

Country: South Korea

Airs: Jun. 27, 2015 - Aug. 16, 2015

On-Hold Date: Jul. 11, 2015

Network: SBS

Duration: 1 hr. 10 mins.

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Viewers Rating: 7.4/10

My Rating: 7.0/10

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Synopsis: Choi Won is "the perfect guy" - good-looking, tall and fit with an amicable personality. Although he is very popular with women, he can't have a proper relationship because of his friend, Oh Ha Na. A romantic comedy about a man and a woman who have been best friends for 20 years (7000 days). They turn 34 and make a pact to be married before 35, and race each other to the altar while "helping" weed out potential suitors. They find that they're constantly dissatisfied with each other's boyfriends and girlfriends, because they've been in love all this time.

17th Completed Drama: White Christmas

White Christmas
Synonyms: Monster
Episodes: 8
Country: South Korea
Aired: Jan. 30, 2011 - Mar. 20, 2011
Network: KBS2
Duration: 1 hr. 5 mins.
Genres: Mystery, Psychological, Thriller
Viewers Rating: 8.7/10
My Rating: 9.5/10
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Synopsis: Susin High School, nicknamed "Prison High," is an elite school attended by the top 1% of students in the country. Their stellar marks are the result of constant pressure and a strict punishment system, to the point where students avoid from any activities outside of studying. It is in this atmosphere that seven students and a teacher remain at school for the winter break, joined by Kim Yo Han, a psychiatrist who was forced to take shelter with them after he was involved in a car accident nearby. At a time when everyone else is celebrating Christmas Eve, the students realize that the anonymous letters they each received were not the result of a harmless prank; there was a murderer in their midst. A question lies unspoken: are monsters created, or are humans born monsters?

16th Completed Drama: Mask

Mask

Synonyms: Doppelganger
Episodes: 20

Country: South Korea

Aired: May 27, 2015 - Jul. 30, 2015

Network: SBS

Duration: 60 mins.

Genres: Drama, Melodrama, Psychological, Romance

Viewers Rating: 8.2/10

My Rating: 10/10

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Synopsis: Byun Ji Sook has always had a hard life with her father constantly going into debt and being chased by loan sharks. She desperately wants to know what life is like if she was born into a better family and didn't have to worry about money all the time. When a series of circumstances brings Ji Sook to Seo Eun Ha, a woman from a wealthy family who strongly resembles Ji Sook, she grabs hold of the chance for a better life and assumes Eun Ha's identity and begins to live her elite life. She meets Choi Min Woo, a chaebol heir who is mistrusting of the people around him. But when he realizes that Ji Sook is not like the other women he has met, he is drawn to her. How long can Ji Sook keep up the charade and hide her true identity?

15th Completed Drama: High Society

High Society

Synonyms: Chaebol's Daughter; The Privileged
Episodes: 16

Country: South Korea

Aired: Jun. 8, 2015 - Jul. 28, 2015

Network: SBS

Duration: 60 mins.

Genres: Comedy, Melodrama, Romance

Viewers Rating: 7.6/10

My Rating: 6.5/10

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Synopsis: Jang Yoon Ha is the youngest daughter of a chaebol (family owned conglomeration). Even though her family is extremely wealthy, she holds a part-time job at a food market. She hides her background as an heiress and attempts to find a man that loves her for herself.

14th Completed Drama: Warm and Cozy

Warm and Cozy

Synonyms: Agreeably Warm; Jeju Island Gatsby
Episodes: 16

Country: South Korea

Aired: May 13, 2015 - Jul. 2, 2015

Network: MBC

Duration: 1 hr. 10 mins.

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Viewers Rating: 7.8/10

My Rating: 9.0/10

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Synopsis: Baek Geon Woo, a man that has everything that a woman wants in a man: good looks, eloquence, and a gentle manner. Although he's the grasshopper type who only does things he wants to do, his honest personality is his charm. A clever man who knows his assets, he is unexpectedly innocent, opening a restaurant in Jeju Island just because the woman he likes is there. Lee Jung Joo, a woman who has struggled and worked hard all her life but never has a break, resulting in exasperation. She plays the grouchy ant in the fable. She puts up a front of confidence and pride but is actually weak and delicate. Never missing a day of work during the 7 years at her company, she starts a new life in Jeju Island after losing her job, house, and boyfriend in Seoul. Geon Woo and Jung Joo meet in Jeju Island.

13th Completed Drama: Producer

Producer

Synonyms: The Producers
Episodes: 12

Country: South Korea

Aired: May 15, 2015 - Jun. 20, 2015

Network: KBS2

Duration: 1 hr. 20 mins.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Viewers Rating: 7.8/10

My Rating: 8.5/10

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Synopsis: The drama is set in the backstage world of broadcasting industry. The story revolves around the dynamic work and life of people who work in entertainment division of television network. Ra Joon Mo, a 10-year veteran PD of variety shows. He’s described to have a long list of variety shows credit but without a notable program under his name. 10-year veteran music show PD, Tak Ye Ji, is described to started out as an innocent and smart young rookie but the harsh working competition has changed her personality. She now become a sharp and prideful woman who says whatever is on her mind, even in front of her bosses. Rookie variety show PD, Baek Sung Chan who leaves a bright path as a prosecutor for a career in broadcast industry because of love. Diva-like top celebrity singer name Cindy, who began as a trainee at the age of 13 and has been in industry for 10 years. She’s known as an ice princess because she never lets herself feel deep affection for anyone. She experienced a lot of betrayal in the past that cause her to keep everyone at a safe distance.

3rd Completed Movie: Twenty

Twenty

Country: South Korea

Release Date: Mar. 25, 2015

Duration: 1 hr. 55 mins.

Genres: Comedy, Friendship, Romance

Viewers Rating: 8.4/10

My Rating: 8.5/10

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Synopsis: Chi Ho, Dong Woo and Gyeong Jae have been best friends since high school. Now, they are all 20-year-olds. Chi Ho has a girlfriend, So Min, but he only thinks about wooing other women. An accident leads to Chi Ho to spend time with aspiring actress Eun Hye. Dong Woo hopes to work as a comic artist, but his family's poor financial situation has Dong Woo juggling several part-time jobs. So Hee is the younger sister of Gyeong Jae and she just adores Dong Woo. Gyeong Jae is a freshman in college. He hopes to land a job with a large corporation. Gyeong Jae then meets an upperclassman, Jin Joo, who takes an interest in him and he falls in love with her.