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Monthly Round-up! November 2016

Posted December 6, 2016 by Charlotte in Monthly Round-up! / 0 Comments
Monthly Round-up! November 2016

Monthly Round-up, linking everything that has happened in the last month, posted on the last day of said month. This Round-up November 2016. Currently reading:   Reviews:   Through the Letterbox:   Challenges: A new year and a new challenge. This year I am participating in the movie musical challenge hosted by Bookish Whimsy.  This month I reviewed  an incredible 4 musicals – including the divine Meet Me In St. Louis, the charismatic Easter Parade, the moving Oklahoma! and finally Kiss Me Kate. As per usual I’m participating in the Goodreads Challenge. I’ve pledged to read 100 books! And so far have managed to read 75 books. I’m 6 behind which is terrible and I’m not sure how I will recover. But this is a small improvement on last month so keep your fingers crossed for me that I can keep going! So what do you think of my round-up November 2016? What have you read this month? Let me know in the comments below!   Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. […]

Movie Musical Challenge – Oklahoma!

Posted November 10, 2016 by Charlotte in Movie Musical Challenge! / 0 Comments
Movie Musical Challenge – Oklahoma!

For this Movie Musical Challenge I’ve made a list of 15 musicals that I haven’t yet seen and probably ought to have. The challenge is throughout the year and once watched I’ll put my thoughts up on the blog. Today is the turn of Oklahoma! So the sixth movie for the challenge is the gorgeous Oklahoma! (1955), starring Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones. Despite romance being the heart of this film, there are some extremely dark elements (Curly while singing seems to encourage Jud to commit suicide and everyone is quite dismissive of Jud). And the ballet dream scene seems to empathise this feeling. Gorgeous songs from this musical include: Oh What a Beautiful Mornin’, The Surrey with the Fringe on Top, Many a New Day and The Farmer and the Cowman. All the songs were uplifting and had a catchy beat and are really easy to hum along to long after the film is over. This was a fantastic musical, that was bold and daring in its attempts to not portray a happy go lucky musical but also show a dark side. And show that not everything is prim and […]