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Friday, 29 August 2025

The Nightmare Before Christmas - Book Review

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Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas is a retelling of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, it's accompanied by original concept  and sketch art from the development of the film.
This book is written by Sally Morgan, and it was published by Bonnier Books on 26 November, 2020.

A family favourite and cult classic, Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of the best-loved films of all time.


Relive the magic of Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas through this retelling of the classic stop-motion film, accompanied by paintings, story sketches and concept art from the original studio artists.


Skye got me this one Christmas Eve as we watch The Nightmare Before Christmas every year on Christmas Eve and also because she knows how much I love the film.
While reading this retelling, I could hear the film in my head. This book is even perfect for who are new to the franchise or just want to introduce their children to the story. It's really a good introduction if you've never seen the film.
Seeing all the art and creations for the film was really good too. It really shows what work went into creating the film and I would love to check out the other books in this series to get a more behind the scenes look at the story and films.








It's nice to see the concept art for the film, and for me  this book just proves how much I love this film. From start to finish when we watch the film I'm saying all the lines, even without meaning to, and while reading this book I had all the voices in my head too.

What were your thoughts?
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안녕
(Annyeong)
さようなら
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再见
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Bye

Friday, 26 January 2024

Refelction - Book Review

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Reflection A Twisted Tale is a fantasy alternate story about Mulan written by Elizabeth Lim.
The book was published by Autumn Publishing in hardback on the 27th of March 2018 and paperback on the 21st of September 2018.

Elizabeth Lim was inspired to become a writer by the myths and fairy tales her father used to tell her as a child. Her passion for storytelling began around age 10, when she started writing fanfics for Sailor Moon, Sweet Valley, and Star Wars.
In addition to being an author, she is a Juilliard-trained composer, and has written the scores to several award-winning films and video games.

Reflection is part of the Official Disney Twisted Tales book series.

What if Mulan had to travel to the underworld?

When Captain Shang is mortally wounded in battle, Mulan must travel to the underworld, Diyu, in order to save him from certain death. But King Yama, the ruler of Diyu, is not willing to give Shang up easily.
With the help of Shang's great lion guardian ShiShi, Mulan must find Shang's spirit and leave by sunrise, or become King Yama's prisoner forever. Mulan, still disguised as the soldier Ping, wrestles with the decision whether or not to reveal her true identity to her closest friend.

Will Mulan be able to save Shang before it's too late?


This actually took me around a year and a half to complete, and I have no other reason why, other than I kept finding other books to read instead.
This is so easy to read, and I did enjoy it, it fits perfectly with the story of Mulan that we all love and know from the movie.
It dived a little more into the Chinese culture, in that we learnt more about ancestors, as well as the underworld and it's creatures.
While I did enjoy reading it, I don't think it's a book I would revisit again, but I would recommend it to people that enjoy Mulan as well as the Twisted Tales series.

Have you read Reflection?
Have you read any of the Twisted Tales books?
What were your thoughts?
Let me know in the comments below?

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(Annyeong)
さようなら
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再见
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Bye

Friday, 28 July 2023

Korean Drama - Connect

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Connect is a 2022, South Korean sci-fi psychological thriller drama. The series was written by Masaru Nakamura and Ha dam, and directed y Takashi Mike.
It was released in Disney+ on the 7th of December 2022, and contains 6 episodes.

Main Cast:
Jung Hae In as Ha Dong Soo
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Go Kyung Pyo as Oh Jin Seop
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Kim Hye Jun as Choi I Rang
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Supporting Cast:
Kim Roi Ha as Detective Choi
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Lee Tae Hyeong as Detective Park
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Han Tae Hee as Detective Yeom
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Jang Gwang as Doctor
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Jo Bok Rae as Mr. Kim
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Sung Hyuk as Min Sook
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Yang Dong Geun as Musician Z
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Oh Ha Nee as Song Ha Young
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The series is based on the webtoon of the same name , the series depicts a mysterious story that occurs when a man who has been deprived of a part of his body by organ hunters, connects with a person who has received an organ transplant.

In June 2021, Studio Dragon announced that they were preparing to produce a new drama titled connect with Japanese director Takashi Mike. The series is the first South Korean drama to be produced by a Japanese director.
In January 2022, it was reported that filming of the series was in progress, with filming reportedly ending in March 2022.

A new human being, Connect, who has an immortal body, was kidnapped by an organ trafficking organisation. Part way through the surgery, he suddenly wakes up on an operating table and manages to escape with his one remaining eye.
Then he finds out that he can still see out of his missing eye, which has now been transplanted to a serial killer who killed and turned his victims into artistic sculptures.
Determined to get back what was taken, Dong Soo pursues the killer to make himself whole again.

I was searching Korean drama's on Disney+ when I came across Connect, I knew nothing about it and decided to watch it based on the synopsis on the streaming service, Skye also seemed interested so I pressed play.
Skye didn't get through the first episode, she seemed creeped out straight away, but she does tend to get bored quickly when it comes to watching drama's. While I was confused during the first episode as I was clueless at what was going off, it wasn't long till I was sucked into the drama and found myself watching the next episode. I was so engrossed in the series that I didn't even realise I'd watched the final episode, when going to start the next episode.
It's definitely on the darker side of the K-drama scene, which I love as it gives me a break from my usual BL's and romantic, happy drama's.
The casting was amazing, there was no one that I could fault, and I was often left on the edge of my seat holding my breath, for me some of it was predictable, but only because I'm familiar with this style of genre and shows, while I wasn't expecting the happenings during for one of the characters, I definitely knew what they outcome would be for them.
I enjoyed watching Jung Hae In as Ha Dong Soo, he has a naivity to his character, and it was intriguing to watch not only his pursuit for the serial killer, but also how he would grow and react to things that happened to him, as well as discovering what he really, his whole life he'd been treated as a monster not knowing why he was different to everyone else. I hope we get a 2nd season as I look forward to seeing how he grows as well as accepting himself more.
I absolutely loved Go Kyung Pyo as Oh Jin Seop, I would love to see him more darker roles because he played his character so well, he really showed how easy it is to hide who you really are from everyone around you, allowing him to continue with his everyday life while hiding his scarier, dangerous side, even at one point having a work colleague to defend him from accusations.
I know Kim Hye Jun from KINGDOM where she played Queen Consort Cho, so I was intrigued to see her as Choi I Rang. The difference between her character and Jung Hae In's character is pretty big, she already knows who she is and has accepted it, what we don't really know is if she is there to help or hinder, is she there to live normally or make the normal humans be the monsters rather than her.
There was definitely scenes that I wasn't expecting, especially towards in the final episodes, so it was nice to have a drama that wasn't all the typical clichés, I'd happily watch this again to see if there was anything I missed the first time round, and to see if it makes more sense that it did on the first watch. I'm also interested in finding the webtoon to see how the story plays out.
I can only hope a 2nd season gets announced as it seemed to get left on a cliffhanger, and I would love to know and see how they will play that out in a 2nd season.

Have you watched Connect?
Were you a fan of the cast?
Did you enjoy the plot and script?
Have you read the webtoon?
Let me know in the comments below.

See you soon!


안녕
(Annyeong)
さようなら
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再见
(ZaiJian)
Bye

Thursday, 5 May 2022

Shopping Haul!

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It's been a while since I shared with you all a shopping haul, it's very rare I go on major shopping splurges now, while I obviously still buy K-pop, it's rare I buy them all in one go like I used to, the bonus of buying K-pop now is that I don't just have to buy to online and I can actually buy it from my local HMV store, but it can be a little hit or miss on whether they have any of the albums I'm wanting to get my hands on.

During the Easter holidays, I had a week off work with Skye, so I decided it was time for us to spend some time together and go shopping, my main reason was to surprise her with a trip to her favourite food place YO! Sushi, but our first stop was to HMV, to see if there was any K-pop albums that we were wanting.
While my bank felt better for not buying any K-pop, I didn't come away from HMV without spending any money.
I've been wanting to introduce Skye to Supernatural for a while now, and while I do already have the first 5 seasons on DVD, I had to rebuy us season 1, as my copy is missing discs since lending it out a few years ago, we're now about to start season 3, so you could say it's been a hit with her.
Supernatural Season 1 Boxset
£12.99

Lastly from HMV as you can see was Spider-Man No Way Home, which Skye had already seen, we pretty much have most of the Marvel movies, so I had to make sure the new Spider-Man was added to our collection.
Spider-Man No Way Home DVD
£9.99

After HMV we headed over to YO! Sushi, and I love the new system they have now, I think it's so much better than it was before Covid, I think it's so much easier, especially when it comes to ordering and paying for your order.
I had Mega Korean Chicken Gyoza, Crunchy California Rolls and a California Temaki and washed it all down with a Coke.
Skye had 2 lots of Cucumber Maki and Chicken Katsu, and washed it down with some Orange Juice.
What I love about YO! Sushi is that even though the portions seem small, they're still incredibly filling.


Our next stop was to Kenji, I love this shop and it's now become one of Skye's favourite's too, she bought herself a really soft plushie and in with my purchases, I also got her a ghost light, which was only £3 and it's really bright, so definitely a bargain. I mainly love Kenji for the drinks and snacks, it's my go to place for Asian treats.
Not all the snacks I bought are pictured as I only took a picture of the snacks I got myself. As well as in the picture, I bought Skye some Hello Panda biscuits and some Jujutsu Kaisen gummies. What I mainly love about the snacks is that a majority of it is 3 for £5, which if bought separately would probably cost more.
I couldn't resist buying these Ocean Bomb Sparkling Water cans as it was Sailor Moon related, even though I don't like sparkling water, I couldn't resist but I was left pleasantly surprised as both flavours were really nice and refreshing, I'll definitely buy them again if they're still there when I go again.

Next we have another Ocean Bomb drink, but this time it's Bubble Milk Tea, I got a can of this from a friend at Christmas and I loved it, so when I saw it was still available, I had to buy another can, it's sweet but really nice, the perfect Bubble Milk Tea.

Next we have a Korean Morning Rice Drink, I thought this drink was really nice, the taste kind of reminded me of cereal, while I did think it was an odd drink at first, I'd definitely try it again to see if I really do like it.

Lastly from Kenji, I got myself some limited edition Pocky, from the smell the surprise flavour seemed to be bubblegum and it honestly didn't take me long to eat these, they were so tasty and would love to get my hands on another box.

After Kenji we head over to Waterstones, it's been a while since I've had a nosey in Waterstones, especially at their manga section so it had to be done and on our way over I couldn't help but notice a familiar face in the window, which made me even more interested in checking out their manga section. Stood in the window was none other than Naruto Uzumaki

Once in the store, I was in love with the new manga section, they had plenty of manga, there was so many I wanted to buy as well as having plenty of other goodies like Naruto character figures, as well as the Sailor Moon Monopoly that I own, as well as the Naruto Monopoly that I bought Skye for her birthday.

I did make a purchase in Waterstones, one of which was a book for Skye as she was wanting the first book in The Witcher series as she is a fan of the show and the 2nd book I got was the Chinese BL novel Heaven Official's Blessing by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, I became familiar with this story from the donghua (Chinese animation) on Netflix, so I didn't need much persuasion in buying the novel. Just the artwork alone is absolutely stunning.
Heaven Official's Blessing by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
£15.99

Well that was my little shopping haul from over the Easter Holidays, and what we got up to on our little mum and daughter day.

Have you treated yourself lately to a shopping day?
What did you buy?
Let me know in the comments below.

See you soon!


안녕
(Annyeong)
さようなら
(Sayonara)
再见
(ZaiJian)
Bye