From 35 potential princesses, the stakes are higher as only six of these girls are left. Illea, a post-apocalyptic monarchical version of the United States, almost has its future princess but will Prince Maxon Schreaves, its future leader, make the choice for his heart, for his reputation, or for his country? America Singer is stuck…
Author: Jonnah Dayuta
There are over 7 billion people on the planet, but if you categorized them, you would still need to separate the men from the women, biologically. According to the CIA, there are 107 boys to every 100 girls. There are also the aspects of sexual orientation, age, educational attainment, location, religion, and language primarily used.…
It’s the hard-knock life
Every person, whether we like it or not, will always be faced with the question “Who am I?”. Our childhood and teen years help us answer this question, since it is the time when most of us normal people are introduced to the environment we will probably live in until we have diplomas or first…
Rating: 4.0 Bestselling author of The Gemma Doyle trilogy, Going Bovine, Beauty Queens, and many other short stories, Libba Bray comes back to the table better than ever with her latest fictional piece. No matter what timespan you are in or what generation you are born to, all human heartbeats sound the same, and emotions…
Take a look at your iPod (or whatever MP3 player you might use) right now and check your top-played list. John Mayer, Katy Perry, Maroon 5 – chances are, it’s a foreign artist. Now, take a look at the top OPM artists on the MYX Daily Top Ten today – chances are it’s nothing but…
Rating: 2.5 In a learned style that Riordan has honed since Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, he comes back with a fresh new title that promises his usual mix of adventure, humor, romance, with a dash of Greek and Roman Mythology. The Mark of Athena is Rick Riordan’s third book in the Heroes of…
J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy had much to live up to and much to prove. It is her first novel that is not about a certain boy wizard, her first in five years, and her first targeted to adults. The author, however, has proven once more that her way of storytelling is a unique and mastered…
Rating: 4.0 Whoever said that the writer was dead? Stephen Chbosky proves that statement wrong in the film that he not only wrote, but also directed and executively produced The Perks of Being a Wallflower, a novel which he himself penned down. Perks is the story of a troubled young man named Charlie and his…
Ever wondered why nowadays you suddenly see men and women of impeccable physique and alien complexion in billboards along every highway? When you look in magazines, newspapers, the Internet, or go to the mall, there they are again, looking all handsome and well dressed. But unlike any typical Filipino celebrity, these people are not those…
Rant and Rave: ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
Grade: 4.0 Ambitious, visually stunning, and structurally perfect – The Dark Knight Rises is another Nolan classic that has viewers do something Hollywood movies usually never do: think. The Dark Knight Rises is the final movie in the Batman trilogy, with Bruce Wayne’s concluding battle as Gotham’s caped crusader. With seasoned actors such as Anne…