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pippmarooni
Jul 31, 20235 min read
July (and I'm Back with Books!)
the books that i read in july (and some in june!).
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pippmarooni
May 19, 20237 min read
April Fools (ish)
Hello, all, I am back, with another monthly review of what I have watched and read in the month of April. April was a whole heck of a...
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pippmarooni
Apr 1, 20237 min read
March Madness
Happy April Fools!! I just got rejected from all the Ivies (except for Princeton, Dartmouth, and Cornell, where I got waitlisted)...
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pippmarooni
Mar 31, 20232 min read
'Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves' was Fun
So, happy April Fool’s, and besides the overall review of all that I watched in March, here’s also a review for Dungeons and Dragons:...
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pippmarooni
Mar 23, 20238 min read
February and its Cinema
a short compiled list of the movies that i watched in february.
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pippmarooni
Mar 7, 20238 min read
February's Pages
February is over, and so it is once again time to go over everything that I have read or watched this time around. Don’t ask why I...
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pippmarooni
Jan 31, 20236 min read
Things Consumed in January
Happy happy year of the rabbit! It’s been an eventful year so far: college applications, decisions, friends’ birthdays (lot’s of my...
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pippmarooni
Dec 31, 20226 min read
2022 In Review
2022 is officially over where I am in the world, so here's a little wrap up on my 2022 and a few final best lists. I won't do worsts,...
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pippmarooni
Dec 31, 20225 min read
December was Messy
So, with December wrapping up (and my ED/EA results coming in; so far, 100% deferral rate, which is at least better than 100% rejections,...
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pippmarooni
Dec 23, 20224 min read
'Carol' is an Amazing Film
It’s Christmas Eve and this is tradition. Or it will be, starting this year. I was just watching, you know, and it suddenly hit me: the...
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pippmarooni
Dec 21, 20225 min read
'Emily in Paris' Season 3 was Trash
Are we even surprised anymore? I don’t know why I keep watching this crap. I really don’t. Why do I keep watching this crap when I know...
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pippmarooni
Dec 14, 20225 min read
'The Circle' and Its ENDING!!
OK, so I was supposed to go to Chinese class this morning, except I started reading the last chapter of this book and Jesus freaking...
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pippmarooni
Dec 11, 20224 min read
'Pan's Labyrinth': the Adult Fairy Tale
Honestly, I was so surprised that the faun wasn’t a bad guy that I was truly shook when he turned out to be just another normal dude...
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pippmarooni
Nov 25, 20223 min read
'A Children's Bible' is Astounding
Before you get confused, no, this is not about religion. I mean, it is, but it’s more like The Color Purple type religion, where it’s...
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pippmarooni
Nov 24, 20222 min read
'Echo' is a Fairytale
I read this book because its title reminds me of a person, so I really didn’t know what to expect going into the book. I think I liked...
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pippmarooni
Nov 24, 20225 min read
'Wednesday' Isn't Really Addams
As a die-hard Addams family fan, I basically had an obligation to watch this show. So I did. I also recorded my thoughts by episode, and...
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pippmarooni
Nov 22, 20223 min read
'Léon' is Pedophilia Wrapped in a Nice Cover
I hate having to assign meaning to art (I subscribe to the belief that art is simply just art; just like life is just life. Its very...
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pippmarooni
Nov 20, 20223 min read
'Piranesi' Book Review
I remember vividly asking my mom for this book on the recommendation of a BookTuber, but I can’t actually remember which BookTuber it...
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pippmarooni
Nov 18, 20224 min read
'Tár' on Tár
See, I was in a frenzy when the first reviews for Tár came out. Cate Blanchett at her career best? Cate Blanchett for another Oscar? Cate...
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pippmarooni
Oct 31, 20225 min read
Weird Films in October?
So, it’s the end of the month/ beginning of a new month, time for me to do a quick rundown of everything else that I watched or read or...
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