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      THIRD NOVEL COMING SOON! (5th published work)

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      Review of Anne by Robert Fanshawe

      Changing the Way I Blog

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The Shining: Book vs Film

By zarinamacha January 28, 2019December 1, 2020
2019 / Books / Books Films Music TV / Film Reviews

I first watched The Shining when I was sixteen with a friend. Neither of us adored it. It was an okay movie with some humorous and creepy parts but had a boring slow-moving atmosphere to it. It wasn’t a particularly terrifying film. I’ve seen it a couple times since and […]

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On Stephen King’s ‘It’

By zarinamacha January 16, 2019December 1, 2020
2019 / Books Films Music TV / Film Reviews

In 2015 I read a book called On Writing by Stephen King. I was aware that this man was one of the most prolific fiction writers out there. However, I was also aware he wrote horror, and being a scaredy-cat I was too afraid to read any of his books. […]

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The Brilliance of ‘Mean Girls’

By zarinamacha August 2, 2018October 19, 2020
2018 / Books Films Music TV / Film Reviews

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen the film Mean Girls. It’s one of those movies I can watch over and over again and never tire of; the more I watch it the more I love it. Recently I watched it and then watched it again two days […]

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Mean Girls vs Heathers

By zarinamacha July 28, 2018October 19, 2020
2018 / Books Films Music TV / Film Reviews

Mean Girls is one of the most witty, entertaining and awesome films ever in my opinion. Its a movie I never tire of. The other day I watched it and then watched it again two days later. I’ve seen it hundreds of times. Its quotable, the characters are ace, and […]

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The Genius of American Psycho

By zarinamacha June 10, 2018October 19, 2020
2018 / Books Films Music TV / Film Reviews

American Psycho is not a movie/novel about a killer. It is about the vapid, self-absorbed yuppie culture of upper class stock brokers living in 1980s America. It is about the fact that they are so consumed by the mass consumerism of their lives; obsessed with booking reservations even when not […]

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Jungle Fever: Race, Gender and Drug Addiction

By zarinamacha May 5, 2018October 19, 2020
2018 / Books Films Music TV / Film Reviews

One of my favourite movies is Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever. I’ve seen the film maybe four or five times now, and each time I watch it I marvel more and more at what a masterpiece it is. It says so much in just under two hours about race relations, gender, […]

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Zarina Macha

Zarina started this blog in 2017 to document her general opinions and thoughts on life. Originally on Blogger, she moved it to Wordpress in 2020, and hasn't posted any content since 2021. She is currently updating the blog and plans to resume posting content by the end of 2023.
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