The Culture Enthusiast

via BFI I first watched Brooklyn in April because it was Easter, you want to watch something light and heart-warming; it was also recommended by Duc from the blog 14 Shades of Grey. Normally, I would stay away from a movie deemed last year's "best love story", but I couldn't resist the 50's fashions and the fact that the protagonist is basically me.  The trailer describes...

I was on a used bookstore shopping spree recently so I have a lot of books I plan to read this Fall. Or at least that I plan to carry around with me when I'm going for a chai latte at Starbucks. This post is part of The Broke and Bookish Top Ten Tuesday meme. Today is Top 10 Books on my Fall TBR...

detail - info below Oedipus and the Sphinx (1808 - 25) by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres  via the Louvre  "Listen to me and learn some peace of mind: no skill in the world, nothing human can penetrate the future." Oedipus and the Sphinx by François-Xavier Fabre via A Classic a Day  "If you are the man he says you are, believe me, you were born for pain." ...

via Stuff Point In the last couple of years lots of big blockbuster movies came out that were set in space: Gravity, Interstellar, The Martian. I don't mean to be controversial, but as a fan of realistic sci-fi movies, I thought these movies were all flash and little substance. Even Interstellar, which I liked, was a bit hard to sit through. As this...

photo by Corey Blaz Top 10 Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. I started listening to audio books on my freshman year in college. I had a long commute and an even longer reading list. Between work and classes, I had very little time and knew I had to step up my game if I wanted to cross off every...