TV Shows Returning this September

So there are a lot of Tv series and shows coming back the second half of September. The ones I'm going to mention are ones that I watch. Unfortunately, I can't watch every Tv show so if there are some returning in September that I haven't mentioned, I'm sorry. I do watch waaaay too many for the average person though, teehee.

Most of the ones returning now are either eerie or sappy, hence the autumnal vibe. Throughout September and November, all the scary, horror Tv shows make a come back for Halloween--or most-- and the intensely sad romantic ones as well. At least, that's the way I see it. Autumn seems the perfect season for those themes. 

                                                                                                  Project Runway

Returns: 15 Sep.

So the premiere was last Thursday on the 15 where we met the new amateur designers. We saw their auditioning and home audition tapes. I'm uber excited for this season, as I am every year since forever, I'm shamelessly an avid fan of this reality show and I'm always waiting for it every year! Project Runway is usually aired throughout August, however, in time for the 3 runner ups to show in the W/F fashion week. The winner is already announced but we don't know it yet! Heidi had to film for America's Got Talent which is why the show was delayed a month. Nevertheless, I have always loved the show and I'm really looking forward to this season!

The Big Bang Theory

Returns: 19 Sep.

I CANNOT WAIT TO WATCH THIS SEASON!

The Big Bang Theory is one of my FAVOURITE sitcoms of all time, first being Friends. I genuinely enjoyed last season, as I did every season. I am extremely excited for Bernadette and Howard's (SPOILER IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN LAST SEASON) baby! I'm not sure about the new relationship sparking between Mary and Alfred, Sheldon's mother and Leonard's father, as in whether they'd be one or not. Also, very curious as to what the government wants of Howard. I have a feeling it's not going to be as bad as he thinks it will. 

Very much looking forward for this season!

                                                                               Scream Queens

Returns: 20 Sep.

I didn't really have much hope for this show. I thought I'd watch it just for the sake of something to watch, but it had it's moments! It isn't the best show in the entire world, nor is it the worst but it is entertaining. As in, you're not missing out if you're not watching it. But I used to save the episodes for Saturday with mum's vegetarian aubergine lasagna, a day off uni and homework (I never like to do anything on Saturdays). So it was cosy for me. The show had some clever lines, and it's full of plot twists. It gets interesting. Ad who doesn't want to see Chanel being chased all the time for being a bitch! You secretly love her too! 

I don't really watch trailers so I have no idea what the plot line for this season is. I hope it's good though!

Grey's Anatomy

Returns: 22 Sep.

OH MY GOD! I absolutely love Grey's Anatomy. I've been watching it for almost a decade and I'm still so hooked! Loved last season, as always. I'm very curious to see whether Meredith  finds a new love interest after McDreamy, even though it wouldn't feel right because it was always them for almost 10 seasons, but I'd like to see her happy again. I just have to accept it :'( 

There have been rumours there is a character coming back ... OMG they have to bring back Christina, they just have to, I'd lose my shit if they do. But it has to be either her or Izzy. I can't remember any other character that went off the show...well unless they bring anyone back from the dead, you know how drama shows can be. I hope it's not turning into a soap. 

Again, I haven't seen the trailer, so I have no idea what to expect. Very much looking forward to this season! 

P.S. I used to love having either noodles or soup with Grey's Anatomy, can't wait to snuggle up with it again!

American Horror Story
Returns: 14 Sep.
Frankly, I'm not entirely excited for AHS, I mean, did the last 3 season scare you at all? They were creepy, yes, but they weren't horrifying. I don't think they can beat their first season.
I believe they've kept this season a secret because they're trying to get people excited about it again. I hope it's good, I love the cast. I heard Taissa officially left the show though. Someone told me Jessica Lange also left, at this point they should just cancel the show! No, I don't mean it, but they are like the essence of AHS. I do love the remainig cast, I think they're brilliant.
Anyways, all I know is that this season is a house in the middle of a haunted forest. Now, that's scary. I just hope they don't turn it into a dramatic series like they did the last few seasons!

**ALL PHOTOS ARE TAKEN FROM GOOGLE IMAGES

Room by Emma Donoghue

I read this a couple of months back and I quite enjoyed it. It is very well-loved in the book community so I was curious about it. I was not disappointed! 

This book is about a boy of five, Jack, whose world is in one room. He was born in Room, he grew up in Room. It's where he eats, sleeps, play, watches TV... 

Jack has a very limited view of the world. To him, trees and dogs and the sky, the wind and anything that is outside Room is unreachable. He calls them planets. The planet where trees are and so on. There is Skylight though, where Jack and Mama practice their screaming (trying to get people to hear them, but the room is so thick with sound proof walls, there's no way anyone can hear).

The book starts when it is his fifth birthday and his mama baked him a cake. We learn afterwards that there is a door in Room that opens only from the outside and you can hear someone punching in a code. Old Nick. The man who has them trapped in Room. He is not allowed to see Jack, so every night, Jack is put to sleep in Wardrobe, ever since he born. Old Nick returns most nights of the week but never stays till the morning. Sometimes when Jack hears him leave after he's been in bed with Mama, he crawls in under the sheets with her. Moreover, Mama is now fed up, she is ready to bust out of this place. She has made plans where Jack is to pretend he has a bad fever and dies the next day, so that Old Nick is forced to carry him out of Room and bury him. Mama told him to run once he's put into the back of the truck. She tells him to find the first policeman and tell them everything. 

Donoghue is able to picture the world from a five year old who has no conception of the world. A world of entrapment and acceptance. She tells us that sometimes as ignorant as we are, we are comfortable in that ignorance, happy almost, but we never know just who we might be hurting with our stubbornness and our unwilling to unlearn all that we have learnt. Mama tries to tell Jack that everything on TV is real, all the animals, other people even. He refuses to believe this. Only himself, Mama and Old Nick are real. Mama sometimes is gone, as Jack puts it. She falls into static state where she doesn't get out of bed the whole day. She obviously has fallen into depression after being kidnapped at nineteen and living in this box for seven years. The only thing holding her back from taking her life is her son, Jack. She has an unbreakable bond with him. At five, she still breastfed him, as if in fear this bond will be terminated. 

All in all, Room was very interesting to read and quite gripping. I am looking forward to reading Donoghue's other works!

TV Reviews: Stranger Things

Right. Stranger Things. Literally everyone is talking about this show. I had so many high hopes for it and thought this must be a bloody revolutionary show. I'm not saying I hate it, I just didn't find it quite as entertaining and "good" as people deemed it to be.
The show revolves around a small town named Hawkins where the local lab was able to interact with another world where a new creature, or creatures, where able to enter our universe and began hunting people and children for food. One of which is a child named Will Byers who was cycling home after he hung out with his peers. His mother hysterically searches for him even after his burial when his body was "found". Will's friends, Mike, Lucas and the ever adorable Dustin, come across a girl named Eleven, nicknamed El, who has escaped the labs and it is revealed she has some supernatural capabilities of telekinesis and telepathy. And she is the only one who can communicate with the parallel universe found.
The acting and choice of cast is beyond brilliant, that is what really makes the show. I think the kids especially are absolutely outstanding, I predict a very bright and successful future in the entertainment business. What I didn't enjoy was that the show was a tad bit slow for me. I don't really enjoy alien-related storylines so that also threw me off but EVERYONE was talking about this show, so I had to. I have to say though, it is quite predictable as well. What I want to know though is (SPOILER) what is so special about Will? Why didn't the faceless thing eat him?
I did also enjoy the throwback eighties feel, very much so. It was refreshing actually. I think the over hyped excitedness of it didn't live up to what I imagined. I don't know if I will actually watch the next season. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The Crying of Lot 49

This is such a challenging book, and only one of Pynchon's easiest compared to his other massive works like Infinite Jest. Or so I've heard, I haven't read anything else, yet.
I read this for a final in one of my courses once upon a time, so my reading was dense and I had to look up a lot--which if you read this book, you'd know how time consuming and simply hard that would be. It's naturally condensed and packed with information, it gave me a headache for the whole day. I think the postmodern literature is the hardest for me. The nature of this era of literature is very messy and all over the place. Precisely because it came after the world wars which left the world in a havoc. Art reflects life so it is to be expected for artists, authors and whatnot to mirror the reality of a lost system and the birth of chaos. During this time, sex and open relationships were not taboo anymore and Pynchon was not shy to portray this.
Anyways, let's discuss the book.
So the book is about a woman named Oedipa Maas who is married to Wendell Mass--or Mucho-- but is bored of being a typical 50's or 60's housewife having chats about Tupperware. She receives news that her ex-boyfriend has died and named her the co-executor of his estate. In her drive to the estate she gets involved in the rivalry of two post mail services, one which seems to be a myth and remains hidden but seems like they were active during the second world war.
There's waaay more to the story, it is so so dense. I found the play Oedipa watches the most challenging to keep my head around, although it is the perfect allegory to the whole book.
I am not so encouraged to read Pynchon's other works, I just don't feel very clever when I did!
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