Incredible Books About Families That'll Actually Change Your Family Life

You'll be sure to love these books curated by the Goeread review team that will help change the way you see family.

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

The memoir dives into Walls' unconventional, poverty-stricken life as a child with very dysfunctional parents. The way this book is written pulls you into Walls' struggles growing up and drags you along for a very interesting ride.

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez

This book is about Julia — a poor Mexican-American high school student in Chicago. She tries to find her identity while living under the watchful eyes of her strict parents after the death of her older "perfect" sister. This is the perfect read for anyone who relates to being the black sheep of the family.

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende spins a yarn about a long line of remarkable women. Over the course of a revolution, through multiple homes, and with the help of a little magic, the reader watches these women grow and shape better futures for their daughters, granddaughters, and great-granddaughters. This book is beautiful and satisfying.

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Dramatic lines from well-known literature

Here are some of the greatest lines from dramatic literary works, curated by the Goeread review team.

American Psycho

Author: Bret Easton Ellis

Year: 1991

"There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity, something illusory, and though I can hide my cold gaze and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable: I simply am not there."

Don Quixote

Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Year: 1605

“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.”

A Room With A View

Author: E.M. Forster

Year: 1908

“We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won’t do harm - yes, choose a place where you won’t do very much harm, and stand in it for all you are worth, facing the sunshine.”

Kafka On The Shore

Author: Haruki Murakami

Year: 2002

"Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart."

Ulysses

Author: James Joyce

Year: 1922

"History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake."

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Powerful closing lines from literature

If you are an avid reader you will likely recall these closing lines from novels. Enjoy this memorable list curated by the Goeread review team.

"Valcourt is at peace with himself."

A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali, Gil Courtemanche

"'When the day shall come, that we do part,' he said softly, and turned to look at me, 'if my last words are not ‘I love you’ – ye’ll ken it was because I didna have time.'"

The Fiery Cross, Diana Gabaldon

"She closes her eyes again and I begin to sing softly:

'''V'la l'bon vent, v'la l'joli vent

V'la l'bon vent, ma mie m'appelle.'''

Hoping that this time it will remain a lullaby. That this time the wind will not hear. That this time - please just this once - it will leave without us."

Chocolat, Joanne Harris

"The knife came down, missing him by inches, and he took off."

Catch-22, Joseph Heller

"I lingered round them, under that benign sky; watched the moths fluttering among the heath, and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass; and wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers, for the sleepers in that quiet earth."

Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte

"His body stirs beneath the sheets. He twists his head from one side to the other. His eyes, she sees, are open. Then she feels a pressure on her hand and he speaks his first words for a week. 'Keep going, El,' he says, 'Keep going.' And so she does."

The Hand That First Held Mine, Maggie O'Farrell

''I never saw any of them again — except the cops. No way has yet been invented to say goodbye to them."

The Long Goodbye, Raymond Chandler

"She watched as Sandy Forsyth walked across the talmac towards them, smiling like an eager curious schoolboy as he lifted his face to the sunny English afternoon."

Winter in Madrid, C. J. Sansom

"I went on my way. A stormy wind rattled the scrap-iron in the ruins, whistling and howling through the charred cavities of the windows. Twilight came on. Snow fell from the darkening, leaden sky."

The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945, Wladyslaw Szpilman

"This is not a full circle. It's Life carrying on. It's the next breath we all take. It's the choice we make to get on with it."

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood, Alexandra Fuller

"Yes, they will trample me underfoot, the numbers marching one two three, four hundred million five hundred six, reducing me to specks of voiceless dust, just as, in all good time, they will trample my son who is not my son, and his son who will not be his, and his who will not be his, until the thousand and first generation, until a thousand and one midnights have bestowed their terrible gifts and a thousand and one children have died, because it is the privilege and the curse of midnight’s children to be both masters and victims of their times, to forsake privacy and be sucked into the annihilating whirlpool of the multitudes, and to be unable to live or die in peace."

Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie

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Quotes about Toxic People And Staying Away From Drama

Do you have challenging people in your life – who create drama, stress, and upheaval? Then you will love these quotes curated by the Goeread review team which should help you remain calm in the face of drama and conflict.

People who are not happy with their life will often try to start drama in yours. – Karen Salmansohn

Don’t let bad people turn you anti-social. Just become anti-jerks. – Karen Salmansohn

Be a no drama llama. Don’t create it. And don’t invite it. Plus don’t associate with it. – Karen Salmansohnn

A lot of the happiness or unhappiness in your life is a result of the people you’re surrounding yourself with. So develop the courage to let go of toxic people. – Karen Salmansohnn

When a toxic person can no longer control you, they will try to control how others see you. The misinformation will feel unfair but stay above it, trusting that other people will eventually see the truth, just like you did. – Jill Blakeway

People who live a life full of drama are lacking purpose and meaningful goals. After all, when you have purpose and meaning you don’t want to waste your life on drama. – Karen Salmansohn

Often the villain plays the victim very well. – Karen Salmansohn

Un-drama yourself. Be who you were before all that drama happened which distracted you from who you really are and what you really want for your life. – Karen Salmansohn

You never fully see how toxic someone is until you breathe the fresh air. – Karen Salmansohn

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Live a drama-free life with these quotes

If you are looking for some motivating ways to get rid of the drama in your life, then be sure to have a read through these quotes curated by the Goeread review team.

“No I’m not a dream, I’m your worst nightmare” ― C.T. Todd

“I am not interested in living in a city where there isn’t a production by Samuel Beckett running.” ― Edward Albee

“What if two people want to be your partner, then what?” ― Emily Giffin

“Those who truly know, know those who don’t, will learn if they ask” ― Rose Blue

“If you’re going to give me something, give me something I’ll miss.” ― Darlene Susan Girard

“Don’t feed the drama monster. It’s insatiable and has no friends.” ― Donna Goddard

“If you live a long life and get to the end of it without ever once having felt crushingly depressed, then you probably haven’t been paying attention.” ― Duncan MacMillan

“To be able to say “I love you”, one has to be able to say “I” ― Ayn Rand

“No more games, no more drama. When you wanna be real gimme a hello.” ― Nitya Prakash

“I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me.” ― Humphrey Bogart

“Pay attention… When a person is gossiping, you are learning more about them and their character than anything they are gossiping about.” ― Steve Maraboli

“I only have time for you, not your drama” ― Ibrahim Hanif

“Taking on too much of other people’s drama is just a poor excuse for not taking ownership and control over your own life.” ― José N. Harris

“Every thing’s for sale out here. Anything you want. About the only thing you can’t buy is my dignity and self-respect, cause those were the first to go. And I gave them away for free.” ― Darlene Susan Girard

“Maybe the consequences of someone’s unreason can be remedied only with new unreason?” ― Igor Eliseev

“When you surround yourself with dramatic people, your life will be driven by drama instead of destiny.” ― Gift Gugu Mona

“It always turns out this way: at first people idolize you, swear to be your faithful friend forever and then spit in your tea and in your soul, too.” ― Igor Eliseev

“People love scandal; people love drama. They love stripping away the layers to see what’s really in there, and they’ll do anything – as well as make it up – to get it.” – Julia Roberts

“You don’t need everyone to like you, just the right one(s)!” ― LaTonya “Tee” Johnson

“How perfectly evil spirit and beauty can combine in one person, harmonically supplementing each other.” ― Igor Eliseev

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Great entertaining drama to add to your library

If you are looking for some great drama books to fill your days, take a look at these curated by the Goeread team.

The Sky Over Lima by Juan Gómez Bárcena

The best heartbreaker novels are the ones that sneak up on you like this one: A tragicomic love story about two amateur young male poets in Lima in the early 20th century who are desperate to get the newest book by their hero, Juan Ramón Jiménez. They pose together as a beautiful woman admirer, write him a fan letter, ask for it, and receive back … a signed copy and a letter. The resulting correspondence grows quite severe, and soon their literary hero is in love and insists on meeting their fictional character. So the young poets realize their most incredible literary creation must die, and no one can ever know it was them.

SuperMutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki

You’re at the beach with a summer hangover, a little outside language, but you long for the pleasures of the narrative. These stories are for that, from a place that is best thought of as a cross between Professor Xavier’s X-Men school in Westchester and Brakebills from The Magicians. Most are a page to three pages long and hilarious. You do sort of have to be a next-level nerd to understand all of them but in the right way.

This Must Be the Place by Maggie O’Farrell

O’Farrell is an enormous talent, and her latest novel is her best one yet. Daniel, a New Yorker, lives in rural Ireland with his wife, Claudette, a former film star who staged her disappearance and greeted uninvited guests with a shotgun. The appearance of a woman from Daniel’s past throws their carefully constructed life into turmoil, exposing all sorts of secrets. O’Farrell’s prose sparkles. This book is a total delight.

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3 Best Drama eBooks That Will Help You Understand the World

Readers love drama eBooks because they are more serious in tone. They have elements that encourage a wider range of moods and can help you learn a lot about life. Here are some of the drama eBooks that you should add to your must-read list.

A Peculiar Peril - Jeff VanderMeer

Originally published on July 7, 2020, A Peculiar Peril follows the story of three friends who ventured on a quest to protect their town from a terrifying creature. It was ranked as the best-selling eBooks in the year 2019. Jonathan inherits the mansion of his deceased grandfather. They soon discover that the house is filled with puzzles.

Call Me American - Abdi Iftin

A young boy who was about to venture into the world of adulthood gets caught with multiple immigration cases. The author has used a perfect combination of English that he learned on his own via music and films.  Abdi was given a chance to participate in the annual U.S. visa lottery and this made him believe in himself even more.

Seven - Farzana Doctor

Farzana talks about Sharifa’s journey to India when she was looking for her great-grandfather. She discovers that her family left a while ago. Sharifa realizes that her family must have been important people in their generation. Her trip to India coincides with an unrest period within her conservative and insular religious community, and she can’t escape its politics.

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Two classic novels from different eras given the movie treatment

Great writing in timeless and these two novels, released 80 years apart, prove that good storytelling endures. Both have also been the subject for recent new movie adaptations.

Rebecca

This most recent adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s classic 1938 novel will stream on Netflix late 2020. It stars Lily James (Downtown Abbey, Cinderella) and Armie Hammer (On The Basis of Sex; The Man From U.N.C.L.E) in the lead roles of Mr and Mrs de Winter.

The novel itself tells the story of a young woman who finds herself haunted by the ghost of her husband’s late first wife. She is swept off her feet by the older widower Maxim de Winter. This twisty, dramatic and psychological thriller is a timeless tale as the young and newer Mrs de Winter must deal with the dark and brooding presence of the Rebecca, the wealthy Mr de Winter’s first wife, which still lingers on the vast country estate.

This latest movie retains all the gripping and tense atmosphere of the book and previous film and TV versions.

The Woman in the Window

Amy Adams plays the role of the agoraphobic woman who can’t leave her home due to some previous trauma. The story is more than an ode to Hitchcock, the legendary director’s influence is overtly acknowledged throughout the book and the movie adaptation which is due for release in 2021 is sure to be the same.

Anna’s reluctance to leave her home is tested when she believes she has witnessed an attack on a neighbor from her window. A tale full of twists and turns which will have readers wonder what is real and what is not has been adapted into a movie which also features Gary Oldman, Anthony Mackie and Julianne Moore.

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Quotes on why discipline is important to your health

Discipline is definitely important in life and certainly for your health. Here are some quotes on the reasons why.  

“A man is born gentle and weak. At death, he is hard and stiff. Green plants are tender and filled with sap. At death, they are withered and dry. Therefore, the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death, and the gentle and yielding is the disciple of life.” - Lao Tzu

“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” - Jim Rohn

“If you’re fifty, exercise your mind and body regularly, eat well, and have a general zest for life, you’re likely younger – in very real, physical terms – than your neighbor who is forty-four, works in a dead-end job, eats chicken wings twice a day, considers thinking too strenuous, and looks at lifting a beer glass as a reasonable daily workout.” - Ken Robinson

 

 

“You can be fit without being healthy, but you can’t be healthy without being fit. Meaning… you can be in great shape on the outside, but if you don’t eat great and don’t take care of your insides, you aren’t necessarily healthy. History shows us there were plenty of athletes who were in great shape but suddenly died of a heart attack. Balance is key.” - Jesse Itzler, Living With A SEAL

 

“My temptation is emotional, and resisting will further my needed weight loss and strengthen my character. Furthermore, nothing tastes as good as thin feels.” - Stephen Covey

 

“We do not stop exercising because we grow old – we grow old because we stop exercising.” - Dr. Kenneth Cooper

 

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Reasons French Children Are So Well-Behaved

There’s a lot we can learn from the French and their style of parenting. Here are a few reasons why French children are so well-behaved.

They’re allowed to do difficult things themselves

Ever heard your little one say: “Me do it!”? Yes, it’s a favorite toddler phrase and for good reason, but even the most well-meaning parent can squelch this budding autonomy by wanting to do everything for their child. French parenting counteracts that philosophy by treating children more like adults-in-training than helpless babes.

They are praised sparingly

Fearful of hurting feelings, American parents tend to praise their child for everything, but this can eventually lead to praise becoming diluted and meaningless. Instead, French parenting is about praising kids for saying interesting things, and for speaking well.

They understand adults-only time

French children understand that parents need to have dedicated adult time. This doesn’t mean they aren’t good parents, but they shouldn’t always be at the service of their children.

They are taught as infants to sleep early and well

French parents are big fans of allowing their babies to self-soothe, allowing their infant to cycle through brief periods of wakefulness before falling back asleep. By allowing an infant to do this for a minute or two, French parents are teaching them not to depend on rocking, feeding, pacifiers, or some other external sleep aid.

Fruits and vegetables are their first foods

French children are unpicky eaters as parents repeatedly serve the same foods and expect their children to eat them. There is no cooking of separate meals for adults and children as kids are expected to eat the same meal as their parents.

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The Story Behind West Side Story’s “Maria”

Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim is responsible for some of the most unforgettable music that ever made it to stage and screen. Among his many accomplishments is his lyrical contribution to the Leonard Bernstein song “Maria” from the Broadway musical hit West Side Story. The song is performed shortly after Maria, sister of the leader of a Puerto Rican gang called the Sharks, and Tony, a former member of a rival gang called the Jets, meet for the first time at a school dance and fall in love.

“The problem here,” Sondheim writes in Finishing the Hat, “was how to write a love song for two people who have just met. They have exchanged exactly 10 lines, but they have encountered each other in a surreal, dreamlike dance sequence, so that the audience believes that they have an intimate, even mystical, connection. Nevertheless, when the gymnasium set dissolves into the street outside Maria’s house and Tony is back in reality, he has to sing something real.”

Furthermore, the Tony character had originally been envisioned as “a blond Polish Catholic, in order to contrast him as much as possible with the Puerto Ricans,” Sondheim writes. “This gave the name ‘Maria’ a religious resonance, which I pushed with the line ‘Say it soft and it’s almost like praying.’” The original idea for Tony’s background was scrapped, however, leading Sondheim to lament that now, the line “makes little sense and merely contributed a kind of overall wetness to the lyric—a wetness, I regret to say, which persists throughout all the romantic lyrics in the show, but which appealed to my collaborators and which may very well have contributed to the score’s popularity.”

In any case, the lyrics, and the song, remain amongst the most memorable Broadway has ever heard.

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Morning Show Stars Talk About The Show’s Future

Launched on Apple TV + last November, The Morning Show took audiences by surprise with its at times tough depiction of the lives and unique challenges of morning show hosts, the men and women who help millions of Americans wake up each day and get their day going.

Jennifer Aniston and Billy Crudup, two of the show's stars and nominees for SAG Awards for their performances, recently talked about the show along with co-star and executive producer Reese Witherspoon, executive producer Michael Ellenberg, and EP/director Mimi Leder.

“It was important to get inside the head of a gentle, charismatic narcissist,” Aniston said, discussing her character. “[It was important] to be at the hand of abuse of power and not actually even know it. We wanted that perspective of that character to be explored.”

The conversation quickly turned to the show’s future. “It was a climactic finale,” Ellenberg said early in the panel. “Season 2 certainly picks up where we ended… and you’ll have to watch it to see.”

“We’re just getting started,” Witherspoon said. “We’re trying to figure out the new dynamics [post-#MeToo] — what is the new normal?”

No word yet on Steve Carall’s future involvement. His contract only covered one season, but given fan reaction to his performance, it wouldn’t be out of the question to see him appear in future episodes.

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Big Changes Ahead for Westworld’s Third Season

Showrunners Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan have been at the helm of HBO’s Westworld since the very beginning, and with the show now in its third season, they’re excited as ever for what’s to come. The dramatic sci-fi thriller, based loosely on Michael Crichton’s 1973 movie, follows a race of artificially intelligent robots in the not-too-distant future who violently rise up against the humans who’ve used and abused them for sport. For the first two seasons, audiences were immersed in Westworld’s 19th-century Western America theme park, but with a handful of robot “hosts” escaping into the real world, all that’s about to change.

“When Lisa and I were talking about the pilot, one of the things that was most exciting to us was, you learn the rules of these creatures and their world, and then you spring them out of there,” Nolan said in a recent interview with Variety. “And you’ve withheld from the audience, for the most part to that point, what the outside world looks like.”

It’s not just the setting that’ll be different this season. “It’s a lot more linear this season,” says Evan Rachel Wood, who plays Dolores, the host leading the AI rebellion against humanity. “It feels like we’re introducing a new show to the world again, starting over and building it from the ground up with these characters that we know and love, and with the elements that are still very much ‘Westworld.’”

We can’t wait to see what the third season has to offer as it unfolds!

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Tips for Learning Lines

Whether you want to be an actor, lecturer or speech-giver, one thing you need to be able to do is learn your lines. Here are twelve practical techniques for learning them and don’t forget practice makes perfect.

1. Read the lines aloud. By speaking the lines you will hear them and they are more likely to stick.

2. Ask a friend to help you. Friends can correct you on any mistakes you make, give you the cue lines and go back over any weak areas.

3. Practise, practise, practise. This is the only way to make the lines stick. There is no such thing as a “photographic” memory. Everybody has to do this, even Kenneth Branagh.

4. Little and often. Go over them first thing in the morning, a few times during the day and last thing at night.

5. There are several apps which can help with learning lines including Line Learner where you record all the lines including those of other characters and then listen to them leaving silent pauses to speak your own lines. Another is Rehearsal Pro where you can upload a script and watch it scrolling by as you record your lines to listen to.

6. Even if you don’t use an app you can make a recording of the scene with a tape-recorder or smartphone. Listen to it while you are shaving/washing up/driving (but keep your eyes on the road). It’s a good idea to leave gaps in the recording to speak your own lines.

7. Move around while you are saying your lines. This has been scientifically proven to aid memory. The best thing to do is to act and feel the emotions of the character so that you are learning the meaning of the speech as much as the words. Or just for a change you can even do something entirely unrelated like juggling or sweeping the floor.

8. Go for a drive or better still a walk. Walking and saying your lines can be quite relaxing.

9. Learn the cue lines that lead in to each of your lines. Being prompt with your lines will give you and your fellow actors more confidence.

10. As you say or read the lines, follow the thought pattern of each speech and the overall progression of the scene. Your lines are a part of the play. They don’t exist on their own.

11. In rehearsals, listen to and think about what the other actors are saying. Don’t just concentrate on what you’ve got to say.

12. Make a recording of the cast reading the script and use this to practise with so that you get used to hearing the other characters’ voices.

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Inspirational Quotes From Famous Actors

If you are having a hard day or are just generally down and out, here are some inspirational quotes from famous actors to get you on the right track!

“If you get a chance to act in a room that somebody else has paid rent for, then you’re given a free chance to practice your craft.” —Philip Seymour Hoffman on auditioning

“If all the circumstances of acting are made too easy, then there’s no grain of sand to make the pearl.” —Peter Sarsgaard

“If you live in the past that’s depression, and if you live in the future that’s anxiety. So you have no choice but to live in the present.” —Sarah Silverman

“If you risk nothing, then you risk everything.” —Geena Davis

“You’re not going there to get a job. You’re going there to present what you do.” —Bryan Cranston on auditioning

“Goals on the road to achievement cannot be achieved without discipline and consistency.” —Denzel Washington

“Giving voice to characters that have no other voice—that’s the great worth of what we do.” —Meryl Streep

“It’s important to say that the more challenging a scene is, in a way, the more fun it is because the more of my job I get to do.” —Daniel Radcliffe

“For me, our job as artists is to serve the story, serve the director, and serve the fellow actors. And if you do that, by osmosis you’re serving yourself because you’ll get the best out of yourself.” —David Oyelowo

“If you’re an actor, even a successful one, you’re still waiting for the phone to ring.” —Kevin Bacon

“My thought process has always been, I’m excited to show you what my version of this story would look like. You’re going to be able to get a little condensed show. That took the pressure off getting the job” —Tituss Burgess

“Without wonder and insight, acting is just a business. With it, it becomes creation.” —Bette Davis

“I’ve always approached things with hunger and just enough fear. Plenty of confidence, you know, but just enough fear to work extra hard. Paralyzing fear does nothing, but the kind of fear that makes you nervous enough to really be aware and focused? I like that kind of fear.” —Queen Latifah

“Learn to live your life—there’s no recipe for it. You can’t go to acting school to learn to be a deep person with a lot of experience to draw from; you can only become that person by feeling, by getting hurt, by feeling incredibly happy, by seeing the world; those are the things that make you richer as a person and give you a much bigger bank to draw from when you bring characters to life.” —Pablo Schreiber

“We think too much and feel too little.” —Charlie Chaplin

“When you’re in a theater, it’s about reaching the back rows. When you have a camera in your face, it’s just about knowing the size of the room.” —Corey Stoll

“An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer.” —Marlon Brando

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The Best HBO Shows Of All Time

Although picking “the best” of anything is a subjective practice, that didn’t stop the people at Vulture from putting together their comprehensive ranked list of every single HBO show released. It was an impressive effort, to say the least, but since you may not care much for the shows that round out the bottom of the list, we thought we’d recap the very top for you.

#3 - The Wire. Described as “an American urban tragedy of unparalleled scope” The Wire takes a deep dive into the failures of a system told through the accounts of the city of Baltimore and the ongoing war between law enforcement and the city’s drug dealers. Some of the move compelling drama ever created, without a doubt.

#2 - Deadwood. Deadwood’s success was surprising, to say the least, as it was a common belief that the time of the Western had long since come and gone. But thanks to a fantastic cast that included the likes of Ian McShane, Molly Parker, Timothy Olyphant, John Hawkes, and Robin Weigert, and thanks in part to some creative script writing and colorful dialogue, it defied the odds, and made it to #2 on Vulture’s list.

#1 - The Sopranos. It comes as little surprise to find The Sopranos at the very top of this list, as it already tops many others. And for good reason. The Sopranos was nothing short of groundbreaking, reclaiming a spot for the anti-hero and making HBO truly relevant.

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Soon to Be Released Dramas and the Books They’re Based on

Books often make for the best movies, and when it comes to upcoming dramas, these two novels are no exception. When looking for your next read, or when planning your next trip to the cinema, these two titles are well worth considering.

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven. When two teens both decide to jump off the school bell tower at the same time, they find themselves drawn and even start helping each other out. But as Theodore Finch and Violet Markey soon discover, the journey to healing isn’t an easy go. Starring Elle Fanning, Justice Smith, and Alexandra Shipp, All the Bright Places promises to be nothing short of a tear jerker.

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. Part coming of age tale, part mystery, The Goldfinch offers drama by the droves as it tells the tale of Theo Decker, a teen boy sent to live with his wealthy family after his mother dies in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Theo can’t let go of a painting that reminds him of his mother, and haunted by her loss, he finds himself drawn to the criminal underworld of New York by that very painting. Starring Nicole Kidman, Ansel Elgort, and Sarah Paulson, The Goldfinch is a haunting tale that’s not to be missed.

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