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April favourites and review

Hi Guys

Hope you are all doing well. Time for another monthly favourites and review for April.

FILM:

I watched 3 films this month which were The Huntsman: Winter War, Bastille Day and Captain America: Civil War. The obvious favourite is Captain America which really was amazing, however if you need to have watched Captain America: Winter Solider and Avengers: Age of Ultron to fully understand what happens in this film. I enjoyed The Huntsman but I had a feeling at the end of was that it and I thought the dwarves humour was a bit overdone and ended up being annoying. Bastille Day was very good involving a pick pocket and a CIA cop trying to uncover a bomb plot in Pairs. However I did think it was heavy focused on Idris Elba's character and they made Richard Madden's character a bit too much of a pansy when it came to fights. I did rediscover a film from my childhood as well as it was on Netflix and this was Anastasia which is about a Russian family who get cursed and Anastasia is the only living relative bar her grandmother, I forgot how much I loved this film.

SPORT:

As usual so much happens every month in the sporting world, so I'm just going to pick out a few. The biggest thing that happened this month was the families of the 96 that died at Hillsborough, 27 years ago, finally getting justice. Another thing that happened this month was England cricketer James Taylor having to take early retirement due to a discovery of a serious heart condition which he has since had surgery on, which is very sad as he was one of my favourites but obviously his health is a million times more important than cricket. Finally Liverpool defender Sakho being slapped with a drugs ban by UEFA after it was found that he took drugs for fat burning. I also attended the derby day game between Saracens v Harlequins. The best sports match I watched this month has to be the quarter final 2nd leg between Liverpool and Dortmund. Liverpool were 2-0 down in the first 10 minutes meaning they had to score 3 goals to qualify which didn't look very likely they eventually got one back only for Dortmund to go and score again meaning Liverpool needed 4 goals to qualify and somehow they managed it in the last 10 minutes of the game they scored to win the game 4-3 and the tie 5-4 on aggregate.

BOOKS:

I read 4 books this month which were Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton, One With You by Sylvia Day, The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey and Us by David Nicholls. I don't have a favourite from these books because none of them really stood out to me although I did enough them.

SONG:

I have two songs that I have been loving this month and they are Adventures of a Lifetime by Coldplay and Work from Home by Fifth Harmony. Just two catchy songs that have been everywhere this past month.

FOOD:

I had food in TGI Fridays for the first time last month and I really enjoyed the food there was lovely but my cocktail was a bit too strong but that really wasn't a massive problem and I shall be eating there in the future.

So that's my favourites and review of April, until next time

Stacey x



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