Read Watch Listen

Hello, fellow English speakers!

READ WATCH LISTEN is a new section on the blog that is all about recommending the books, films and music we love. You can let us know your own preferences either by leaving a comment or sending us a quick email (lctidiomas at hotmail dot com).

WHAT ARE YOU READING?

The BOOK of the week is CRUEL CROWN, by VICTORIA AVEYARD. It's a compendium of two short stories set in the steampunk fantasy world of Red Queen. The main character struggles with surprising magic powers in a society divided into magic-users and slaves. 

There are four books in the series as well as this two-novella book.

WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING?

Any interesting films and TV series you want to recommend? In the meantime, have you seen ASSASSIN'S CREED starring Michael Fassbender? Although a little removed from the game, this film is quite mindbending!

Right now, Queens is being broadcasted on channel 1 (TVE), but I couldn't find the undubbed version on my TV set. It's a co-production between UK and Spain, and many of the actors are British. Honestly, it'd be a waste not to watch it in English.

Another TV series I always recommend is The Big Bang Theory. This merry band of nerds and scientists put the funniest note on men and women relationships. Best comedy ever!

WHAT MUSIC ARE YOU LISTENING TO?

According to the Bill Board, THE HOT 100 songs kick off the chart with...

Bad And Boujee

Migos Featuring Lil Uzi Vert

Shape Of You

Ed Sheeran

Black Beatles

Rae Sremmurd Featuring Gucci Mane

You can listen to a simple of the tracks on the original webpage.

On the other hand, if you're curious to know what the official top 40 biggest hits were in 2016, you can visit OFFICIALCHARTS.COM for the UK charts, along with very useful vocabulary and the official singles chart.  

AT40 is one of the top places to keep up to date with the gossip in the music industry in the USA.

Have you discovered any new songs that you're madly in love with and can't stop dancing to? I'd love you to share your music tastes with me. Just as I'm about to with this amazing song by The Rag'n'Bone Man, HUMAN.

Keep in tune for updates on this lively section!

Be curious. Be yourself.

Cinema: films to see

Let's not forget about the experience of going to the cinema, be it with friends or family or sweetheart. It's not the same as staying home all comfy with your favourite blanket. It's not the same as watching a film on your computer. All of those methods lack glamour. Yes, it's all right to stay home but it doesn't beat the exciting quality of getting dressed up, arriving at the chosen place and buying a huge amount of popcorn to gobble up nicely while the film is going on. So... here we are today. Smelling hot, salty popcorn in the air and wishing for a film to share.

 

The first one is a horror film about two girls who have been living alone in a forest cabin for years. When they are taken away by their uncle, something follows them out of the forest. Something not entirely human. The second film is a teenager story about growing up with a bit of humour.

 

 

The famous film director is portrayed in Hitchcok which tells how he shot the popular horror film Psycho, whereas The Last Stand is the back-to-business appearance of former California mayor Arnold Swarzenegger on screen.

 

Have you seen any of these films? Which one would you recommend? On the other hand, what about films to come? Did you know that these films are scheduled for 2013?

 

Alien 5, Frankenstein, God of War, Pirates of the Caribbean 5, Matrix 4, Beautiful Creatures, Warm Bodies, Haunted Mansion, The Host, Call of Duty, Vlad, Hawkman, The Chronicles of Narnia, Elysium, Annie...

 

So many chances to dress up for popcorn ;o)

 

Be watchful. Be free.

 

I’M ON FIRE!

 

THIS FRIDAY

AT LAST

SPAIN IS ON FIRE

What about you? Have you read the three books by Suzanne Collins? Are you planning to see the film? Are you on fire too?