Watch | Read | Listen {December 2015}

It's the official 4-year anniversary of my blog! Yay! And that's not the only thing I have to celebrate: this past weekend I finished the first draft of my NaNoWriMo novel! I celebrated by reading a lot, eating Thai food, and visiting a local comic book shop. Hooray!

Can December 19th at 11:25am come any faster? That's the time I'm seeing The Force Awakens. I even got a cool new Star Wars shirt to wear to the movie!

(P.S. -- Enter to win my blogiversary giveaway.)

MOVIES

Macbeth 

Shakespeare's Scottish play about General Macbeth (Michael Fassbender) whose ambitious wife (Marion Cotillard) urges him to use wicked means in order to gain power of the throne. It comes from the producer's of The King's Speech. {Watch the trailer.} Michael Fassbender can seriously do no wrong. This looks magnificent. (December 4)

In The Heart of the Sea

The real-life maritime disaster that inspired Herman Melville's Moby Dick  took place in the winter of 1820 aboard a whaling ship. The crew braved a mammoth-sized whale, storms, starvation and more in order to stay alive and bring a great whale down. {Watch the trailer.} I hated reading Moby Dick, but that won't stop me from seeing this incredible movie. (December 11)

Sisters

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler reunite in this movie about two disconnected sisters who are summoned home to clean out their childhood bedroom before their parents sell the family home. {Watch the trailer.} Fey and Poehler? Hell yes! (December 18)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Set 30 years after the events of The Return of the Jedi, it features new characters Finn, Rey, and Poe (John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac) alongside old favorites (Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher) from the previous films. {Watch the trailer.} I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS! (December 18)

Other movies coming out:

• Krampus (Dec 4)
• The World of Kanako (Dec 4)
• Bleeding Heart (Dec 11)
• Extraction (Dec 18)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Trip (Dec23)
• Concussion (Dec 25)
• Daddy's Home (Dec 25)
• Joy (Dec 25)
• The Revenant (Dec 25)
• Yellow Day (Dec 25)

BOOKS & MUSIC

• The Relic Master by Christopher Buckley -- The year is 1517. Dismas is a relic hunter: one who procures “authentic” religious relics for wealthy and influential clients. Demands for grander and more marketable relics means that Dismas and his artist friend Dürer conspire to manufacture a shroud to sell to an unsuspecting noble. (December 8)
• The Trouble with Destiny by Lauren Morrill -- With her trusty baton and six insanely organized clipboards, drum major Liza Sanders is about to take Destiny by storm—the boat, that is. When Liza discovered that her beloved band was losing funding, she found Destiny, a luxury cruise ship complete with pools, midnight chocolate buffets, and a $25,000 spring break talent show prize. (December 8)
• The Good Sister by Jamie Kain -- The Kinsey sisters live in an unconventional world. Their parents are former flower-children who still don’t believe in rules. Rachel is wild. Asha is lost. Sarah, the good sister Sarah, waking up in the afterlife, must piece together how she got there. (December 8)
• Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges by Amy Cuddy -- By accessing our personal power, we can achieve "presence," the state in which we stop worrying about the impression we're making on others and instead adjust the impression we've been making on ourselves. Amy Cuddy reveals that we don't need to embark on a grand spiritual quest  to harness the power of presence. Instead, we need to tweak our mind-set in our day-to-day lives. (December 22)

The Weekend's Beauty Behind The Madness (Dec 11)

Besides the holidays and presents, 
what are you most excited for this December?

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