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Reviews and Discussions Day Discussion: When directors decide to split the last book in a series into two movies. Lately it’s become a trend to split the last book in a book-to-movie adaptation into two parts. Most people say that this is a great idea, as the last book in a series tends to be longer than the previous books and it would be impossible to fit all that information into a two and a half hour movie. Others think that it’s just a money making scheme and that most books don’t have enough substance to them to be dragged out into two movies.  Here’s what I think: The Harry Potter series was probably the first series in which the last book was split into two movies. I could understand why directors did this, as Deathly Hallows is quite a large book and had a lot of important aspects that needed to be in the movies. I enjoyed both Deathly Hallows Part 1 and Part 2, though Part 1 was a bit slow in certain parts. After Harry Potter came Twilight, and along with it the splitting of B...

Is Disney a Fandom? Discussion I've come across this question multiple times. So. Should Disney be considered a fandom? In my opinion. Yes. Isn't a fandom a bit of media or something that has a group of people who love it? Then isn't that what Disney is?! Admit it, we all have at least one Disney movie that we all really love! Anyway. Thoughts? Discuss below. #ReviewsandDiscussionsDay ~Alexa the Dark Magic Master

Review and Discussions Day Discussion: Overhyped Books Before I begin I’d just like to say that I know that this is a very controversial topic, and many of you will disagree with what I say. But please don’t hate me! This is just my opinion on overhyped books. If you disagree with me then I’d love to hear your thoughts on this topic in the comments. Here’s mine: If I see a new release with a lot of publisher’s hype surrounding it, or a book with a lot of hype in the Booktube community or with great reviews, I’d most likely buy it or pre-order it. It seems that I’m always end up getting swept up into the hype of a book on occasion. Whenever I read an overhyped book, my opinion of it is usually that it’s just great. It’s not the greatest novel ever written, it’s just great. Most of the time a book never lives up to it’s hype. A book that really stands out to me is The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey. I really enjoyed this book, but that’s it. I thought it was a great sci-fi read, and the plot wa...

Fandom Versus Fandom Discussion Many times, I've come across people who believe their fandom is the only "good" fandom, or people who believe that other people's fandom are "bad," or since you're in a certain fandom, you should be considered a nerd of geek. Why? Why do we hate on what other people love? Can't we just love what we love and let other people love what they love? Not only that, but often fandoms, or the fan-personnels in that fandom, are persecuted because their fandom is a "popular" or "non-popular" fandom. Sure, Harry Potter is a popular fandom. This means that more people are going to know about it, and therefore, more people will enjoy it. It's basically science. That doesn't mean you should hate someone because they like Harry Potter, or because they chose to read HP over another book series that had less reviews. I'm curious what you think. Should these feelings regarding fandoms be stopped, or shoul...