Month: October 2022

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Hi Guys!

So this weekend me and my husband went to the Stranger Things Experience.

I bought us tickets for Tim’s birthday in July and we have really been looking forward to it since.

We decided to dress up for the experience.

I dressed as Eddie Munson…

And Tim dressed as Dustin Henderson…

The experience was really cool and really well done. It genuinely felt like we took a little trip to Hawkins, Indiana and snuck around the lab.

The actors and everyone involved were really good and very authentic – some of them were a little too good at staying in character.

Once we had finished the experience we were free to go around the merch/eating/drinks area. The themeing was really cool and very well done. They had recreated lots of iconic Stranger Things ‘Sets’ and rooms to make your experience really immersive.

There was the Surfer Boys Pizza Van, Family Video, Scoops Ahoy and they even recreated the iconic living room of the Byers house, fairy lights and all.

As well as these there were smaller themed areas and sets that were themed around Hawkins high and the Roller Rink from Season 4.

I had to do a little Eddie Munson Redemption Photo…. 86′ baby!

There was some cool merch on offer too (although not as much as I thought there would be) and a Hellfire Club themed Merch area which was amazing.

Hellfire Club Merch Area
Tim at the Surfer Boy pizza van
Family Video
Scoops Ahoy!
Dustin at the AV Club door
Surfer Boy pizza van
Meeting Vecna!
‘We’re not in Hawkins anymore’

There were lots of cool photo opportunities with sets and props as well as retro photobooths.

Photo bioth snaps

It’s a brilliant experience for any Stranger Things fans and I would definitely recommend it.

The only negative I can think of is that maybe the actual experience could have been a little longer. It’s a 45 minute experience but I think an hour would make it more worth the money.

And prehaps a little more specific merch for some of the main characters like Dustin, Steve and Eddie.

I did pick up some cool bits though, Inc some Hellfire bits and a cool poster for our picture wall.

Eddie & Dustin’s Day Out
My fave!

Like I said, I would definitely recommend it, it was a really fun afternoon out.

Have you been?

Who is your favourite Stranger Things character?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne πŸ™‚

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Book Review

Hey guys πŸ‘‹πŸΌ

Happy October!

Here is another book review from my monthly Book Club meeting.

I haven’t done one of these in a while as our meetings have been a bit different. Our July meeting was a trip to see ‘Where the crawdads sing’ as the book had been read at Book Club previously, and I have read it and loved it.

August/some of September was devoted to out next read, the one I will be talking about – ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest’.

We decided to go for a classic for August as we all expressed a wish to read more of them! So someone chose One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest.

If you have ever read it (or indeed any classics tbf) they are a bit harder to get into so we gave ourselves longer to read it, seeing us through August and most of September, meeting last week.

So, let’s get into it!

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest

SYNOPSIS

‘In order to escape the prison labour, McMurphy, a Prisoner, fakes insanity and is shifted to the special ward for the mentally unstable. In this ward he must rise up against a cruel nurse, Ratched.’

THEMES

β€’Stigma and Mental Health

β€’Power

β€’Masculinity/Feminity

β€’Human Dignity

PROS

It’s a classic and it is always nice to add a few of them to your repertoire.

I really enjoyed the characters and found them to be very interesting, likable, endearing and charismatic – for me, they are one of the best bits of the book.

I also really like how thought provoking it is, in its themes and the way it conveys them through plot devices, imagery and the characters themselves.

CONS

It’s quite a slow burner, a slightly arduous start to the story and a story where ultimately not alot happens (considering the book is over 300 pages.)

It is also written in a very confusing way, sort of disjointed with A LOT of dialogue.

Also, the font is tiny. You feel as if you have read alot but haven’t got very far at all.

I also much prefer a book when there are short, clearly defined chapters – this one didn’t which was a shame!

Rating out of 5:

β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜† (2.5)

Would you recommend it?

Y / N

Have you read this book? What are your thoughts? πŸ’­

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