Book Review: The Shining by Stephen King “Monsters are real. Ghosts are too. They live inside of us, and sometimes, they win.” ― Stephen King, The Shining I am halfway through "The Shining" written by Stephen King, and that is probably why it is hard to create my rational opinion. Therefore, this review is focused primarily on those things I have read so far. In a few words, this book is about a man hired as the caretaker of a hotel called the Overlook; a man who is supposed to spend the whole off-season winter months with his wife and son. And after a while, the whole family is isolated from the outside world during a severe snowstorm. Then strange and horrific things start happening inside the hotel and the main character, Jack Torrance, slowly goes insane and intends to kill his wife and son. Jack Torrance is characterized as an aspiring writer, who is trying to put his life back together. What we also know about him is that he is a recovering alcoholic with anger issues and he has a short temper as well, which obviously wrecked his career as an English teacher. I would like to single out one more character as well and this is Jack’s young son, Danny Torrance, who does not know he has a gift to read minds and to see ghosts inhabiting the hotel and its horrific past. It is safe to say that “The Shining” is my first proper horror novel, and actually, the best one I have ever read. I heard that most of Stephen King's books suck you in and once you read into them, they do not let you free to the very end and especially after. Basically, I cannot but agree with this point of view. I cannot wait to finish that book and to review an opinion in the right way.

What Dead Celebrities Would You Most Want to Meet With? To be honest, I have never idolized anyone in my life but it turns out there are a lot of people who come to my mind. People whose ideas and visions I do respect and I kind of believe in. But nevertheless, it is a great question, though also a hard one. Elizabeth I. It would be an honour to chat with her over dinner. And a priceless bonus if she could share with me her own vision about the future of her country. I'm attracted to her strong personality and I find her to be one of the most famous female warriors who made her mark on history. It would be a great chance to see the real portrait of Queen of England and Ireland of the 16th century. Salvador Dalí. Because he was such an amazing weirdo and individual and I think he is kind of the king of surrealism. It would have been a unique experience to meet him and to discuss his life, his artwork and his vision of the future. His works always look out of place and he is one of those artists who combines a distinctive style with intriguing themes. It is conceived as something irrational, surrealistic in the spirit of him. I just imagine watching him paint would be entertaining. Marilyn Monroe. She still is the most famous sex symbol of America. And unfortunately, all people ever saw in her is Marilyn Monroe. In spite of this fact I’d have to say that I guess she kind of had two personalities in one person. The first one is a person who many people thought of as "that dumb blonde bombshell." But as we know, people often judged those who were sexually appealing at those times. The second is the one who was very well-read and multi talented. The one who wanted to be greatly appreciated as a serious actress. I find her personality a very interesting case, psychologically and creatively.

What did you want to be when you were a kid? What a pleasure to remember again about dreams from childhood! When I was in kindergarten, I wanted to become an actress, like most other children. Why? Perhaps because I really loved to perform in public and I was told I am good at reading with expression. And I also have a childhood memory when we always had a lot of guests in our home and I used to organize small performances in tandem with my friend who was definitely against the participation, but there was never another choice for him. Well, I understand why. I suppose if I were a boy, I would mind too to be forcibly dressed up like a girl. At that time, I remember when I was looking at the magazines for interior designers, architects, I dreamed to become one of them. Actually, this story had the continuation and when I was about 15, I even took some classes at the art school to prepare for university admission. So, somehow, I studied for a year at the art school and then I made a decision to drop out. Then I used to take dance classes until 7th grade, I wanted to be a dancer, but within a very short time I got I have no longer a passion for this one and I just gave it up too. Then it came the last year of school when it became time for me to make an educated decision about what I want to do. For some godforsaken reason I decided to research economics, which was not a quite wise idea. After a year of study, I realised it was very rash of me. And then I had two choices, I attempt to take the English exam and study Translation at another university or I transfer to a different major as Tourism at the same university. Well, obviously, because of I was not active in this regard and I was kind of lazy to go through the troubles of applying for admission to another university, I chose the second way. And here I am. Still thinking of what I want to do. Fortunately, I have tried out in several professional fields and now I am undoubtedly ready to keep trying out in those fields that I liked most of all and that I've already dealt with. Furthemore, I do not know, maybe it sounds silly, but I feel like I am still thinking about studying acting and I suppose I should attempt to do it and see where it goes. It is never too late to dust off those dreams and make it possible!

What did you want to be when you were a kid? What a pleasure to remember again about dreams from childhood! When I was in kindergarten, I wanted to become an actress, like most other children. Why? Perhaps because I really loved to perform in public and I was told I am good at reading with expression. And I also have a childhood memory when we always had a lot of guests in our home and I used to organize small performances in tandem with my friend who was definitely against the participation, but there was never another choice for him. Well, I understand why. I suppose if I were a boy, I would mind too to be forcibly dressed up like a girl. At that time, I remember when I was looking at the magazines for interior designers, architects, I dreamed to become one of them. Actually, this story had the continuation and when I was about 15, I even took some classes at the art school to prepare for university admission. So, somehow, I studied for a year at the art school and then I made a decision to drop out. Then I used to take dance classes until 7th grade, I wanted to be a dancer, but within a very short time I got I have no longer a passion for this one and I just gave it up too. Then it came the last year of school when it became time for me to make an educated decision about what I want to do. For some godforsaken reason I decided to research economics, which was not a quite wise idea. After a year of study, I realised it was very rash of me. And then I had two choices, I attempt to take the English exam and study Translation at another university or I transfer to a different major as Tourism at the same university. Well, obviously, because of I was not active in this regard and I was kind of lazy to go through the troubles of applying for admission to another university, I chose the second way. And here I am. Still thinking of what I want to do. Fortunately, I have tried out in several professional fields and now I am undoubtedly ready to keep trying out in those fields that I liked most of all and that I've already dealt with. Furthemore, I do not know, maybe it sounds silly, but I feel like I am still thinking about studying acting and I suppose I should attempt to do it and see where it goes. It is never too late to dust off those dreams and make it possible!

Why don’t we see ourselves the way as others do? As Leonard Ravenhill says: “There are three persons living in each of us: the one we think we are, the one other people think we are, and the one God knows we are.” It is quite tricky and interesting question that needs to be considered. I am definitely sure that every second person has faced prejudicial attitude towards himself, at least once in his life. And every time we can find the way, how others perceive us in their vision, amusing and intriguing. That is why we are kind of embarrassed if people say that they really enjoy something about us that we do not. For instance, it could be your personality, appearance, manner and the way you speak, the way you treat someone else or the way you conduct yourself. And because of these other visions about you that give you a great opportunity to look at yourself from the other side and change your perspective. Well, speaking of myself, I am a type of person who is always embarrassed getting any compliments or hearing someone likes something in me that I do not think it is remarkable and it is not because I am trying to be fishing for compliments or something like that. I just do not feel the same way, but sometimes it lets me understand I should revise the way I see myself and listen to the ones how others can see me. And it is completely amazing how we perceive each other. And the main reason why we are confused getting compliments from others about things that we do not like in ourselves is when we look at our flaws comparing them to others’, we make ourselves feel the way that we are not perfect which is not definitely true. We need to remember that everyone of us has his own flaws and it does not mean it is bad or anything else. It does mean that we are different and that is the beauty of it.

Specific English: there is/are/was/were, etc. "there is/are/was/were" 1. There was a sign above the door of the shop. 2. There is sunshine on these lowlands all year round. 3. There was a roomy porch in the house. 4. There was a cold wind. 5. There was silence in the room. 6. There was a nice huskiness in her voice. 7. And just at that moment, there showed up James. 8. There seemed to be no end to her complaints. 9. There were children ran into the room die laughing. 10. In those days, there was no way of getting a job. 11. I think there is no reason to postpon the resolution of the issue. (the solution of the question) 12. There was only one thing left to do is to put Mary into the cab. "there is/... + no + gerund" 1. There's no telling when he'll be back. 2. There is no denying that she is right. 3. There was no averting the danger. 4. There was no stopping him. 5. The mother was sure that it wasn't her Tom's fault, there was no dissuading her. 6. The world changed, there's no turning back. "to want" 1. I want to get this work done as soon as possible. 2. Jean wants you to help her. 3. I want a new hat. 5. The patient, probably, wants to get enough oxygen. 6. Your outfit is good. But you may want a brooch to it. 7. Your apartment needs renovation. 8. She doesn't want sympathy. 9. A cashier is wanted in the store.

Specific English 1. It is so cool in the mountains. 2. It looked like his marriage will be so happy. 3. I think it is about 8 o'clock. 4. It was almost impossible to obtain the nails. 5. One has his own set of problems. 6. "But you cannot just live on three thousand a year!" - said she. 7. It took one minute to make up my mind. 8. One takes the world as it comes. 9. You cannot argue with someone whose fist is like a steel hammer. 10. It does not make any sense to talk about it (There is really no point in discussing it). 11. They say she got married. 12. Maybe you could go to the factory -- they need workers. 13. It's kind of nice to take a walk early in the morning.

'Younger': A Woman Who Is Still Young At Heart I just finished binge-watching season 3 of Younger. Well, first of all, Sutton Foster, who plays the lead character as Liza Miller, is still young at heart because it's the only explanation for her unbelievable appearance in her 40s. I'd like to say that it is quite fascinating comedy-drama television series where every girl can find something familiar to her in real life. The series like this one has a driving plot that draws you in and you will definitely see how many love affairs and intriguing stories there are. And, speaking of the lead character, I think sometimes Liza acts like really a 20-something-year-old girl and she is kind of way too uncertain to make a decision that is so hard for her. And then, speaking of relationships between Liza and Josh, I guess that there is so much drama. I mean it's obvious from the beginning, when we clearly realize that it might not work out with them. But, at the same time, I understand the way why it should be. I figure we just need time to get along with characters and then evaluate each one of them and choose the ones you like or dislike. On the other hand, what cannot be overlooked and what annoys me most is that Liza has still-open issues with David, Josh and then Charles. We have a chance to figure out what she finally realized about her real feelings and what she needs the most only at the end of the season 3. I'm definitely going to stay tuned to this delightful show and I look forward to seeing the next season.

"Getting Your Time Under Control" After reading a few articles on time management and there is a huge necessity to systematize knowledge how to get my time under control. It's quite a good idea to revise a conception how to manage your time effectively. Especially, it is about to realize why you are wasting your valuable time instead of forcing yourself to structure all of your activities in an effective way. The first step is the hardest one but you should keep reminding yourself to do something every day and you will see how fast you can achieve any goal and make progress easy. But don't hurry to overdo and if you feel you are tired and there is still much stuff that you need to figure out then the best way to maintain your energy and activate your mind is to take a break for a while. If you are running out of energy you will lose any pleasure to keep moving on. For example, you can start this process creating a monthly desk planner which helps you schedule all your time. To be honest, it's a perfect way to keep track of what you've done already or what you are supposed to do. Also if you always wanted to work on self-discipline it would be a good starting point which reflects a purpose of planning control over the amount of time spent on actions which help to increase your productivity level.