It’s Palm Sunday everyone! Not going to lie, I wasn’t quite sure what I was going to post this Sunday, but then I got it. We’re all at home and some of us have nothing to do, so what’s better than a list of recommended movies and TV shows and other things to do to clear up those quarantine blues and boredom that may be growing?
MOVIES
As far as movies go, here’s a couple of movies I recommend. If you’re not really into chick flicks and rom-coms/comedy and Disney movies, this may not be your list. And if that isn’t the case, maybe this is a list of movies that you consider? I was going for a feel-good, happy, something-to-make-you-laugh bunch of movies with this list, so if that’s something you’re looking for, here are my recommendations:
- Clueless
- Mean Girls
- Miss Congeniality
- Police Academy (1, 2, or 3)
- Parental Guidance
- Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter is Dead
- Bad Hair Day
- Adventures in Babysitting
- Storks
- Boss Baby
- Wreck-It-Ralph
- Ralph Breaks the Internet
- Cinderella (live action and animated)
- Frozen
- Frozen II
TV SHOWS
As far as TV shows go, I was going for a similar, feel-good, pick-me-up vibe for the most part. I’m not really all that big of a TV person, considering that school is typically my entire life, but when I do have time for TV, there are a couple of things I watch. If you’re gonna watch a TV show, binge watching can be a lot of fun, but I’d try to limit it to an episode or two, for health’s sake.
- 9-1-1
- Game of Thrones– definitely NOT a happy show to watch though, heads up
- Lego Masters
- The Good Place
- Schitt’s Creek
- Saturday Night Live– I recommend watching older seasons. In my opinion, they were just more funny then.
BOOKS
I’ve been reading a lot more lately, and honestly, I recommend that you all do the same. I’ve always loved reading but school literally sucks up so much of my time and it’s sad how little I’ve read over the past year and a half. This quarantine has given a lot of people so much free time. You are free to do whatever you want with your free time, but I’ve really seen this as an opportunity to develop (or redevelop) some new and more healthy habits, involving less screen time. One of those habits, has been reading, and so I’ll share some of my favorite reads of all time and as of lately that may interest you:
- The Selection series by Kiera Cass
- The Siren by Kiera Cass
- Heartless by Melissa Meyer
- The Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard
- The Jewel series by Amy Ewing
- The Winner’s Kiss trilogy by Marie Rutkoski
- The School for Good and Evil series by Soman Chanani
- The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins- she’s making a prequel to the series!!
- Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling – these are good movies to watch as well
- Unstoppable by Maria Sharapova
- Rafa by Rafael Nadal
- With All Due Respect by Nikki R. Haley
- Driven: A Daughter’s Odyssey by Julie Heldman
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Make of the most of this quarantine and good health and time with family. Most importantly, I hope you are all taking care of yourselves, friends, and family. Despite the fact that I just shared a bunch of books and TV shows and movies for you to enjoy during this quarantine, I encourage you to get outside if you can and get some fresh air and enjoy nature. We all need it. If you feel like you need someone to talk to or want to see your idea as a blog post, you can always reach me on my contact page and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible. 🙂 Stay happy and stay healthy. I’ll see you all next week.