My MOST Anticipated Books, Films & T.V Shows of 2019..

Hi Guys!

Every January I always do a little research into all the brand new Books, Films, and T.V shows that are going to come out in the New Year. It’s so hard to narrow it down, and I have a list a mile long of things I’m SO excited for. I narrowed it down to my Most Anticipated ones, and looking them over.. I feel like it’s going to be an incredible year. Also a CRAZY year for Disney Live Action Remakes! There are so many on the way (more on that below). Since none of these titles have been released yet, I can’t share my actual opinion on them.. but I will attach the Google Summaries/Good-Reads for each one.

Hope you are all having a great start to the New Year, and I will see you soon with my January Wrap Up,

xo.

Carly

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Movies Coming Out In 2019

The Year of Disney Remakes

1.) “The Lion King”

Release Date: July 19th, 2019

Directed By Jon Favreau

Google Plot Summary

(From Disney Live Action, director Jon Favreau’s all-new “The Lion King” journeys to the African savanna where a future king is born. Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub’s arrival. Scar, Mufasa’s brother—and former heir to the throne—has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba’s exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his.)

2.) “Dumbo”

Release Date: March 29th, 2019

Directed By Tim Burton

IMDB Plot Summary

(A young elephant, whose over sized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets beneath its shiny veneer.)

3.) “Aladdin”

Release Date: May 24th, 2019

Directed By Guy Richie

Google Plot Summary

(Aladdin is an upcoming American musical romantic fantasy adventure film directed by Guy Ritchie, from the screenplay co-written with John August, and produced by Walt Disney Pictures.)

The Non-Disney Movies Coming Out In 2019

1.) “Joker”

Release Date: October 4th, 2019

Directed By Todd Phillips

Google Plot Summary

(Joker is an upcoming American crime film distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and based on the DC Comics character Joker. It is intended to be the first film in a series of DC-based films separate from the shared DC Extended Universe.)

2.) “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood”

Release Date: July 26th, 2019

Directed By Quentin Taratino

Google Plot Summary

(In 1969 Los Angeles, a former Western star and his longtime stunt double struggle to find success in a Hollywood that they don’t recognize anymore.)

3.) “Pet Sematary”

Release Date: April 4th 2019

Directed By Kevin Kolsch & Dennis Widmyer

Google Plot Summary

(Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, relocate from Boston to rural Maine with their two young children. The couple soon discover a mysterious burial ground hidden deep in the woods near their new home. When tragedy strikes, Louis turns to his neighbor Jud Crandall, setting off a perilous chain reaction that unleashes an unspeakable evil with horrific consequences.)

4.) “Us”

Release Date: March 22nd, 2019

Directed By Jordan Peele

I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS

Google Plot Summary

(Accompanied by her husband, son and daughter, Adelaide Wilson returns to the beachfront home where she grew up as a child. Haunted by a traumatic experience from the past, Adelaide grows increasingly concerned that something bad is going to happen to her family. Her worst fears soon become a reality when four masked strangers descend upon the house, forcing the Wilsons into a fight for survival. When the masks come off, each stranger takes the appearance of a different family member.)

5.) “Glass”

Release Date: January 18th, 2019

Directed By M Night Shyamalan

Google Plot Summary

(M. Night Shyamalan brings together the narratives of two of his standout originals—2000’s Unbreakable, from Touchstone, and 2016’s Split, from Universal—in one explosive, all-new comic-book thriller: Glass. From Unbreakable, Bruce Willis returns as David Dunn as does Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price, known also by his pseudonym Mr. Glass. Joining from Split are James McAvoy, reprising his role as Kevin Wendell Crumb and the multiple identities who reside within, and Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke, the only captive to survive an encounter with The Beast. Following the conclusion of Split, Glass finds Dunn pursuing Crumb’s superhuman figure of The Beast in a series of escalating encounters, while the shadowy presence of Price emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men.)

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TV Shows Coming Out In 2019

1.) “The Final Season of, Game of Thrones”

Release Date: April 14th, 2019

I’m not going to attach a Plot Summary, or current season photos.. because SPOILERS. Lets just say though, I’ve never been so excited for anything.. OR as sad about a show Ending.

2.) “True Detective Season 3”

Release Date: January 13th, 2019

IMDB Plot Summary

(The next installment tells the story of a macabre crime in the heart of the Ozarks, and a mystery that deepens over decades and plays out in three separate time periods.)

3.) “Big Little Lies Season 2”

HBO

Release Date: Unknown (But Rumored To Be Early 2019)

IMDB Plot Summary

(The return of “Big Little Lies” will explore the “malignancy of lies, the durability of friendships, the fragility of marriage and, of course, the vicious ferocity of sound parenting. Relationship will fray, loyalties will erode and the potential for emotional and bodily injury shall loom.)

4.) “Umbrella Academy”

Release Date on Netflix: February 15th, 2019

IMDB Plot Summary

(A disbanded group of superheroes reunite after their adoptive father, who trained them to save the world, dies.)

5.) “Catastrophe: Season 4”

Release Date: January 8th, 2019

I don’t want to spoil the plot, since it’s in Season 4.. but just trust me, this show is HILARIOUS. It’s about an American man who travels to travels to London, and has a one night stand with a hilarious Irish woman. She gets pregnant.. and it’s just wild after that. It’s one of the smartest, most snarky and gritty comedies ever. I laugh out loud every episode, and it’s one of the best comedies on T.V!

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BOOKS

1.) “Adele”

By, Leila Slimani

THRILLER

Release Date: January 15th, 2019

Good-Reads Plot Summary

(From the bestselling author of The Perfect Nanny, her prizewinning novel about a sex-addicted woman in Paris

She wants only one thing: to be wanted.

Adèle appears to have the perfect life: She is a successful journalist in Paris who lives in a beautiful apartment with her surgeon husband and their young son. But underneath the surface, she is bored–and consumed by an insatiable need for sex.

Driven less by pleasure than compulsion, Adèle organizes her day around her extramarital affairs, arriving late to work and lying to her husband about where she’s been, until she becomes ensnared in a trap of her own making. Suspenseful, erotic, and electrically charged, Adèle is a captivating exploration of addiction, sexuality, and one woman’s quest to feel alive.)

2.) “An Anonymous Girl”

By, Greer Hendricks

THRILLER

Release Date: January 8th, 2019

Good-Reads Plot Summary

(The next novel of psychological suspense and obsession from the authors of the blockbuster bestseller The Wife Between Us.

Seeking women ages 18–32 to participate in a study on ethics and morality. Generous compensation. Anonymity guaranteed.

When Jessica Farris signs up for a psychology study conducted by the mysterious Dr. Shields, she thinks all she’ll have to do is answer a few questions, collect her money, and leave.

Question #1: Could you tell a lie without feeling guilt?

But as the questions grow more and more intense and invasive and the sessions become outings where Jess is told what to wear and how to act, she begins to feel as though Dr. Shields may know what she’s thinking… and what she’s hiding.

Question #2: Have you ever deeply hurt someone you care about?

As Jess’s paranoia grows, it becomes clear that she can no longer trust what in her life is real, and what is one of Dr. Shields’ manipulative experiments. Caught in a web of deceit and jealousy, Jess quickly learns that some obsessions can be deadly.

Question #3: Should a punishment always fit the crime?

From the authors of the blockbuster bestseller The Wife Between Us comes an electrifying new novel about doubt, passion, and just how much you can trust someone.)

3.) “More Than Words”

By, Jill Santopolo

FAMILY DRAMA/ROMANCE/FICTION

Release Date: February 5th, 2019

Good-Reads Plot Summary

(From the New York Times bestselling author of The Light We Lostcomes a tender and moving new novel about a woman at a crossroads after the death of her father, and caught between the love of two men.

Nina Gregory has always been a good daughter, a good girlfriend. Raised by her father, owner of New York City’s glamorous Gregory Hotels, after her mother’s death, Nina was taught that family, reputation, and legacy are what matter most. And her boyfriend Tim, thoughtful, kind, and honest, not to mention her best friend since childhood, feels the same. But after Nina’s father passes away, she learns he may not have practiced what he preached.

As her world falls apart, Nina begins to question everything she thought she knew and to see the men in her life–her father, her boyfriend, and unexpectedly, her handsome and attentive boss, Rafael–in a new light. Soon Nina finds herself caught between the world she knows and loves, and a passion that could upend everything.

More than Words is a heartbreaking and romantic novel about grief, loss, love, and self-discovery, and how we choose which life we are meant to live.)

4.) “When All Is Said”

By, Anne Griffin

Irish Fiction

Release Date: March 5th 2019

Good-Reads Plot Summary

(A tale of a single night. The story of a lifetime.

If you had to pick five people to sum up your life, who would they be? If you were to raise a glass to each of them, what would you say? And what would you learn about yourself, when all is said and done?

This is the story of Maurice Hannigan, who, over the course of a Saturday night in June, orders five different drinks at the Rainford House Hotel. With each he toasts a person vital to him: his doomed older brother, his troubled sister-in-law, his daughter of fifteen minutes, his son far off in America, and his late, lamented wife. And through these people, the ones who left him behind, he tells the story of his own life, with all its regrets and feuds, loves and triumphs.

Beautifully written, powerfully felt, When All Is Said promises to be the next great Irish novel.)

5.) “Lock Every Door”

By, Riley Sager

THRILLER

Release Date: July 2nd 2019

Good-Reads Plot Summary

(No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents, all of whom are rich or famous or both. These are the only rules for Jules Larsen’s new job as an apartment sitter at the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan’s most high-profile and mysterious buildings. Recently heartbroken and just plain broke, Jules is taken in by the splendor of her surroundings and accepts the terms, ready to leave her past life behind.

As she gets to know the residents and staff of the Bartholomew, Jules finds herself drawn to fellow apartment sitter Ingrid, who comfortingly, disturbingly reminds her of the sister she lost eight years ago. When Ingrid confides that the Bartholomew is not what it seems and the dark history hidden beneath its gleaming facade is starting to frighten her, Jules brushes it off as a harmless ghost story . . . until the next day, when Ingrid disappears.

Searching for the truth about Ingrid’s disappearance, Jules digs deeper into the Bartholomew’s dark past and into the secrets kept within its walls. Her discovery that Ingrid is not the first apartment sitter to go missing at the Bartholomew pits Jules against the clock as she races to unmask a killer, expose the building’s hidden past, and escape the Bartholomew before her temporary status becomes permanent.)

6.) “Call Me Evie”

By, J.P Pomare

Psychological Thriller

Release Date: March 5th, 2019

Good-Reads Plot Summary

(In this propulsive, twist-filled, and haunting psychological suspense debut perfect for fans of Sharp Objects and Room, a seventeen-year-old girl struggles to remember the role she played on the night her life changed forever.

For the past two weeks, seventeen-year-old Kate Bennet has lived against her will in an isolated cabin in a remote beach town–brought there by a mysterious man named Bill. Part captor, part benefactor, Bill calls her Evie and tells her he’s hiding her to protect her. That she did something terrible one night back home in Melbourne–something so unspeakable that he had no choice but to take her away. The trouble is, Kate can’t remember the night in question.

The fragments of Kate’s shattered memories of her old life seem happy: good friends, a big house in the suburbs, a devoted boyfriend. Bill says he’ll help her fill in the blanks–but his story isn’t adding up. And as she tries to reconcile the girl she thought she’d been with the devastating consequences Bill claims she’s responsible for, Kate will unearth secrets about herself and those closest to her that could change everything.

A riveting debut novel that fearlessly plumbs the darkest recesses of the mind, Call Me Evie explores the fragility of memory and the potential in all of us to hide the truth, even from ourselves.)

7.) “The Stranger Diaries”

By, Elly Griffiths

Mystery

Release Date: March 5th, 2019

Good-Reads Plot Summary

(From the author of the beloved Ruth Galloway series, a modern gothic mystery for fans of Magpie Murders and The Lake House.

Clare Cassidy is no stranger to murder. A high school English teacher specializing in the Gothic writer R. M. Holland, she teaches a course on it every year. But when one of Clare’s colleagues and closest friends is found dead, with a line from R. M. Holland’s most famous story, “The Stranger,” left by her body, Clare is horrified to see her life collide with the story-lines of her favorite literature.
To make matters worse, the police suspect the killer is someone Clare knows. Unsure whom to trust, she turns to her closest confidant, her diary, the only outlet she has for her darkest suspicions and fears about the case. Then one day she notices something odd. Writing that isn’t hers, left on the page of an old diary: “Hello, Clare. You don’t know me.”
Clare becomes more certain than ever: “The Stranger” has come to terrifying life. But can the ending be rewritten in time?)

8.) “The Truth About Keeping Secrets”

By, Savannah Brown

YA Fiction/Thriller

Release Date: March 7th, 2019

Good-Reads Plot Summary

(Sydney’s dad is the only psychiatrist for miles around their small Ohio town.

He is also unexpectedly dead.

Is Sydney crazy, or is it kind of weird that her dad-a guy whose entire job revolved around other peoples’ secrets-crashed alone, with no explanation?

And why is June Copeland, homecoming queen and the town’s golden child, at his funeral?

As the two girls grow closer in the wake of the accident, it’s clear that not everyone is happy about their new friendship.

But what is picture perfect June still hiding? And does Sydney even want to know?

THE TRUTH ABOUT KEEPING SECRETS is a page-turning, voice led, high school thriller.)

9.) “Stay Sexy And Don’t Get Murdered”

By, Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

Dual Memoir, From The Two Hilarious Creators Of The Amazing Podcast “My Favorite Murder“

Release Date: May 28th, 2019

Good-Reads Plot Summary

(The highly anticipated first book by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, the voices behind the #1 hit podcast My Favorite Murder!

Sharing never-before-heard stories ranging from their struggles with depression, eating disorders, and addiction, Karen and Georgia irreverently recount their biggest mistakes and deepest fears, reflecting on the formative life events that shaped them into two of the most followed voices in the nation.

In Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered, Karen and Georgia focus on the importance of self-advocating and valuing personal safety over being ‘nice’ or ‘helpful.’ They delve into their own pasts, true crime stories, and beyond to discuss meaningful cultural and societal issues with fierce empathy and unapologetic frankness.

“My Favorite Murder started as a way for Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark to work through their fears. Now it’s a worldwide community…. Even its darkest moments are lightened by Karen and Georgia’s effortlessly funny banter and genuine empathy.” —RollingStone.com.)

10.) “Forget You Know Me”

By, Jessica Strawser

Thriller

Release Date: February 5th, 2019

Good-Reads Plot Summary

(“Forget You Know Me is that book you can’t put down, and can’t stop thinking about when you are finished.” —Sally Hepworth, bestselling author of The Family Next Door

When a video call between friends captures a shocking incident no one was supposed to see, the secrets it exposes threaten to change their lives forever.

Molly and Liza have always been enviably close. Even after Molly married Daniel, the couple considered Liza an honorary family member. But after Liza moved away, things grew more strained than anyone wanted to admit—in the friendship and the marriage.

When Daniel goes away on business, Molly and Liza plan to reconnect with a nice long video chat after the kids are in bed. But then Molly leaves the room to check on a crying child.

What Liza sees next will change everything.

Only one thing is certain: Molly needs her. Liza drives all night to be at Molly’s side—but when she arrives, the reception is icy, leaving Liza baffled and hurt. She knows there’s no denying what she saw.

Or is there?

In disbelief that their friendship could really be over, Liza is unaware she’s about to have a near miss of her own.

And Molly, refusing to deal with what’s happened, won’t turn to Daniel, either.

But none of them can go on pretending. Not after this.

Jessica Strawser’s Forget You Know Me is a “twisty, emotionally complex, powder keg of a tale” (bestselling author Emily Carpenter) about the wounds of people who’ve grown apart. Best, friends, separated by miles. Spouses, hardened by neglect. A mother, isolated by pain.

One moment will change things for them all.)

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Lennon Stella Concert/ The “Love Me” Tour

Date: April 10th, 2019

Years ago, I got really into the T.V show “Nashville”, and I loved it for the first few seasons. I stopped liking it as much around the final Seasons.. but I was always obsessed with Lennon and Maisy Stella. The real life Sisters, played singing Sisters on the show.. and their VOICES are honestly incredible. I knew as soon as the show was over, it wouldn’t be long until these two had some Original Music to release.

Lennon Stella recently released her first E.P called “Love Me”, and it was HANDS DOWN my favorite record of all of 2018. It’s one of the most amazing things I’ve ever heard.. her voice is so beautiful. When I saw she was coming to Vancouver to play a show in April.. I’ve never clicked on Ticketmaster so quickly. The tickets sold out SO FAST it was insane.

I can’t wait until April. I’m going to be the creepiest fan ever.

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