Title: The Lost DaughterAuthor: Elena FerranteGenre(s): Contemporary, Cultural, Literary FictionPage count: 140 pagesPublished: 01 March 2008 My review | Book | Audiobook Title: Station ElevenAuthor: Emily St. John MandelGenre(s): Post Apocalyptic, Fiction, DystopiaPage count: 333 pagesPublished: 09 September 2014 My review | Book | Audiobook Title: Killing FloorSeries: Jack Reacher 1Author: Lee ChildGenre(s): Fiction, Thriller, … Continue reading December readings | Personal Development, Dystopia, Thrillers & Smut
Month: December 2021
Killing Floor (Jack Reacher 1) by Lee Child | Book Review
Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is a drifter. He's just passing through Margrave, Georgia, and in less than an hour, he's arrested for murder. Not much of a welcome. All Jack knows is that he didn't kill anybody. At least not here. Not lately. But he doesn't stand a chance of convincing anyone. not in Margrave, … Continue reading Killing Floor (Jack Reacher 1) by Lee Child | Book Review
Dangerous dreams
"We all have a lot of dreams, and some of them can't be realized."Nicole Kidman
The Wheel of Time (S1 Review) | Streamlined to Near Perfection
The Wheel of Time is a high fantasy series inspired by the bestselling book series by Robert Jordan, with three of the 15 novels written by Brandon Sanderson after Jordan's death. Writer-producer Rafe Judkins (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Hemlock Grove) is at the helm of the show and in the cast we have familiar names and faces like … Continue reading The Wheel of Time (S1 Review) | Streamlined to Near Perfection
Station Eleven (Premiere Review) | A Fascinating Start
Patrick Sommerville (Creator)CASTMackenzie DavisHimesh PatelMathilda LawlerNabhaan RizwanDanielle DeadwylerGael Garcia Bernal Review: Following a group of seemingly unrelated people during the outbreak and years into a deadly pandemic, Station Eleven tells the story of those who crossed paths with actor Arthur Leander. The three episode premiere sets the stage for the saga of these individuals in … Continue reading Station Eleven (Premiere Review) | A Fascinating Start
Hawkeye (Season Review) | References and Emotional Arcs
Since his silhouetted appearance in Thor (2011) Jeremy Renner's (Kill the Messenger, The Bourne Legacy) Clint Barton aka Hawkeye, has become a sometimes mocked but key member of the first six Avengers. For some reason that didn't warrant a solo movie but a series introducing his replacement Kate Bishop, portrayed by Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit, … Continue reading Hawkeye (Season Review) | References and Emotional Arcs
An Echo from the Past
"Live long enough and people from your past will echo. Calling back to you years after they've left you behind."Ink & Sigil, Kevin Hearne
Spider-Man: No Way Home (Movie Review) | A Soft Reboot, The End of an Era
No Way Home, the third MCU Spider-Man film directed by Jon Watts, sees its returning cast joined by familiar faces like Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, Jamie Foxx, Rhys Ifans, and Thomas Haden Church, who are not only known characters actors but they've all been in a previous Spider-Man movie pre-MCU. It has led many of … Continue reading Spider-Man: No Way Home (Movie Review) | A Soft Reboot, The End of an Era
Never Safe
"How coddled was his life to believe he's safe among men? I wasn't even safe among boys."You S3
Book Review: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
For a book written in 2014, the first part rings very true to the early days of COVID-19. However, I was glad that the pandemic this book is kind of about isn’t the sole focus. We’re not spending too much time on the descent, the collapse of civilization, but it basically goes from the bottom up.
Worn Out Spines 