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House Rules by Jodi Picoult (Book Review)
librarianreadseverything: This is the second book I read by Jodi Picoult, and like the first, I felt the plot missed but her spotlight on an issue was dead-on. In this one, she focuses on Aspergers, and her writing from the three main perspectives - Jacob (Aspergers), Emma (mother), and Theo (brother) - do a great … Continue reading House Rules by Jodi Picoult (Book Review)
TV Review: Bones | Season Premiere
Creator: Hart HansonStars: Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin, T.J. Thyne, Tamara Taylor, John Francis Daley. Premise: This show has been on for a while but in case you don’t know about it. Bones is based on the life and writings of Forensic Anthropologist Kathy Reichs. Temperance Brennan, a forensic anthropologist and Seeley Booth, a cocky FBI agent, collaborations to … Continue reading TV Review: Bones | Season Premiere
Jamie Marks Is Dead | Movie Review
Directed by Carter Smith (The Ruins) and Starring Cameron Monaghan (Shameless), Noah Silver (Tyrant), Morgan Saylor (Homeland) and Madisen Beaty (The Master) is an American drama film based on Christopher Barzak novel “One for Sarrow.” The Plot: Adam McCormick (Cameron Monaghan) becomes fascinated with Jamie Marks (Noah Silver), a classmate who was found dead by the river by Gracie Highsmith (Morgan … Continue reading Jamie Marks Is Dead | Movie Review
Huntress | Malinda Lo
faery-tales-and-nightmares: • Nature is out of balance in the human world. The sun hasn’t shone in years, and crops are failing. Worse yet, strange and hostile creatures have begun to appear. The people’s survival hangs in the balance. To solve the crisis, the oracle stones are cast, and Kaede and Taisin, two seventeen-year-old girls, are picked … Continue reading Huntress | Malinda Lo
Book and Beer
bookandbeer: Reading: When A Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter GodwinDrinking: Sam Adams OctoberFest
Predestination | Trailers
Predestination centers around a time traveling temporal Agent who pursues the criminal that has eluded him throughout time. Writers: Michael & Peter Spierig (Screenplay), Robert A. Heinlein (Story)Directors: The Spierig BrothersStars: Ethan Hawke (Training day, The Purge), Noah Taylor (Charlie and the Chocolate factory), Sarah Nook (Jessabelle, Not suitable for children), Christopher Kirby (Matrix reloaded & revolution) The story-line … Continue reading Predestination | Trailers
The Homesman | Trailer
The Homesman adapted from Glendon Swarthout’s eponymous novel, The Homesman celebrates the ones we hear nothing of: the brave women of early pioneers in 1850s in America. It’s the devastating story of these women whose hearts and minds were broken by a life of bitter hardship in the American West. A “homesman” must be found to escort a handful of them … Continue reading The Homesman | Trailer
Before I go to sleep | Trailer
Before I go to sleep is the story of a woman, Christine Lucas, who as a result of a traumatic accident in her past, wakes up every day remembering nothing. One day, new terrifying truths emerge that force Christine to question everyone around her. Writers:Rowan Joffe (Screenplay), S.J. Watson (Novel)Directors:Rowan JoffeStars:Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, … Continue reading Before I go to sleep | Trailer
Creative Writing | In the dead of night
This short story is very special to me. It came easily, naturally, and effortlessly. I like the difference between the person depicted in the story and the one who actually inspired it. In a dark corridor, in the middle of the night, he was waiting for the right time. The distraction, which would allow, the … Continue reading Creative Writing | In the dead of night
Worn Out Spines 