JACOBS For the last three years, I’ve lived and breathed hockey with one goal: team captain. There’s only one thing standing in my way. TJ Beckett. Beck is irresponsible and immature, and I’ve hated him since the moment we met freshman year. Yet, the coaches see something in him I obviously can’t, and they refuse … Continue reading Face Offs and Cheap Shots (CU Hockey #2) by Eden Finley, Saxon James | Book Review
Review: I wasn't sure if I was even going to check this out because I don't think that I'm the right demographic but I've had a hard day and my best friend was there for me. So I thought of this show when I wanted to wine down. It is has cliché has you think … Continue reading Firefly Lane (S1 Premiere Review) | Interesting Enough To Watch It Through But Not Binge
Ugly is hard to forget sometimesKevin Hearne, Staked
Red Notice (Tom Buckingham #1) by Andy McNabDeep beneath the English Channel, a small army of vicious terrorists has seized control of the Eurostar to Paris, taken 400 hostages at gunpoint – and declared war on a government that has more than its own fair share of secrets to keep.One man stands in their way. … Continue reading SAS: Red Notice (Tom Buckingham #1) by Andy McNab | Book Review
Title: Traitor's BladeSeries: Greatcoats #1Author: Sebastien de CastellGenre(s): Epic Fantasy, AdventurePage count: 384 pages (e-book)Published: 10 February 2014 My review (Soon) | E-book | Audiobook Title: Out of the AshesSeries: Metahuman Files: Classified #1Author: Hailey TurnerGenre(s): Science-FictionPage count: 106 pages (e-book)Published: 8 March 2020 My review (Soon) | E-book | Audiobook Title: White Trash WarlockSeries: … Continue reading January readings | New and Old Book Series
Simon Stone is not an actor or a director, as it is the case here, that I was familiar with. But the cast, Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman, The Great Gatsby), Ralph Fiennes (Spectre, Harry Potter), Lily James (Cinderella) and Johnny Flynn (Emma) to name a few were known to me. However, the movie's story … Continue reading The Dig (Movie Review) | Beautiful But Subtly Tragic
This true Australian tale is ripped from the headlines because this family's story was covered in the media a few years ago. There's a great 60 minutes Australia episode that can be found on YouTube and a book of the same name by Cameron Bloom and Bradley Trevor Greive. The movie was directed by Glendyn … Continue reading Penguin Bloom (Movie Review) | Formulaic but Somewhat Engaging
"If the books turn mean on us, you fight the encyclopedias, I fight the periodicals."The Watch, S1E02
Ramin Bahrani, the writer-director who adaptated Aravind Adiga's book The White Tiger, has made some interesting movies (At Any Price, 99 Homes, Fahrenheit 451) that have been on my radar before. But The White Tiger caught my attention because of two cast members, Priyanka Chopra (Isn't It Romantic, Quantico) and Rajkummar Rao (Stree, Omerta) before … Continue reading The White Tiger (Movie Review) | Poignant, Funny, and Extremely Well Acted
"You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better."Anne Lamott
Worn Out Spines 