Betsy Brandt recommended Postcards from the Edge (1990) in Movies (curated)
The Change 2: New York: The Queen of Coney Island
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WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE WORLD CHANGED? Grace just wants to find her brother, but she can’t go...
The Berenstain Bears and the Easter Story
Mike Berenstain and Jan Berenstain
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It's almost Easter time and Brother, Sister, and Honey Cub can't stop thinking about all the Easter...
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The Legend of Spud Murphy
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Will and his brother Marty are doomed to spend their holidays in the library. Doesn't their mum know...
Critters Attack! (2019)
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Follows 20-year-old Drea, who reluctantly takes a job babysitting for a professor of a college she...
The Stand (The Spread #3)
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What do you do when your rescuers can’t rescue you… The fungus cannot be stopped. Not even by...
The Berenstain Bears and the Christmas Angel
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It is almost Christmas and there is finally snow in Bear Country. Brother, Sister, and Honey Bear...
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Sassy Brit (97 KP) rated A Snowflake's Chance In Hell in Books
Jun 6, 2019
^^ This is a romantic, Christmas themed story about one woman’s search for her long lost brother and the people who enter her life along the way.
^^ When Quinn Lawson finally gets a lead that could bring her closer to finding her brother, Peter, of whom she was separated from when their parents died, her search takes her to a military base where she first meets Gunnery Sergeant Kevin McCaluson.
^^ Both Quinn and Kevin have their owns issues to contend with, so their first meeting is a little strained; communications are misinterpreted, emotions run riot, and things simply don’t go as planned. In short, their first impressions of each other are not good. It’s not love at first sight, that’s for sure.
^^ Over time they begin to understand each other more and Kevin offers to help Quinn with her search for her brother, so they embark on a long road trip together, and soon their friendship develops a deeper bond and their feelings for each other strengthen. It’s an emotional ride, full of truths and heartfelt stories, enveloping the true spirit of Christmas in one short read.
Overall: This is a charming, fairly quick, cosy Christmas romance, spiced up by a couple of burning hot scenes. And no, I don’t mean because I’ve spent too long reading that I’ve burnt the dinner again! (Although, in truth that has happened many times!) A heartwarming romance that’s bound to warm the cockles of your heart on a cold, winter’s eve.
Kristy H (1252 KP) rated Saint Anything in Books
Feb 13, 2018
This was a good book, with a typical Dessen teenage drama and love story plot, but it wasn't anything earth-shattering. Sydney is a good kid and I liked her character, and I very much liked Layla and Mac, as well. Sydney's back-story with her brother is a good one, but seems a little unbelievable at times, and her rigid mother is almost too uptight and clueless. Her father is totally spineless and frustrating. For much of the story, you're waiting for something to happen and then when it finally does, it all seems a bit anti-climatic and it all gets fixed up rather quickly to seem truly plausible.
Still, a fun little read, but I do prefer "Lock and Key" or "Someone Like You." (However, I feel like a sequel featuring the Chathams would somehow be awesome.)