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Blazing Minds (92 KP) rated The Nun (2018) in Movies

Nov 1, 2021 (Updated Nov 3, 2021)  
The Nun (2018)
The Nun (2018)
2018 | Horror
We take a trip back to 1952 in the latest movie in the Conjuring Universe, The Nun, to find out how it all began and I took the trip back in IMAX in Broughton to enjoy the horror on a big screen.

In Romania, a young nun takes her own life, to find out why she did this a priest with his own haunted past is sent to the cloistered abbey to uncover the order’s unholy secret, their investigation not only has their lives at risk but also their faith and their souls as they confront The Nun, a malevolent evil that has taken o the form the demonic nun that we saw in The Conjuring 2, it’s now a battle of good against evil, light against dark as the abbey becomes a supernatural battleground of the living and damned.
  
The Perfection (2019)
The Perfection (2019)
2019 | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Allison Williams commands every scene, (1 more)
Well-paced.
Gore and vomit may turn off some. (0 more)
Allison Williams is captivating and propels this film.
Watched this trailer a few times, and just from that, I wasn't sure if I wanted to see this movie. But I decided to take a leap of faith and watch it. Firstly, Allison Williams is incredible. Visually captivating, she commands every scene she's in and pulls you into each one. Beautifully paced, the film grabs you early on and doesn't let you go. The sexual encounter/musical performance scene early on is truly art and beautifully done. Everything is graphic and visceral, not allowing you the opportunity to alleviate the pressure of the gore and violence, nor the underlying messages of the film. Filled with enough twists to keep you guessing until the bloody end, I think this was one of Netflix's best efforts to date.
  
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Lindsay (1717 KP) rated A Heart's Betrayal (A Journey of the Heart #4) in Books

Feb 15, 2018 (Updated Apr 9, 2019)  
Colleen Coble takes us on another journey. We are lead to another action filled story. We learn about Ben's Oldest sister Emma. What a way to be introduced her. She does not know what happen to her brothers except that they traveled west.

Emma is dealing with the death of her husband. A woman comes in with her son and claims that she is the wife of Emma's late husband. Her home is taken from her. Emma decides to leave her home and go to help Sarah.

She arrives at the fort where Sarah and Rand are stationed. What will happen to them? Rand and Sarah and Emma are then transferred to a new station in the army and where Sarah friend and Rand brother, Jacob are stationed.

Thre are surprises and turns the story continues. What will happen with Emma? Will faith and trust prevail?
  
This is so heartbreaking that it hard to believe it the final book in the series. Beth has her heart set on the priest in Grand View Though she try to be not heartbroken by it. Beth goes to medical school. She hold a heartfelt past as well.

Noah is having struggles with his faith and calling once his wife dies and his daughter has disability from her birth. Noah grandmother help with letting Beth stay with them when she has some trouble with finding a place to stay.

Can things go the way they intend or do Noah and Beth find the love and the god they need and for Noah does he stay and learn that god is there for him and he is doing what god wanted him to do. Come read this series if you enjoy it. The first is emotional though the last.
  
This book is about the story of Ada Rupp. When her sister found her story. Ada now she need to commit to the faith. She was raised Amish. Though she has love for the widower Will Gundy. She is restless and want to find her story. So she finds out that a few of her family members are traveling to Switzerland.

Her family and Grundy family need to work something out with the deed all the way back in the Switzerland. Alice and Christy go and Ada goes represent a member for her grandmother. Things her she start to want feeling for Daniel there travel companion though will she have found her true love and her story. She also is hoping to talk to her mother who is staying in Switzerland. Find out more by reading. You learn about Switzerland a bit as well.
  
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Roxanne (13 KP) rated The God Delusion in Books

Nov 14, 2018  
The God Delusion
The God Delusion
Richard Dawkins | 2016 | Philosophy, Psychology & Social Sciences
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7.5 (4 Ratings)
Book Rating
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This was an intense and very thought provoking read. It's anything but light and Dawkins certainly likes to pack a punch.
I imagine with this one that Dawkins is perhaps already preaching to the converted though as I think they are the only ones that would consider picking this one up.
I was not raised in a religious family but I did attend a Church of England school, looking back on it now after reading this book I can see the brainwashing in full force.
Dawkins makes numerous fantastic arguments against the existence of God and why religion is ultimately 'evil' and at times truly 'laughable'.
If you are sitting on the fence and not sure which way to go when it comes to your faith then definitely read this book.

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Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2)
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8.7 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
<updated review in 2019>

I read the graphic novel version when I accidentally purchased the Dresden Files Omnibus from Comixology, thinking it contained new stories (it doesn't: it contains 'Storm Front', this ('Fool Moon') and the short story 'A Restoration of Faith'). While it's been a few years since I last read the actual novel, from what I remember, the graphic novel sticks pretty close to the original source material. I still have trouble as seeing Harry Dresden as any other than Nicolas Cage from the film 'The Sorceror's Apprentice', though ...

<original review>

Second entry in Jim Butcher's Dresden files series, building upon and expanding the world first introduced in "Storm Front", and in which Harry Dresden - Chaicago's only professional wizard in the phone book - ends up involved in a case to do with Werewolves (of which there are more types than your classical bi-morph).