Cajun Cooking: From Gumbo to Jambalaya, Bring the Traditional Tastes of Louisiana to Your Kitchen with 50 Authentic Cajun and Creole Recipes
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From Gumbo to Jambalaya, bring the traditional tastes of Louisiana to your kitchen with 50 authentic...
Always Happy Hour: Stories
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Combining hard-edged prose and savage Southern charm, Mary Miller showcases biting contemporary...
The Removed
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In the 15 years since their teenage son, Ray-Ray, was killed in a police shooting, the Echota family...
Kim Pook (101 KP) rated Before I Wake (2016) in Movies
Nov 20, 2020
When we meet Cody properly, he appears to be very well mannered and even takes his shoes off before entering the couples home.
The couple soon discover that Cody has a box of stimulants to keep him awake at night, which he says is to keep the canker man from eating him. The couple brush it off thinking it's a typical child's over-active imagination.
When Cody finally goes to sleep, strange things start to happen in the house. A load of butterflies appear in the living room and their son appears in the house, he doesn't speak but just stands there smiling and they are able to touch him, strangely he disappears when Cody wakes up. It doesn't take the couple long to work out that as Cody sleeps, he is able to make their son appear using videos and photos as references, essentially his dreams become reality. What they don't realise is the evil darkness that comes with it, and it isn't long before it starts attacking Cody whilst he's awake, due to him being sleep deprived. Eventually Jessie searches for ways to help him.
I put this movie off for so long as I didn't expect to like it. It turned out I actually really enjoyed it. It moved at a nice pace and I found it interesting right from the beginning which doesn't tend to happen in horror movies. Mind you I say horror movies but this is more of a fantasy drama with a small element of horror. The acting from everyone is spot on and the horror element of it good, it had a couple of jump scares but they're not over the top. Visuals are good for the most part, but I felt the butterflies looked really false.
I would definitely recommend this movie if you haven't seen it already.
Fraud: An American History from Barnum to Madoff
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The United States has always proved an inviting home for boosters, sharp dealers, and outright...
Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Children Won't Save Black America
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A challenge to the cultural tradition of corporal punishment in Black homes and its connections to...
Psychology social sciences parenting
Billie Wichkan (118 KP) rated The Wife's Shadow in Books
May 22, 2019
From one of Elle magazine's 'authors to watch' comes a suspenseful and emotionally fraught novel about how little we really know the person we marry. For fans of The Affair and Dr Foster.
Everyone admires Suzy and her doll's house life. She has a gorgeous family, a beautiful home and a successful business. But Suzy hasn't always been in control. In her past lies a shadowy tale of fear and instability - a life that she once ran away from, and has hidden from ever since.
When Suzy starts being followed, she fears that her past may finally be catching up with her. And when she finds herself unable to do what to her is the most important thing - keep her loved ones safe - she has to decide how far she'd be willing to go to win everything back.
Even if it means sacrificing everything she knows and loves...
This story is about Suzy a married mum of two who is the breadwinner of the family. Her husband had to leave his job as a police officer as he injured his leg. Her husband Mike has taken on the role of a stay at home dad. Suzy starts finding things subtly left around that relates to her dad. Suzy and her mum fled from due to his violence. Suzy's mum has not long died and Suzy wonders if there is somebody watching her or is it just down to her grieving for her mum.
Imagine a small dream snowballing into an even bigger nightmare! That's what Kath Weeks made happen to Suzy Taylor. Big time!
This book, although it comes under women's fiction, I would say has a thriller edge to it as well. It's a story that keeps you on the edge of your seat, wondering what will happen on the turn of the next page, it's full of suspense and drama, lies and deceit and definitely had me gripped from beginning to end.
My thanks to Little, Brown and Netgalley for an advanced copy.
Striking The Match (Redwood Bay #3)
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Love will save the day TEDDY Everybody has celebrity crushes, right? You just don’t expect...
Plot 29: A Memoir
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'When I am disturbed, even angry, gardening has been a therapy. When I don't want to talk I turn to...
Cupcakes & Christmas
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The story of long nights in a wintry mountain hotel, a baking show with secrets, a snowman called...
Seasonal Contemporary MM Romance