TravelersWife4Life (31 KP) rated Rocky Mountain Revenge in Books
Feb 24, 2021
From someone who has read almost every Love Inspired Suspense book I will tell you that it is one of my favorites
David McK (3562 KP) rated Ava (2020) in Movies
Mar 14, 2021
While the poster for this 2020 production might lead you to think the same of this - as, indeed, did the inclusion of Geena Davis ('The Long Kiss Goodnight') in the cast list - this is actually a very different type of movie, more concerned with the lead character's family dysfunctions than with the action scenes (of which there are only a few).
Overall, I wasn't really that impressed with this - and I'd forgotten how annoying Colin Farrell was - and actually found myself 'tuning out' on more than one occasion.
Jonathan Creek - Season Daemons' Roost
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Young marrieds Alison and Stephen Belkin visit Daemon's Roost, the home of her step-father, former...
Mountain Blaze
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Disillusioned by his wife’s betrayal, rodeo star Dillon McCoy comes home to the mountains of North...
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First Case
James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts
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A young tech genius is offered an opportunity that could change her life . . . or end it. When...
Hair of the Dog
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In Cypress Cove, someone is playing ruff… Amateur sleuth Penny Lively is working her tail off...
Painter of Silence
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2012 Iasi, Romania, the early 1950s. A nameless man...
David McK (3562 KP) rated Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) in Movies
Apr 1, 2024
(As an aside, I'm not sure whether to count this as #5 or #4 in the series, what with the atrocious Paul Feig 2016 version!)
(Aside to my aside: and what about the 2008 videogame?).
Anyway, this follows pretty much the same core cast as in Afterlife, although - personally - I found James Acaster to be rather an off-putting presence, as they struggle to find their fight and face down a new supernatural foe.
Lacks the magic of the original, I felt, maybe on par with Afterlife bit no better or worse.
Kristy H (1252 KP) rated Burying the Honeysuckle Girls in Books
Jun 21, 2019
This won't be a very long review, because I listened to this book on audiobook (technically the audio that comes with my Kindle Unlimited subscription), and I couldn't take any notes or do any highlighting as I listened, as I was in the car. But I do want to point out that this is the *first ever* audiobook that I've ever listened to from start to finish! I'm not very good with verbal listening--even in college lectures, I had to take copious notes to retain the information, and I could just never keep up with audiobooks: my brain always wandered off. But I was commuting a lot for work and gave this one a try. It stuck!
This book felt a little slow in places, but now I'll never know if it was because it was an audiobook or what. I felt bad for Althea, who really seems to have received a bum rap: mother dies when she's a kid, a pretty awful brother, drug addiction, and more. She's a rather compelling narrator, and her family's backstory is interesting. The whole "I'm going to go crazy when I'm 30" thing seemed a little overblown and histrionic at times--seriously, you can't truly think the moment you turn 30, everything changes. But, I still found myself caught up in Althea's story, and I really loved hearing about her grandmother and her own struggles in the '30s. There were pieces of this book that were really touching and heartbreaking and the last half, especially, really got to me.
Overall, it was fun to explore an audiobook. It sure made my two-hour (each way) commute more palatable, and I found myself fascinated that one-person could do the voices of so many people. I found this story pretty compelling and liked the fact that it spanned several generations. The points it made about mental illness--especially the way women were treated in the past (and even now, really)--were very illuminating and well-done. 3.5 stars.