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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2204 KP) rated May Day in Books

Jul 1, 2021 (Updated Jul 1, 2021)

Wasn’t What I Was Expecting

Mira’s life in Minneapolis is falling apart, so when a chance comes up to be an assistant librarian and part time reporter in the small town of Battle Lake, Minnesota, she jumps at the chance. She’s not expecting her love life to be super active there, but then she meets Jeff, and it is love at first sight. At least it is for a week until she finds his dead body in the middle of the library one morning when she goes to open it. Worried that she is a jinx, Mira decides to figure out what happened. The fact that she can turn it into an article for the paper is an added bonus. Will she figure out what happened?

This series has been on my radar for years, so it was with anticipation that I picked up this book. I was very disappointed with it. While we start out with Mira finding the dead body, we then flashback to get background on the characters. The result was a slow start to the book. The mystery was decent, with enough to keep me engaged and an ending that surprised me. The characters were more types, built to create comedy instead of be real characters. And most of the jokes didn’t land, especially since they were more raunchy than funny. This definitely isn’t one of my typical cozies, and I found that content off-putting. It was almost forced into the book. I really did want to like this book, especially since I have a few others in the series already. But I will probably move on without reading them.

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LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Zombieland (2009) in Movies

Sep 19, 2020 (Updated Nov 26, 2020)

Zombieland (2009)

2009 | Comedy, Horror

8.0

(95 Ratings)

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I hate to be a party pooper but this kind of sucked ass tbh, not nearly as cringe as 30 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘦𝘴𝘴 but cut from the exact same cloth of horribly aged 4chan-esque incel humor drudges as that one and many other comedies from this era which thankfully have died off at least a fair amount since then. What was once a revolutionary punch of action and comedy is now totally trite and mostly unfunny, I can count the amount of times I laughed on one hand (mostly thanks to Bill Murray's rightfully loved cameo). And all that is fine and dandy whatever, but did it have to look like ass too? I also find it endlessly ironic that the Eisenberg character - designed to be the most obnoxious one - easily comes off as the most tolerable out of this quartet of unlikable twats. When it isn't achingly boring it's misogynistic, not only forming this abrupt relationship which I just cannot buy solely to have these paper-thin women characters bend to the wills of and/or be in debt to the men - but the men also happen to be the only dynamic ones here, giving *them* the choice to save or not save these misdirected women in the end who couldn't just abandon their own plans to stay with them. At least it finally wakes up in the last 15 minutes with that pretty goddamn fun carnival setpiece but despite there being a flicker of an interesting premise here I'd just prefer to leave this dated "did it for teh lulz" 'humor' in 2009.

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Heather Cranmer (2721 KP) created a post

Jan 17, 2021

Sneak a peek at the contemporary romance novel COMFORT FOODS by Kimberly Fish, Author on my blog. Check out the hilarious top ten interview with the books main characters, and enter the giveaway to win a signed copy of the book as well as the cookbook Modern Comfort Foods by Ina Garten!

https://alltheupsandowns.blogspot.com/2021/01/book-blog-tour-and-giveaway-comfort.html

**BOOK SYNOPIS**
From the award-winning author of Comfort Plans and Comfort Songs comes a story of two rising stars blitzed by social media. Lacy Cavanaugh and single-dad Rudy Delgardo live a hundred miles apart but meet in the worst possible way. Working at a weekly paper and creating social media for area businesses helps Lacy connect with locals who open her mind to a perspective beyond Instagram. In launching a food-and-wine festival to support Comfort’s new event center, she discovers surprising skills bubbling over, much like the food she’s attempting to cook.

Rudy, on the brink of his restaurant’s takeover, struggles to improve time management so he can create a better relationship with his daughter. Distracted by Lacy and her invitation to the festival, he’s tempted by her beauty, wit, and courage, but as a chef, he rarely gets to enjoy life outside the kitchen. Enemies, illness, and exes add unwelcome spice to the dish they’re concocting—one that will teeter with misunderstanding until the very end.

Will Lacy and Rudy embrace their second chances and discover the perfect seasonings of family, resilience, and grace to create a handwritten recipe of love that will stand the test of time?