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Rachel King (13 KP) rated 13 Little Blue Envelopes (Little Blue Envelope, #1) in Books

Feb 11, 2019  
13 Little Blue Envelopes (Little Blue Envelope, #1)
13 Little Blue Envelopes (Little Blue Envelope, #1)
Maureen Johnson | 2005 | Fiction & Poetry
8
7.8 (11 Ratings)
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I loved Aunt Peg right from the first letter. Even though everything the reader knows about her is through the letters and the memories of those she knew, she still seemed like an amazing and quirky person to be around. Ironically, she seemed more "alive" than the the main character, Ginny. Ginny's shyness and withdrawn personality seemed to hinder a connection with the reader for a large portion of the book. The letters from her Aunt Peg seemed to draw her out of her shell as she forces herself to complete the strange and uncomfortable tasks listed in the letters.

Of course, what sane person wouldn't want to travel all over Europe for a month on some else's dime? Even though the tasks sometimes made no sense, and Ginny often had to miss out on the typical tourist destinations, the memories that she created and the life lessons that she gleaned from these abstract travels are invaluable. In addition, she gains a family member, a romantic relationship, and the freedom to go where she wants and be who she wants to be without feeling constrained by the life she had led previously to this adventure.

I was slightly disappointed with what happened towards the end, but the way that Ginny deals with it actually makes it better than it probably would have been otherwise. This ending also shows how well she truly knows her Aunt Peg, even after Peg's death. Her Aunt Peg was able to leave her with the roadmap to a lifetime of lessons and adventures, all stamped with Peg's unforgettable style.
  
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Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated Geostorm (2017) in Movies

Feb 1, 2018  
Geostorm (2017)
Geostorm (2017)
2017 | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
7
6.4 (29 Ratings)
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Trying to weather the storms
A Engineer Jake Lawson (Butler) designs a satellite that is able to control the weather by eliminating it before it has a chance to strike and cause many disasters. However it stops working and begins to create even more severe weather events that are 100x worse. His younger brother Max (Sturgess) has been assigned to find out why it has malfunction and tasks it's original designer to use the crew heads on board to find out why it is happening. Meanwhile on earth many sever weather events are happening faster than they can be stopped. Will earth be saved??

Great idea for a story and most effects were pretty good but, the casting needs help and I think with a better cast the movie could have been better.
  
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