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Vagabond (1985)
Vagabond (1985)
1985 | Drama, Romance
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"This film wanders through the winter French countryside, the landscape working in tandem with the mood, the bleakness punctuated with flashes of humor and feeling. I love the use of music in this film—the jukebox scene is mind-blowing."

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    The Ascent (1977)

    The Ascent (1977)

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    Two Soviet partisans on a mission to gather food contend with the winter cold, the occupying...

The Secret Child (DI Amy Winter #2)
The Secret Child (DI Amy Winter #2)
Caroline Mitchell | 2019 | Mystery
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
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as riveting as Truth and Lies, the 1st novel in Caroline Mitchell's DI Amy Winter series (0 more)
the 2nd novel in Caroline Mitchell's DI Amy Winter series
Last year I read Truth and Lies, the first novel in Caroline Mitchell's DI Amy Winter series. My eyes started to hurt so I took a break and realized I had read the first 16 chapters without stopping.

The Secret Child is the second novel in Mitchell's DI Amy Winter series. I learned my lesson from binge reading the first book and set a timer to remind myself to take a break from reading. I forced myself to take a few breaks but finished reading it in one day. It is not a very long book, 330 pags, but I just could not find a place to stop reading for the day. I just had to keep reading!

Detective Inspector Amy Winter returns with her high-priority crime unit tracking down a kidnapper. He is using the kidnappings to extract revenge on those who had used children for dangerous and illegal experimentation years ago. Also returning is Lillian Grimes, Winter's biological mother who is imprisoned for being half of a serial killer husband and wife team known as the Beasts of Brentwood.

The Secret Child is as riveting as Truth and Lies. Both are character-driven and fast-paced, suspenseful, and well written.

Review published on Philomathinphila.com, Smashbomb, Goodreads, and Amazon on or before 4/2/19. Will publish on Twitter, Facebook, and Barnes and Noble on its release date, April 18, 2019.
  
One Christmas in Winter
One Christmas in Winter
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One Christmas in Winter appear about a girl and her dream to want to director of holiday films. Will she get her dream job. There appear problems though out with her cast. When her led man falls it put her in a spot, that she got to find a stand in for him.

Holt Bradley has his own dream. He walked away from it and Hollywood for a reason. He has come back to his hometown where his father owns a diner and once his father passes Holt is owner and run the place. Things get a bit confusion when he delivers Chinese food to the movie crew that come to winter to film on location.

What on from there is anyone guess. Will Holt and director be the stars or the holiday film or will it be a repeat of the past. Find out by reading the story to see. This book and story is centered around the holiday season of Christmas. Looking for the spirit of Christmas and it magic. This one will not disappoint.

The author does well with having take place in Winter, Montana. The title says it all. Will Christmas bring true love together or will it just be another Christmas in Winter, Montana.
  
The Snow Child
The Snow Child
Eowyn Ivey | 2012 | Fiction & Poetry
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7.8 (4 Ratings)
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Winter wonderland read
This tale is based on Alaskan folklore, and is rewritten in terrifying, yet beautiful prose. The characters were created with depth and with intricate humanity. This story will capture and hold you through its entirety, and leave you wanting more.
  
Nattvardsgästerna (Winter Light) (1962)
Nattvardsgästerna (Winter Light) (1962)
1962 | International, Drama, Drama
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"I watched Winter Light for the first time when I was working my way through a depression. The pastor’s crisis of faith eerily reflected my own disillusionment with the world around me. It kind of felt like looking into a broken mirror."

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