Weekly Movie Reviews: Nov 19-25, 2017
Favorite Movie of the Week Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) My husband and I both love The Fifth Element and we were really excited about Luc…
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Favorite Movie of the Week The Beguiled (2017) During the American Civil War, a young student at Miss Martha Farnsworth’s Seminary for Young Ladies in Virginia finds wounded Union soldier…
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Favorite Movie of the Week Whale Rider (2002) Twelve year old Māori girl Paikea comes from a long line of chiefs and has the ambition to become chief herself. Her…
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Favorite Movie of the Week Mud (2012) Ellis and Neckbone are two friends growing up on the banks of the Mississppi in Arkansas. One day, they sneak off to visit…
Read more“Oathbringer” by Brandon Sanderson
Spoiler warning: This post contains spoilers for the following books by Brandon Sanderson: The Way of Kings, Words of Radiance, Edgedancer, and Warbreaker. If you’re a frequent reader, you may…
Read more“Artemis” by Andy Weir
Jasmine “Jazz” Bashara is a porter and smuggler living in the Moon’s first and only city, Artemis. She’s been trying to save up for a special purchase but just can’t…
Read more“The Core” by Peter V. Brett
Spoiler warning: This post may contain spoilers for the first four books of the series. I’ve been following the Demon Cycle series for a few years now ever since my…
Read more“The Bear and the Nightingale” by Katherine Arden
Set in medieval Russia, The Bear and the Nightingale follows Vasalisa (Vasya) Petrovna, the young daughter of a country noble. Vasya was born with a destiny; her mother sacrificed her…
Read more“An Echo of Things to Come” by James Islington
Spoiler warning: This post contains spoilers for the first book in this series, The Shadow of What Was Lost. An Echo of Things to Come is the second book in…
Read more“Provenance” by Ann Leckie
I’m a big fan of Ann Leckie’s Imperial Radch series (see my reviews of Ancillary Justice and Ancillary Mercy) and I was ridiculously excited about Provenance, which is a standalone story set…
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