Month: May 2016

Night Shift

Night Shift by Stephen King Pages: 336 Genre: Horror, Story Story Collection Published: 1978 Link: Amazon | Powell’s The ladder had always held us before, we thought it would always hold us again, which is a philosophy that gets men and nations in trouble time after time. 3.5/5 stars The first time I...

The Glittering Court

The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead Pages: 400 Genre: Young Adult Romance Published: April 5, 2016 Purchase: Amazon | Powell’s “We’re all in charge of our own lives—and we have to live with the consequences of the choices we make”   4/5 stars The Glittering Court is not a book that I should...

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book Starring: Neel Sethi, Bill Muray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, Christopher Walken Directed by: Jon Favreau Written by: Justin Marks (screenplay), Rudyard Kipling (book) Rating: PG Length: 1  hour 36 minutes Genre: Family Release Date: April 15, 2016 Recently, Disney has started to go back to its old animated films and remake...

Amazing Race: Falling in Non-Interesting Sexy Time Ways

Amazing Race:Falling in Non-Interesting Sexy Time Ways Season 28 Episode 05: “We’re Only Doing Freaky Stuff Today” Teams ended the last leg in France and stayed there this leg. The last part of this leg had teams doing a paragliding stunt, but it wasn’t the easiest thing to start. They had to...

Uprooted

Uprooted by Naomi Novik Pages: 438 Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Published: May 19, 2015 Purchase: Amazon | Powell’s “It comes, I suppose,” I said thoughtfully, speaking to the air, “of spending too much time alone indoors, and forgetting that living things don’t always stay where you put them.” 4.5/5 stars Uprooted is a...

10 Cloverfield Lane

10 Cloverfield Lane Starring: John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr. Directed by: Dan Trachtenberg Written by: Josh Campbell, Matthew Stuecken Rating: PG-13 Length: 1 hour 43 minutes Genre: Drama Release Date: 2016 I think it is best if you go into 10 Cloverfield Lane not knowing too much about it. This isn’t a sequel to Cloverfield, but...

Rebel of the Sands

Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton Pages: 314 Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Published: March 8, 2016 Purchase: Amazon | Powell’s I’d near forgotten what it felt like to be a girl in Miraji. I was inconspicuous, but not the same way I’d been as a boy. Not because I was the same as...

Rage

Rage by Richard Bachman (aka Stephen King) Pages: 211 Genre: Contemporary Published: September 1977 When you’re five and you hurt, you make a big noise in the world. At ten you whimper. But by the time you make fifteen you begin to eat the poisoned apples that grow on your own inner tree...