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...

The Shadow Queen

The Shadow Queen by C.J. Redwine Pages: 387 Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Published: February 16, 2016 Purchase: Amazon | Powell’s 2/5 stars In one month, I unintentionally read four Young Adult novels. Out of the three, I liked The Shadow Queen the least. I have not read a ton of YA since I am well past...

The Witch

The Witch Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw Directed by: Robert Eggers Written by: Robert Eggers Rating: R Length: 1 hour 32 minutes Genre: Horror Release Date: 2016 The buzz on The Witch was this was super spooky movie that was really well done. It was marketed as a horror movie, but I...