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of my book
and movie reviews
from recent years.
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These are my Book and Movie reviews I have written for Goodreads, Amazon, and IMDb. They are mostly Women’s fiction and mysteries in books, because that’s what I read now. In movies, I usually only review TV movies, where my thoughts don’t get lost in the shuffle among hundreds of others. Most of what I read and watch have one thing in common: They have upbeat hopeful endings with justice prevailing and closure achieved. Call me crazy.
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Who’s Coming for Christmas?
“If You Cook It, They Will Come” I ended up quite liking this one. Rhiannon Fish plays Julie, a newcomer to the town of Mission, who has been hired as the head librarian of the local public library. First of all, Yay for librarians. A profession that is so much more to my liking than…
Adopting St. Nick
Fast Times at Jolly Acres When you are going to have a movie based around a St. Nick character, it’s very very important to have a St. Nick one can feel really drawn to. I’m not sure whether I am an outlier here, but this portrayal just didn’t do it for me. He was very…
What If Christmas
“I Know Things” Saturday, we had an amnesia Christmas theme and Sunday night we have an alternate reality Christmas! Two of my favorites! Yes, they have been done before and maybe better. This one is very similar in plot beats to Hallmark’s A Dream of Christmas starring Deloache and Walker, one of my favorite Christmas movies.…
Forgotten Holiday
“Sam Darnold won a Super Bowl?” I’m a sucker for a good amnesia story. And Forgotten Holiday was a pretty interesting love story, that didn’t always go down the predictable path. It opens with antique dealer Kathryn Liu snagging an antique projector out from under craftsman and restorer of vintage machines (I paraphrase), Rob Ashford’s,…
The Late Mrs. Willoughby (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney #2)
By Claudia Gray The most invigorating and interesting experience of Juliet’s life was to be repeated! She would have to pray for forgiveness, taking such delight in circumstances that had proved tragic to another. “I quite agree, Mr. Darcy,” Juliet said. “Let us investigate.” I found this one pretty much on par with the first…
‘Tis the Season for Setups
It’s the Acting, Stupid! This movie premiered Friday night October 16th, and marked the official beginning of Hallmark’s “Countdown to Christmas.” So we have two couples here, and a daughter. We are introduced to a mother/daughter duo (Barbara Niven and Amanda Shull) and a father/son (John Lowe and Victor Webster). Of the mother/daughter team, Amanda…
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