Once Upon a River
By: Diane Setterfield
Grade: A
Once upon a time a girl in the California desert was lucky enough to receive an arc of Diane Setterfield’s Once Upon a River. Her first read by the author and, if the river wills it, not her last.
It’s a story about stories. A story about lost children and a girl who seemingly rises from the dead but definitely from the river.
So the Avengers Endgame trailer dropped!
The movies really close for the first trailer but hell this movie could have probably gone without one. All in all I really liked it. I do mourn Cap’s beard and I have all kinds of questions and thoughts on this one.
Continue reading “Avengers Endgame: Thoughts, Theories & Questions”
The Christmas Chronicles
Directed by: Clay Katis
So Christmas/Holiday themed movies can be very hit or miss for me. I have certain things I don’t like that (almost all) the television movies fall victim to. Hell, they don’t just fall victim to it they embrace the tropes and wring them out until there’s nothing left but sad little tissues on the ground crying, “Just because it’s Christmas maybe you shouldn’t have married the guy you only knew for a week…”
But I digress.
Continue reading “5 Reasons to Watch The Christmas Chronicles”
So I never had any interest in Litjoy until I actually watched an Unboxing for October and the art and differences of the book were so interesting I picked up the November box!
December is sold out but subscriptions are available. I thought I’d post what was in the box if people are still looking for gift ideas.
The Lies We Told
By: Camilla Way
Grade: A-
Clara seems to have the good life going on when he boyfriend Luke disappears. At first no one is overly worried about Luke until Clara discovers evidence he was being stalked. Further complicating matters Luke’s long missing sister shows up when she hears the news. She wants to help Clara- but she doesn’t want anyone to know.
And Clara’s left to deal with being left behind as well as discovering the secrets her boyfriend was hiding.
I was working on a gift ideas list for 2018 when contacted by the lovely people at Literary Bookgifts to see about offering a promo code. I loved their stuff and honestly it helped me crystalize my thoughts so if you check out their website you can use the code BookBeachBunny20 for 20% off!
Grump The (Fairly True Tale of Snow White & the Seven Dwarves)
By: Liesl Shurtliff
Grade: A
I could not resist the Snow White tale as told from the POV of my favorite dwarf. Grumpy. Real name: Borlan. A dwarf who doesn’t actually like being unground all that much and has a deep fascination with the surface.
One day he gets his chance to break free and runs right into a certain Queen. The rest is finally, the true story.
Let’s call this a little Holiday/Christmas Reading Ideas List. Mainly because a TBR always feels like pressing my luck. I am in a very holiday mood right now although so far the only Christmas shopping I’ve done has been for me 🙂 Got to get on that!
Reading Ideas Ahead:
November has come and gone and it was a pretty nice month. We had our annual Thanksgiving visit to Robolights house in Palm Springs where I- who endless complains about the hot weather and would move anywhere else- complained endlessly how cold I was.
December is here and the Aquaman press is already in full swing. Plus Venom will be streaming on the 11th. So it will be a very beautiful month entertainment wise.
Continue reading “Murderbots, Princesses & Aquaman is Coming! November Wrap-Up”
Non-fiction November is one of my favorite reading times of the year. I was going to do a whole wrap up but honestly I’m just doing the top 5- including one I read in October (oops!)
I didn’t get to everything on my TBR like Bad Blood, The Righteous Mind, and The Witch amongst others. But I’m telling myself I’m going to keep up more.
