Books read: 6
Ebooks: 1
Audio book: 1
Non-fiction: 1
Total: 9
6/30/20
6/27/20
The Young Merlin Triolgy
Author: Jane Yolen
Genre: Fantasy, Arthurian
Age: Children lit.
Summary: Left in the woods at the age of eight. Merlin is found and tame by the master Robin Thus begins the journey of a wild boy to a noble wizard.
6/26/20
The Life Aquatic: movie review
Genre: Comedy, DramaRated: R - languages
Year of Release: 2006
Director: Wes Anderson
Summary: When his partner is killed by the mysterious and possibly nonexistent Jaguar Shark, Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) and his Team Zissou crew set off for an expedition to hunt down the creature. Along with his estranged wife, a beautiful journalist and a co-pilot who could possibly be Zissou's son, the crew set off for one wild expedition.
6/24/20
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Genre: Adventure
POV: 1st person
Narrator: Harlan Ellison
Summary: On this under water voyages join the crew of Aronnax the documenter, Conseil the servant, the Canadian Ned Land the harpooner, and the mysterious Captain Nemo. As they travel around the world in the Nautilus 20,000 leagues under the sea.
6/22/20
Going Postal
Going Postal by Terry PratchettAuthor: Terry Pratchett
Series: Discworld #33 (Moist Von Lipwig #1)
Genre: Hight fantasy
POV: 3rd person
Summary: By all rights, Moist should have met his maker. Instead, it's Lord Vetinari, supreme ruler of Ankh-Morpork, who promptly offers him a job as Postmaster. Since his only other option is a nonliving one, Moist accepts the position - and the hulking golem watchdog who comes along with it.
Getting the moribund Postal Service up and running again, however, may be a near-impossible task, what with literally mountains of decades-old undelivered mail clogging every nook and cranny of the broken-down post office building; and with only a few creaky old postmen and one rather unstable, pin-obsessed youth available to deliver it. Worse still, Moist could swear the mail is talking to him.
Getting the moribund Postal Service up and running again, however, may be a near-impossible task, what with literally mountains of decades-old undelivered mail clogging every nook and cranny of the broken-down post office building; and with only a few creaky old postmen and one rather unstable, pin-obsessed youth available to deliver it. Worse still, Moist could swear the mail is talking to him.
6/20/20
Book Blogger Hop #7
Do you visit indie and/or used bookstores? Also, have you ever worked in any?
Answer: There not a lot of used or indie bookstores where I live. There one book store (I think it a indie bookstore) that in walking of my house but, they are shady in how they run their business. My dad almost got rip off. Outside the store they have a table of books that are one dollar each. My dad took one of the books in the store to pay for and they wanted 5 dollars for it. Plus the only reason the store stays in business is they sell cigarettes.
There another used book store that on the other side of town. I have a ton of store credit and they are not as shady as the first store I mention. Ever now and then I will go there to trade in books. Say for this one there not really any good used books stores where I live.
I never work in a bookstore. I sell used books online. Never mention it on my blog because one privacy reasons, I don't want anyone connecting the dots to my blog and my book selling business. Two, I trying to sell my inventory and close up shop. I don't have full management while I'm away at collage.
Try calling your mom on the phone and telling her what books to buy and to sell, all while doing school work at the same time.
6/19/20
A Ghost Story: movie review
Rated: R - brief language and a disturbing image
Year of release: 2017
Director: David Lowery
Summary: In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife.
6/16/20
Fell
Fell by David Clement-DaviesGenre: fantasy, historical-fic
Age: Teen
POV: 3rd person
Summary: In this dark, thrilling fairy tale, it is the wolf who saves the girl. Fell, the dark-furred twin brother of Larka, the heroine of The Sight, must face life without his sister or the rest of his loving pack. He’s a lone wolf now, a “kerl,” an outcast from his kind who shares his sister’s fatal gift for seeing the future and the thoughts of others. This gift leads him to befriend a young girl, also an outcast from her people. They have a shared destiny: to free the land from a tyrannical ruler who would enslave man and animal alike.
6/13/20
Critically Acclaimed
Critically Acclaimed by J. Ryan StradalGenre: Non-fiction, film study
Review: The whole premise of the book is to get an idea of what critics are looking for when reviewing a movie.
Fake movies are reviewed to remove the bias of someone's all-time favorite movie from being bash by critics.
As someone who writes my own movie reviews, I find this helpful in critiquing movies.
The first fake movie review highlights how an A-list cast of actors is used in a movie but, their talents are used for the wrong reasons or not taken full advantage of.
Another review is on a werewolf movie. It criticizes how the cool special effects hinder the plot and characters. Making a point in how modern movies focused more on special effects than the story or characters. As someone who watch old timey movies this is something, I could rant about but, I'll hold it for now.
6/11/20
Amulet: Vol 1The Stonekeeper & Vol 2
Genre: action, adventure, fantasy, sci-fic
Age: Teen
Summary: After the tragic death of their father, Emily and Navin move with their mother to the home of her deceased great-grandfather, but the strange house proves to be dangerous. Before long, a sinister creature lures the kids' mom through a door in the basement. Em and Navin, desperate not to lose her, follow her into an underground world inhabited by demons, robots, and talking animals.
6/10/20
Snow like Ashes
Genre: high-fantasy, romance
Age: Teen
POV: 1st person
Summary: Sixteen years ago, the Kingdom of Winter was conquered, and its citizens enslaved, leaving them without magic or a monarch. Now, the Winterians’ only hope for freedom is the eight survivors who managed to escape, and who have been waiting for the opportunity to steal back Winter’s magic and rebuild the kingdom ever since. Orphaned as an infant during Winter’s defeat, Meira has lived her whole life as a refugee, raised by the Winterians’ general, Sir. She will do anything to get her kingdom back
6/8/20
Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales anthology
Edited by Deborah Noyes
Short stories review:
Lungewater by Joan Aiken
Score: 4/5
Relies on a sad tone then being scary otherwise a good start to the anthology.
6/5/20
Snowpiercer: movie review
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-fic
Rated: R
Year of Release: 2013
Director: Bong Joon Ho
Summary: In a future where a failed climate-change experiment has killed all life except for the lucky few who boarded the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe, a new class system emerges.
6/4/20
Number the Stars
Number the Stars by Lois LowryAuthor: Lois Lowry
Genre: Historical fic
Age: MG
Summary: Ten year old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life before the war. It's now 1943 and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the Nazi soldiers marching through town. When the Jews of Denmark are "relocated," Ellen moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be one of the family. Soon Annemarie is asked to go on a dangerous mission to save Ellen's life.
6/1/20
The Night Tourist
Author: Katherine Marsh
Genre: ghost story
Age: MG
POV: 3rd person
Summary: Jack Perdu lives with his father on the Yale University campus. Smart and introverted, Jack spends most of his time alone, his nose buried in a book. But when Jack suffers a near fatal accident, his life is forever changed.
His father sends him to a mysterious doctor in New York City, a place Jack hasn't been since his mother died there eight years ago. While in the city, Jack meets Euri, a young girl who offers to show him the secrets of Grand Central Station. Here, Jack discovers New York's Underworld, a place where those who died in New York reside until they are ready to move on.
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