Genre: Scifi *possible spoilers Summary: The main character is a starship captain straight outta flight school. Your best friend is off to be a Star Marshall. You have an older(??) brother and a younger sister. But then you end up getting a dream job. And your siblings decided to tag along too. Additional Comments: There’s…
Narrated by Christy Sassman *Mild spoilers possible in discussion Genre: Contemporary Romance Heat level: sweet/flirty Summary: Cathy Matthews wants to prevent some woods near her house from being turned into a shopping mall. The developer, Danny Marsden, is young, handsome, and rubs her the wrong way at every turn. Additional Comments: It’s a fairly typical…
*The descriptions will contain spoilers for the book Kindred Spirits. If spoilers bother you, come back after checking the book out. If you’ve no intention of ever reading the book, enjoy the list. There’s some great music in here. Introduction: Every medium (movie, music, book) has the potential to capture emotions. Movies are often enhanced…
*There will be spoilers in the discussion. *I never saw It Ch 1. Summary: A group of misfit friends who call themselves The Losers, leave their hometown and forget the weird happens in their small Maine hometown. 27 years later, people are dying again, and only this outcast group can stop the horror. Additional Comments:…
Narrated by Liz Brand Summary: Renna’s the quiet, good sort looking to branch out and have a more exciting senior year of high school. But she lives in a world where curfews are strictly enforced because a virus has turned a small set of the population into killing machines (figuratively). When an outbreak happens near…
Starring: Keanu Reeves Co-Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano Summary: Neo gets pulled out of the Matrix and into a wider war. He’s essentially the Chosen One, but convincing him of that is quite the journey. Additional Comments: I’d forgotten most of this story. Oh, I remembered special lines like “Dodge this.”…
Starring: Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman Co-starring: Jada Pinkett Smith, Lance Reddick, Piper Perabo Summary: Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) is experiencing some health fallout from the other few hectic days (Olympus Has Fallen, London Has Fallen). This round he’s got to prove he’s not he bad guy and save the President from evildoers. Additional Comments: Plot…
Summary: Sam McRae’s a lawyer with an interesting caseload and some highly uncooperative clients. Additional Comments: Main Character 4/5 Stars: I like Sam. She’s a dogged realist who just wants to do the best she can for her clients, whether they act like they want her help or not. She’s also a certifiable trouble magnet,…
Introduction: This is the third year for picking songs for my incoming Chemistry class. The list changes over the year, but I like to take a moment to explain the initial choices. This year, I did something different with the order, I put all the instrumental songs first and then put songs with lyrics. The…
Narrated by Kevin E. Green Summary: Slim Hardy gets hired by a landowner to find out who’s blackmailing him and why. The blackmailer should be long dead. Additional Comments: Main Character 3/5 Stars: Slim Hardy’s not a great detective. I think that’s kind of the point. His personal issues get in the way of him…