According to Goodreads, I had a good year for reading. My goal was 55 books and I exceeded that by 10. I’m not going to up my goal for next year. That’s […]
2022: My Year in Books
Patti Aliventi
Once upon a time there was this website called Epinions. I wrote thousands of reviews there. I love books, movies, and television; mostly science fiction. I'm a gun-totin', meat-eatin' liberal with libertarian leanings who will voice my opinion.
Geocaching in the 1,498 Towns of New England: December 26, 2022
I hadn’t been out geocaching recently for a variety of factors. However, I finally pushed myself and went out to work on the Towns of New England. On December 26th, I attacked […]
Movie Review: The Man With the Golden Gun – James Bond #9
Written by Ian Fleming, Richard Maibaum, and Tom MankiewiczDirected by Guy Hamilton The ninth installment of the James Bond series of films doesn’t bring any fancy new gadgets. It doesn’t bring any […]
Book Review: Password to Larkspur Lane – The Password is STUPID As Is This Book
I can remember that by the age of twelve, I was reading Stephen King books. Going back now and reading through the Nancy Drew series, which was near and dear to me […]
Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara – Rip-Off of “Prisoner of Zenda”
Written by David FisherDirected by Michael Hayes Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series that has been around off and on since 1963. The main character is just known as […]
Movie Review: The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings – Baseball Meets Sanford and Son
Written by William Brashler, Hal Barwood, and Matthew RobbinsDirected by John Badham There are baseball movies everyone has heard of, and then there are the sleepers. The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & […]
AITA? Yeah, Kinda, and Merry Christmas
I wasn’t going to write anything today, because it’s Christmas and all. But the presents are open, the desserts are chilling, and I have about an hour until we put the prime […]
Memories of Christmas Past, Part 1
This goes way back. I was adopted and raised as an only child. My parents were 39 & 40 when they “got” me. I don’t remember many of my early Christmases. Mostly […]
Book Review: Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn – Stephanie Plum Meets Twilight
The first book in any series can sometimes be iffy. Sometimes there are problems with information dumps. Sometimes characters are totally different in the first book than they are in later books […]
December 22, 2022: There’s A Storm Front Coming
We’re finally seeing winter here in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Last weekend, we had our first real snowfall. The totals really varied town to town and even within a few […]
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