If you read my post from last month about what happened with our deck, you already know part of the story. I have been dealing with the insurance company since then, and […]
Keyboard Warriors Have No Lives
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.
Book Review: Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano – Finlay Donovan’s Wild Atlantic City Adventure
Note: Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press, and author Elle Cosimano for the advanced reader copy of this book. This review will also be posted on NetGalley. What follows is my unbiased […]
Book Review: Mystery at the Ski Jump – Nancy Drew Skates and Skis Like a Pro
In the usual tradition of the Nancy Drew books, timelines mean nothing. It’s now winter, after jumping around from mysteries taking place in fall, spring, summer, back to fall, and then to […]
Movie Review: Blazing Saddles – A Masterpiece of Satire in Film History
Written by Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, and Andrew BergmanDirected by Mel Brooks The Mel Brooks spoofs were great and glorious films when I was growing up. Perhaps nothing he did ever matched […]
Book Review: Murder on the Cornish Coast by Helena Dixon – A Gripping Cozy Mystery
Note: Thank you to NetGalley, Bookouture, and author Helena Dixon for the advanced reader copy of this book. This review will also be posted on NetGalley. What follows is my unbiased review of […]
Doctor Who: The War Games – The Significance of The War Games in Doctor Who History
Written by Terrance Dicks, Malcolm Hulke, and Sydney NewmanDirected by David Maloney Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series that has been around off and on since 1963. The main […]
Audiobook Review: In Plain Sight by C.J. Box – Family Secrets and Suspense
In Plain Sight is the sixth book in C.J. Box’s series about Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett. This picks up not long after events in the previous book, Out of Range. I […]
Movie Review: Open Range (2003) – A Classic Western with Kevin Costner
Written by Lauran Paine and Craig StorperDirected by Kevin Costner Say the words “Kevin Costner” and “western” in the same sentence and most people immediately think of Dances With Wolves. However, there […]
Audiobook Review: Strip Tease by Carl Hiaasen – A Deep Dive into Quirky Characters and Florida Culture
I think of all the books I’ve read so far written by Carl Hiaasen, Strip Tease is my favorite. It can be hard to tread the line between dark humor and offensiveness. […]
Movie Review: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) – A Widow Finds Romance with a Ghost
Written by Philip Dunne and R.A. DickDirected by Joseph L. Mankiewicz I’m usually not someone overly fond of dramatic tear-jerker films that often fall into the chick-flick category. Every now and then, […]
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