Note: Thank you to NetGalley, W.W. Norton & Co,, and Ann Hood for the advanced reader copy of the book. This review will also be posted on NetGalley. What follows is my unbiased […]
Book Review: The Stolen Child by Ann Hood
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.
What’s The Matter With Taylor Swift?
Nothing, really. But she’s making a lot of people crazy and it’s very eye-opening. For the record, I’m not a fan. I don’t like her music. A couple of my kids are fans of hers, […]
Series Rewatch – Outlander: Season 1, Episode 12 – Lallybroch
Written by Diana Gabaldon, Ronald D. Moore, and Anne KenneyDirected by Mike Barker Following the events of the witch trial, Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitriona Balfe) aren’t safe at Castle Leoch. Although […]
Book Review: The Clue in the Crumbling Wall – For Nancy Drew, Money Solves All Problems
I’ve always heard that Nancy Drew was a role model for girls. Of course, this was at a time when girls were expected to do little more than look for a suitable […]
The Greatest Generation is Disappearing
My mother died 11 years ago today. It wasn’t unexpected. A reoccurrence of the breast cancer we thought she’d beaten popped up late in October of 2012 and it had metastasized. We knew she didn’t […]
Movie Review: Daydream Believers: The Monkees Story – Some Truth, Some Fiction, Lots of Fun
Written by Ron McGee and Harold BronsonDirected by Neill Fearnley Sometime back around 1976, a local television station began re-running the television series The Monkees. I caught the fever that time around […]
Book Review: The Girl on the Boat by Kate Hewitt
Note: Thank you to NetGalley, Bookoutre, and Kate Hewitt for the advanced reader copy of the book. This review will also be posted on NetGalley. What follows is my unbiased review of the book. […]
DVD Review – Eleanor & Franklin: The Early Years – As Close To Being There as You’ll Get
Written by James Costigan and Joseph P. LashDirected by Daniel Petrie This award-winning mini-series was the product of an era when network television seemed to want to produce them in abundance. There […]
Book Review: Aden’s Chance by Michael Roberts – Keep On Riding, Pale Rider
Aden’s Chance is the fourth book in a time-travel/alternate history series by Michael Roberts. The premise here is a bit different, in that the main character is from a future that is different […]
Movie Review: Donnie Darko – Cult Goodness
Written by Richard KellyDirected by Richard Kelly Back around 2008, I’d heard so much about the film Donnie Darko, and yet I still didn’t know what I was in for when I […]
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