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Monthly Archives: May 2013
Legions (The Watchers Trilogy #2), by Karice Bolton (2011)
Legions by Karice Bolton My rating: 3 of 5 stars “Legions” is the second in Karice Bolton’s “The Watchers” trilogy, and once again Athen, Arie, Ana, and Cyril are faced with their task of battling dark demons. At the end … Continue reading
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The Wedding Song (Le chant des mariées) (2008); After Fall, Winter (2011)
Yeah, like you’ve never enjoyed a Lizzie Brocheré double-feature before. I kid. As it happens, I did last night… “The Wedding Song” (Le chant des mariées) tells the story of a friendship imperiled when the Nazis occupied Tunisia during World … Continue reading
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Black Snake Moan (2006)
In the rural South, a conflicted black man chains a white teenaged girl to his radiator, and he refuses to let her go. On the surface, nothing good can come of this scenario. However, in Craig Brewer’s 2006 film, “Black … Continue reading
Awakening (The Watchers Trilogy #1), by Karice Bolton (2011)
Imagine you’re a pretty, twenty-year-old woman waitressing in a ski village bar & grill. One night, you meet three people to whom you are irresistibly drawn, especially one tall, handsome guy with arresting green eyes. Eventually, they tell you the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Paranormal, Romance, series, Young Adult
Tagged Awakening, Katrice Bolton, The Wachre
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Eleanor and Park, by Rainbow Rowell (2013)
There are some couples you just want to work out, you want it to the core of your being. It seems like there’s always huge adversity for these couples, too. In John Green’s amazing “The Fault in Our Stars,” Hazel … Continue reading
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Requiem (2006) and The Raven (2012)
There was just something odd about Michaela Klingler. She was pretty enough, in a plain way, but something had set her apart from her high school classmates. First off, she was an extremely pious Catholic girl in the 1970’s, when … Continue reading
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Tagged booksandmoviesandcrap.com, Requiem, The Raven (film)
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