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Ten years ago, the film adaptation of the musical Mamma Mia was released. This year, an original sequel followed. For anybody not familiar with the story of the first Mamma Mia or the musical by the same name, the story is pretty simple. Sophie is planning her wedding to her fiance Sky at her mother Donna's hotel in Greece. …
Min Jin Lee's Pachinko is not a large story. But somehow it is. It's the story of a single family, an ethnically Korean family that lives in Japan. The story starts in Korea, with Sunja. Sunja falls in love with an older man named Koh Hansu. Their brief affair leads to her pregnancy, but Hansu can't marry …
One of the most well-known groups of characters in literature is Christopher Robin and his friends that live in the Hundred-Acre Wood. A.A. Milne’s words and E.H. Shepard’s illustrations have taken an iron hold on the childhoods of countless of us. I grew up watching Winnie the Pooh on TV, later finding the books. I …
CONTENT WARNING: This review will deal with sensitive topics, including the physical and sexual assault of children, and the murder of children. The Outsider is Stephen King's newest book, following last year's Sleeping Beauties. That's not to say that it's a direct sequel, but it is the last King book that I read. If you …
The time has come to review my first graphic novel! It's been a while since I read one for some reason. So, let's review The Adventure Zone! This one is going to be a quickie, so let's jump in! I'll start off by saying that I went into this book having already been a fan of the …
So, I managed to read a book in one day again. That's a good sign in the case of The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, three Magical Children and their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz. This book is aimed at younger audiences, probably not an adult that saw some shiny metallic details on the cover and admittedly …
This post will be my final thoughts on House of Cards by Michael Dobbs. I had a few more posts planned, but I ended up finishing the book ahead of schedule. So I'm going to wrap it up now. I also want to avoid spoiling what happens in the later chapters. It was a shock …
As hard as Henry Collingridge had been trying to hold his party together, his career just couldn't handle this latest scandal. Whether or not he and his brother are guilty of the financial dealings of which they were accused. Collingridge meets with his cabinet to discuss his resignation. He tells them exactly what he's going …
Enough of the buildup, it's time for Francis Urquhart's plan to finally fall into place. Henry Collingridge takes the worst timed after-breakfast walk of his career at the beginning of this section. He left before his secretary was about to give him some pretty bad news. Instead, he finds out from a stranger's copy of …
content warning: This post mentions some sexual themes, including sexual assault/rape. If that's something that you want to avoid, I'd advise you to click away. This post is going to deviate a little from my usual style. I usually stick to books on this blog, sometimes talking about adaptations of books. This time, I'm talking about …
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