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As a proud Trekkie, with each new Star Trek movie I am filled with excitement and yet concern. Will they do this cult favorite that has literally been a part of my life since birth, justice? (Star Trek and I were born in the same year). Well JJ Abrams has done it again! Into Darkness continues to breathe new life into this reboot of the Star Trek stories. It not only remains true to the original characters and world, but adds to it.
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Homicide detective Samantha Ryan has just started a new life in San Francisco. Her hope is to forget the horrors of her past. As a child, she was part of a coven that was destroyed because of their lust for power. She also wants to leave magic behind completely, but she soon realizes that isn’t so easy.
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I once again find myself seeing a movie based on a book, which I have not read, so I can’t attest to its faithfulness to the book, though I did notice that the author of the book, Stephanie Meyer, was involved with this movie. So judging this movie on its own merits, The Host was a good movie, which I recommend.
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Oz The Great and Powerful is a fantasy adventure movie based on the Oz novels by L. Frank Baum. This story takes place before the popular Wizard of Oz movie from 1939 starring Judy Garland. Oz the Great and Powerful stars James Franco as Oscar Diggs, also known as Oz.
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We had the incredible honor of interviewing Amber Benson of Buffy The Vampire Slayer (she played Tara) fame about her new book, The Golden Age Of Death. We also asked her about what projects she has coming up, her new book series coming out next year, and of course a Buffy question! Amber is a sweet person and it was wonderful meeting her. Hope you enjoy this interview as much as we enjoyed doing it.
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This week we are reviewing four more Penguin mysteries, some with a touch of the supernatural, & giving away copies of all of them-details at the end of the post! First we have a review of Chance of A Ghost: A Haunted Guesthouse Mystery by E.J. Copperman, Knot What It Seams by Elizabeth Craig, One Hot Murder by Lorraine Bartlett and Veiled Revenge: A Crime of Fashion Mystery By Ellen Byerrum.
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The only reason I became remotely interested in Beautiful Creatures was seeing Emmy Rossum be a bad ass witch in the original trailer. Once I saw that Jeremy Irons, Viola Davis and Emma Thompson were involved as well I was completely sold. My only misgivings were the constant comparisons to Twilight because it was based on a popular young adult book series.
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Discovering a brand new author whose work you fall in love with is always a treat and that has been the case with Between, an urban fantasy novel by Kerry Schafer. The plot sounded interesting and different so I decided to say yes when asked to review it–it was that and much more.
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Calliope Reaper-Jones is the daughter of Death. Daddy is dead, and Callie is now the CEO of Death, Inc. It’s not like she wanted the job, but somebody has to send the souls off to where they belong. She has ushered in The Golden Age of Death (by Amber Benson)…if she can keep her head from being chopped off.
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Anthony Edwards (ER) stars in this drama about the publisher of the paranormal magazine, Modern Skeptic, who becomes involved in a centuries-old conspiracy when his wife is kidnapped from her antique clock shop. He finds a map in one of her clocks that sets him off and running with the help of two young associates and FBI agent Beck Riley played by Carmen Ejogo (who dazzled as “Sister” in Sparkle and starred as Sally Hemmings in the 2000 miniseries).
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M.J. Holliday and her reality television crew from Ghoul Getters return to England to shoot another episode after their last session in Dunkirk proved to be a bust. Although completely exhausted, the pressure to produce a successful show is on and M.J. has expectations that their shoot in the haunted Kidwellah Castle in the Northern Wales town of Penbigh will be full of ghostly appearances. What doesn’t help M.J. are the histrionic antics of her best friend and technical advisor Gilley that get them all delayed at airport security and nearly sent back to her condo in Boston.
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If you are an avid reader of Urban Fantasy, there comes a point when you have read pretty much everything that’s really good, and you have to work to find the next series you can get addicted to. And it gets even harder when every book seems to be derivative of the same sort of stories: fairies, witches, vampires, shape shifters, etc. That’s precisely why Kevin Hearne’s The Iron Druid Chronicles is freaking amazing. Besides being good in the sense of the writing and storytelling, it is completely original (at least to me, because I rarely see anything dealing with druids of the Celts).
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Ever After, book 11 in Kim Harrison’s fantastic urban fantasy series The Hollows, continues the story of a witch–really a demon–Rachel Morgan and her friends, which include elves, pixies, vampires, werewolves, and some really pissed off demons. This being the 11th book in the series I’ll have to give some brief back story to the world of The Hollows.
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Arrow is one super hero show that so easily could be done wrong. It had to balance the realistic with the hero aspects that come with any comic book hero. Too much in either direction could kill a show. Not that it matters, because The CW has done it again.
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Walter is approximately 6 months old & currently 8 lbs. He is good with Dogs, Good with Kids, Good with Adults, Does Good in the Car, Requires a yard, Likes to play with toys, Likes to be in your lap, Playful and Affectionate. China is available through Animal Compassion Team.
Cheeto is a 7 month old male orange and white tabby. He gets along with cats and dogs and loves to just play and hang our. Cheeto is available through Cat House On The Kings.
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