Review: Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Info Title: Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol Director: Brad Bird (The Incredibles, Ratatouille) Genre: Action Recommended: If you want to turn your brain off for a couple of hours, sure. Background I forgot this was coming out until I suggested to my partner-in-crime that we skip Thursday movie night due to holiday travel exhaustion. I [...]
Tops of 2011 – Movies, Books, Etc.
I’m not going to try and force myself to come up with ten in every category, but I did want to talk about some of my favorites throughout this past year, because it’s THE THING PEOPLE WITH BLOGS DO. Besides, not blogging full-time it feels weird not to be involved in such a list. These [...]
Kindle Daily Deal 12/31/11 – History Books by Stephen E. Ambrose
Title: History Books by Stephen E. Ambrose Price: 1.99 each Author: Stephen E. Ambrose (biographer of Richard Nixon and Dwight D. Eisenhower) Publisher: Premier Digital Publishing Genre: Nonfiction – American History Publisher’s Summary: (Of Undaunted Courage) In this sweeping adventure story, Stephen E. Ambrose, the bestselling author of D-Day, presents the definitive account of one [...]
Kindle Daily Deal 12/30/11 – The Giver
Title: The Giver Price: 0.99 Author: Lois Lowry (Number the Stars, Rabble Starkey) Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Genre: Fiction – YA/Fantasy Publisher’s Summary: Twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a seemingly ideal world. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver does he begin to understand the dark secrets behind this fragile community. Conclusion: [...]
Kindle Daily Deal 12/29/11 – The Handmaid’s Tale
Title: The Handmaid’s Tale Price: $1.49 Author: Margaret Atwood (The Blind Assassin, Cat’s Eye) Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Genre: Fiction – Sci-Fi/Dystopia Publisher’s Summary: Set in the near future, [The Handmaid's Tale] describes life in what was once the United States, now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest [...]
