Dallas’ Pick: The Maze Runner by James Dashner By now I feel like most people have read this book series or watched the movies, me being me, I have not done either until recently. For starters I thought the book progressed slowly and it was not too exciting until about halfway through. It did speed…
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The Greatest Showman
Alberto’s Pick: The Greatest Showman directed by Michael Gracey. Stars: Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron and Zendaya. Hugh Jackman leads an all-star cast in this bold and original musical filled with infectious show stopping performances that will bring you to your feet time and time again. Inspired by the story of P.T. Barnum,…
The Shape of Water
Alberto’s Pick: The Shape of Water directed by Gullermo del Toro. Stars: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins and Octavia Spencer From master storyteller Guillermo del Toro comes an other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where Elisa works (Sally Hawkins), trapped…
The Good Daughter
Dallas’ Pick: The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter The more adult thrillers I read the more hooked I become. I picked up the Good Daughter because I needed an audiobook to listen too while I was working on a few projects. It just happened to be on the shelf and I had no clue what…
Educated
Cori’s Pick: Educated by Tara Westover Wow. For every page I turned in this book, that was my reaction….just, wow. Tara Westover’s new memoir, Educated will make you realize what it truly means to prevail. To overcome. To succeed….even though Tara herself did not often feel triumphant. Tara was born on a mountain in rural…
A Murder in Time
Linda’s Pick: A Murder in Time (a Kendra Donovan series, #1) by Julie McElwain Kendra Donovan is an FBI agent who seeks revenge on the person who seriously injured her and mortally wounded a colleague. While attempting an assassination of this person, she accidentally travels from the present day to 1815; a time where women…
Seveneves
Kathryn’s Pick: Seveneves by Neal Stephenson Neal Stephenson is often recognized for his ability to implement ideas of science, philosophy, mathematics, and history into his novels. This novel is definitely a representation of that mixed with a wonderful science-fiction plotline. Seveneves is a novel that follows the events caused by the unexplained disintegration of Earth’s Moon…
Project Semicolon
Dallas’ Pick: Project Semicolon by Amy Bleul The Semicolon project started in 2013 to help people battling with mental illness. The Semicolon represents that it may be bad right now but does not mean this has to be the end just like in grammar, a semicolon means the thought is not over. Over the years…
The Identicals
Dallas’ Pick: The Identicals by Elin Hilderbrand I started 2018 wanting to read more of a variety of books since I mostly stick to YA and Children’s. I picked this book up in playaway form because it looked interesting and reminded me of the parent trap movie. This book was nothing like the Parent Trap,…
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