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Maybe books weren’t made to replicate the screenplays for horror movies. I now know Laurie Faria Stolarz has written a ton of other horror stories, but I guess this one is proof that it’s harder than you think to make a jump-scare book. The book grabbed my interest though when I read it a while... Continue Reading →
I hope this gets a sequel. I've seen some of Paul W. S. Anderson's work, and some of it is rocky. I was a fan of the Resident Evil movies. The last one, even though it retconned quite a bit, was a wonderfully satisfying burst of entertainment and surprising melancholiness. I can see Paul's style... Continue Reading →
Merry Christmas, or Happy Holidays. Whichever works. For those who didn't do their homework, such as me, this is not only a lesbian romance movie set on Christmas; it's apparently the first of its type because every actor who plays someone who's LGBTQ in this movie is LGBTQ in real life. Welcome additional touch there.... Continue Reading →
Why has this become a classic that my family and I watch every year and yours probably does too? Well, there's the fact it's a relatable everything-goes-wrong plot as Clark W. Griswold Jr. tries to plan the most perfect Christmas possible…No, that's not why. The antics and slapstick are goldenly hectic and Chevy Chase is... Continue Reading →
For Christmas Eve, I'm going to be uploading a fair bit of movie reviews of some Christmas cheer. This is the first. This used to be one of my favourite films ever. And you know, I will often say someone else’s review shouldn’t impact your own, and what I mean by that is if a... Continue Reading →
I now look towards Sabaa Tahir’s series if I need inspiring on how to make the characters in my books frightened and truly “scarred”. A Reaper at the Gates is the third installment in the Ember in the Ashes series. And at the end of the last book, Laia of Serra was finally able to... Continue Reading →
This project was one I followed for a very long time. It was in some development hell from being in production from 2014-15 before it was cancelled a year later with some company merging worries. Then it got green-lit again and delayed a little bit, and finally, seven years after Grug, Eep, Guy, Ugga, Thunk,... Continue Reading →
I can't really pick which Ember in the Ashes book is my favourite, this one or the last one, but what I will say is this one is as sad and angry as its ending is absolute perfection. In my review of the last book, I said that young-adult books that follow the traditional dystopian... Continue Reading →
Merry Christmas Everyone, Film Viewers and Filthy Animals Alike! Fun fact: A relative of mine is an elementary school teacher in Ajax, and last year it was the final day before Christmas break and her class voted on a movie, and this was the winner. Not because it was a favourite. Not one of those... Continue Reading →
As Sabaa Tahir's final book in this spectacular series is out and I'm going to get it for Christmas, I wanted to upload my past reviews of her books leading up to A Sky Beyond The Storm. So, is this another YA dystopia? That's what I thought at first. But I got over it, almost... Continue Reading →
William J. McGinn 