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Book Review: Liminal Spaces edited by Kevin Lucia
Notes from The StoryGraph: * Plot- or character-driven? Plot * Strong character development? It’s complicated * Loveable characters? No * Diverse cast of characters? Yes * Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes Short story anthology–authors: , Gwendolyn Kiste, Kelli Owen, , , , , Bob Ford, Joshua Palmatier, Chad Lutzke, , Joanna Koch, Jessica McHugh, Mark Allan
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Book Review: The Twisted Sisters Knit Sweaters
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Book Review: Reclaiming My Decade Lost in Scientology
by Sands Hall
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Movie Reviews: Black Swan and Black Swan: Metamorphosis (2011)
Black Swan rewatched August 27, 2022–loved it even more this time. Letterboxd review: 5 stars “You want fame? Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying. In sweat. And psychosis.” I love every one of you that gets that joke. Black Swan screenplay Tchaikovsky’s Ballets:
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Movie Review: Graveyard Shift (1990)
Letterboxd review: 3 1/2 stars David v. Goliath, right down to the slingshot. Not that that’s a bad thing. Trigger warning: animal cruelty Fun movie details: King’s alter ego Richard Bachman owns the mill. A man in the diner is reading the novelization for the rat movie
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Movie Review: The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
Letterboxd link: 5 stars I didn’t expect this to make me cry. I grew up down the street from PTL and its amusement park. Televangelists were a part of my culture. Even though I did not jive with that, being a quiet Episcopalian that didn’t pray in public,
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Movie Review: The Binding (2020)
Letterboxd link: 4 1/2 stars Gorgeous setting and scenery. Incredible misdirection at several points. Marvelous and pretty Italian horror. Don’t forget: you aren’t just marrying your partner, you really are marrying their family. Rotten Tomatoes Synopsis: “While visiting her fiancé’s mother in southern Italy, a woman
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