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Whimsical Wednesday

29 Wednesday May 2019

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Lindsey Stirling, Mission Impossible, Piano Guys, Whimsical Wednesday

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Hi everyone! I just wanted to check in and let you know I’m still here. I miss you guys so much and I feel terrible for being MIA from all your blogs. I know I’m missing some fabulous posts like Pete’s latest serial on https://beetleypete.com The good news (fingers crossed) is that our living situation may be improving in the next week or so as well as our internet access, and as soon as it does I’m expect my blogging activity will return to normal. In the meantime, as it’s Whimsical Wednesday, I hope you all enjoy the video below.

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Whimsical Wednesday

22 Wednesday May 2019

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Whimsical Wednesday

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Moving Update

16 Thursday May 2019

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Moving Woes

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Hi everyone! I just wanted to let you know that my hubby and I made it in one piece. The bad news is that our apartment won’t be ready to be moved into for a couple of more weeks and the place we’re staying in has awful internet speed, so except for when we come to the library I still won’t be on here much until we get settled. I hope you are all doing well and thank you for your patience.

Whimsical Wednesday ~ Traveling Edition

08 Wednesday May 2019

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Whimsical Wednesday

On the Road Again

06 Monday May 2019

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Hi everyone. My husband and I are moving, so I may be MIA for the next couple of weeks. I didn’t want you all to think I fell off the planet.

The Escape Room, by Megan Goldin ~ 4.5 Stars

05 Sunday May 2019

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Adult Fiction, Corporate Greed, Mystery, Psychological Suspense

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Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Release Date: July 30, 2019

352 Pages

Synopsis: Vincent, Jules, Sylvie, and Sam are ruthlessly ambitious high flyers working in the lucrative world of Wall Street finance where deception and intimidation thrive. Getting rich is all that matters, and they’ll do anything to reach the top.

When they are ordered to participate in a corporate team-building exercise that requires them to escape from a locked elevator, dark secrets of their team begin to be laid bare.

The biggest mystery to solve in this lethal game: What happened to Sarah Hall? Once a young shining star—now “gone but not forgotten”.

This is no longer a game.

They’re fighting for their lives.

The Escape Room doesn’t score high on the believability scale, but it’s so much fun that most readers won’t care. I know so-called Escape Rooms where groups of people have to work together in order to get out have become very popular, but I find just thinking about them to be claustrophobic. Imagine then an escape room turning out to be a locked elevator. Cue anxiety! Then add in co-workers who already aren’t the nicest people. Put them in a situation like this and it makes Survivor look like a relaxing vacation retreat. 

The story is told in multiple povs, but rather then slowing the plot down, it made it that much more interesting. Trapped in the stifling elevator on the 70th floor over the course of several days, you get to know these four pretty well as they attempt to escape and to find out who is behind their imprisonment and why. The characters except for Sarah, are pretty vile, but they’re the type that you love to hate. The ending is satisfying and wraps everything up which I appreciated.

To sum things up, The Escape Room won’t win any prestigious literary awards, but it’s a thoroughly entertaining page-turner that is perfect for this time of year, and it’s one I highly recommend!

May the 4th Be With You!

04 Saturday May 2019

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Star Wars Day 2019

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Happy Star Wars Day to all my fellow fans! Below are just a few of my favorite parodies.

 

 

 

 

 

R.I.P. Peter Mayhew ~ 1944 – 2019

02 Thursday May 2019

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Chewbacca, R.I.P. Peter Mayhew, Star Wars

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For those of you who haven’t heard, Peter Mayhew, the original Chewbacca died on April 30th. This film icon not only played “Chewie” in the original Star Wars trilogy, episode 3 in the prequels, and the new trilogy. Outside of Hollywood he started the Peter Mayhew Foundation to support people in need of aid, including sending food and supplies to the children of Venezuela. Below is a tribute to the famous Wookie and the gentle giant who brought him to life.

 

Whimsical Wednesday

01 Wednesday May 2019

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Animated Short Films, “Pigeons “, Whimsical Wednesday

 

 

 

 

 

 

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