Wednesday, March 22, 2017

DVD Review - Gene Wilder Double Feature


Mill Creek Ent; PG/R; 201 minutes: $9.98

Now available on DVD from Mill Creek Entertainment is the Gene Wilder Double Feature, featuring the 1982 comedy Hanky Panky and the 1991 comedy Another You. There are no special features or extras on the disc.

Directed by Sidney Poitier, Hanky Panky starred the late Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner (TV's Saturday Night Live), who were married from 1984 until Radner's death in 1989.

Hanky Panky centers on Michael Jordon (played by Wilder), an architect who ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time when he witnesses a murder at a hotel.. He eventually teams up with a woman named Kate (played by Radner), who happens to be searching for her brother's killer. Together, they race across the country in the attempt to unravel the mystery.

Another You paired Gene Wilder with Richard Pryor one final time and it also marked Wilder's final appearance in a feature film. The plot centers on pathological liar named George (played by Wilder) being released from a mental hospital and is accidentally mistaken as millionaire brewery heir Abe Fielding. Pryor plays Eddie Dash, a con man who befriends George. The film suffered from bad review upon it's original release and was a flop at the box-office.

Monday, March 20, 2017

Deborah Raney's 'Home at Last' Facebook Party and Blog Tour

Conclude Deborah Raney's Chicory Inn novels with the final book, Home at Last, a story of acceptance, trying to overcome differences, and love. Everything changes for bachelor Link Whitman one icy morning when a child runs into the street and he nearly hits her with his pickup-and then the girl's aunt Shayla enters Link's life. Can Shayla and Link overcome society's view of their differences and find true love? Is there hope of changing the sometimes-ugly world around them into something better for them all?

Join Deborah on Thursday, March 23, for a live author chat party in her Facebook group with fun prizes to be won! Click the graphic below for more details and to RSVP. Hope to see you there-bring a friend or two who loves to read!

Review - Home At Last by Deborah Raney


Abingdon Press; 272 pages; $14.99; Buy Link; Blog Tour
Now available from Abingdon Press is the romantic novel Home At Last, book 5 in the Chicory Inn series, by author Deborah Raney.

While I prefer to read romances set during the 1800s, I have from time to time stepped out of my comfort zone and read a few contemporary titles. If you follow this blog, then might have remember me reviewing one or two of the titles from the Chicory Inn series. I had completely forgotten about the series until I received an email about the Home At Last book tour, so naturally I signed up to review it.

This time around the series centers on a bachelor named Link Whitman, who's life isn't exactly where he thought it should be as he approaches thirty-years-old. He's stuck in a dead-end job. And he's being pressured by his sisters' to get settle down and get married.

This is where Shayla Michaels comes into the plot. She's struggling to raise her young niece, while at the same time she's also trying to run her father's business. Of course this is a romance, so you can pretty much guess that Shayla and Link crosses paths and a romance eventually blooms.

Home at Last Deborah Raney

Sunday, March 19, 2017

DVD Review - Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade


Fox Home Ent.; 21 minutes;$6.98; Amazon

Now available on DVD + Digital HD from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade, featuring the Easter Special that aired on Fox last year. Included with the DVD is an Exclusive Easter Egg Stickers.

Set between the films Ice Age Continental Drift & Ice Age: Collision Course, The Great Egg-Scapade centers on Sid (voiced by John Leguizamo) volunteering himself to babysit several so-to-hatch eggs while their parents get ready for Easter. The ex-pirate bunny Squint (voiced by Seth Green) wants revenge on Manny (voiced by Ray Romano) and his pals, so he kidnaps the eggs after Sid fell asleep. He leaves a ransom note wanting to exchange the eggs for a new pirate ship.

Of course Manny and Diego (voiced by Denis Leary) comes to Sid's aide and volunteers to help him retrieve the eggs with the use of a map that Squint accidentally left behind.

Meanwhile, Crash and Eddie (voiced by Seann William Scott and Josh Peck) are planning on starting the first April Fool's Day joke by pulling a prank on Peaches (voiced by Keke Palmer). And poor little Scrat is once again trying to collect to acorns, but he has a bit of bad luck.

DVD Special Features includes:

  • Ice Age: Collision Course Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe
  • Ice Age - The Story So Far
  • 6 Scrat Shorts
  • Lost Footage

Friday, March 17, 2017

Book Blogger Hop: March 17th - 23rd




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Welcome to the new Book Blogger Hop!

If you want schedule next week's post, click here to find the next prompt question. To submit a question, fill out this form.

What to do:

1. Post on your blog answering this question:

  This week's question is submitted by Kitty @ Vicarious Bookworm)!

Do you read a lot of diverse or own voices books? Why or why not?

2. Enter the link to your post in the linky list below (enter your Blog Name and the direct link to your post answering this week’s question. Failure to do so will result in removal of your link).


3. Visit other blogs in the list and comment on their posts. Try to spend some time on the blogs reading other posts and possible become a new follower.  The purpose of the hop is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to your own blog.
  

My Answer: 

 Well, I do read a variety of different genres (romance, horror, crime thrillers, etc.), and occasionally I'll listen to audiobooks.


Linky List:

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Review - Her Secret by Shelley Shepard Gray


Avon Inspire; 272 pages; $12.99; Buy Link; Blog Tour
Now available today from Avon Inspire (an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers) is book one in The Amish Of Hart County series, titled by "Her Secret" by New York Times bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray.

The novel centers on Hannah Hilty, a young Amish woman who, along with her family, was forced to leave her home in Ohio and move to Hart County Kentucky after a former friend became obsessed with her. Though many others would probably be glad to start anew in a new town, Hannah hasn't exactly enjoyed moving to a new place. All of her siblings are homesick and aren't adjusting to their new home very well. Then of course there is the little fact that Hannah is still afraid that her stalker will find her.

While Hannah will never be the trusting young woman she once was, she does let her guard down when she befriends a neighbor, Isaac Troyer. However, no matter how close she gets to Issac, part of her still feels like she is being stalked.



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Q&A with Lyssa Layne, author of The DiDominzio Novellas



Now available from author Lyssa Layne is the contemporary romance Love & Famiglia: The DiDominzio Novellas.


Available at Amazon

Get the first book in the series, 
The King and the Pawn, 
for FREE at Amazon

The author has taken a few minutes out of her busy schedule for a Q&A about her newest novel.


When did you become interested in storytelling?

I’ve always been a storyteller, ask anyone that’s ever heard me tell them what I had for breakfast. It wasn’t until 2013 that I started writing down the stories in my head.

What was your first book/story published?

My first book was Love is a Fire and it was published May 2014.

What inspired you to write The DiDominzio Novellas?

Well, I was brainstorming with my friend, Dawn, about a Christmas story which led to The King and the Pawn. As I started writing Frankie’s story, her brother and sisters were introduced and I knew they each had to have their own stories as well.

What character in The DiDominzio Novellas is the most/least like you, and in what ways?

Frankie is definitely like me. We’re both loud, independent, and tell it like it is!

Monday, March 13, 2017

DVD Review - Power Rangers Dino Super Charge: Extinction DVD Review


Lionsgate; NOT RATED; 132 minutes; Amazon

Now available from Lionsgate Home Entertainment is is Saban's Power Rangers Dino Super Charge: Extinction, featuring the final 10 episodes of the twenty-third season of the Power Rangers franchise on a 2-disc set. There are no special features or extras.

Power Rangers Dino Super Charge is the second and final season of the Dino Charge series, which aired last year on Nickelodeon. The group of heroes consists of Tyler the Red Ranger, Shelby the Pink Ranger, Koda the Blue Ranger, Riley the Green Ranger, Chase the Black Ranger, and Ivan, the Gold Ranger. Lead by an alien called Keeper and archaeologist Kendall, who the becomes the Purple Ranger at the end of season one, the Rangers battle the evil alien bounty hunter Sledge and his army of monsters. Occasionally, they get help from Prince Philip III of Zandar, aka the Graphite Ranger.

Season Two mixed things up a bit by putting Heckle/Snide as new the villain, who unleashes what was left of Sledge's henchmen upon the Power Rangers. Two new Power Rangers are introduced - an alien bird creature Zenowing the Silver Ranger, and James Navarro the Aqua Ranger, who happens to be Tyler's long lost father. Of course Sledge eventually returns near the end of the season (series) and uses the Dark Energem against the Rangers.

Episodes on the 2-disc set are:

  • "Love at First Fight" - Beauticruel uses a magic brush to make the Red Ranger fall in love with her.
  • "Catching Some Rays" - After visiting Koda's old cave, the Rangers accidentally releases a monster that makes people only focus on having a vacation.
  • "Recipe for Disaster" - Lord Arcanon arrives on Earth with his henchman to destroy the Power Rangers by taking control of their zords.
  • "Silver Secret" - The Silver Ranger introduces himself to the other Dino Charge Rangers.
  • "Wings of Danger" - Heckle escapes his cell and begins to recall his past life.
  • "Freaky Frightday" - A monster causes the Rangers to switch bodies.
  • "Worgworld"- Two new monsters, Conductro & Screech, causes anyone who hears their music to turn into zombies.
  • "The Rangers Rock" - The Rangers are turned into stone by the monster called Badussa.
  • "Edge of Extinction" - Sledge plants Greenzilla eggs all around the world, which leads to all the Dino Charge Rangers to race against time to stop the monsters from destroying Earth.
  • "End of Extinction" - To stop Sledge forever, the Rangers must travel back to the time of dinosaurs to retrieve the Energems.