Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Holiday Gift Guide: "The Night Of" DVD




"The Night Of"


Studio: HBO Home Entertainment
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Retail: $49.99
ASIN: B01J4WSE6Q
Running Time: 524 minutes
Rating: TV-MA

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About the Title:

In The Night Of, Pakistani-American college student Nasir “Naz” Khan, who lives with his parents in Queens, NY, takes his father’s taxi to go to a party in Manhattan. But what starts as a perfect night for Naz becomes a nightmare when he’s arrested for murder. The series examines the police investigation, the legal proceedings, the criminal justice system and Rikers Island, where the accused await trial.

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

DVD Review - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Earth's Last Stand

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Earth's Last Stand


Studio: Nickelodeon
Release Date: December 13, 2016
Retail: $14.98
Running Time: 157 minutes
Rating: NOT RATED

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About the Title

With the last fragment of the Black Hole Generator in the Triceraton's possession, the Turtles race back to New York City for a final showdown against the alien threat. But even if they save Earth from total annihilation, will their city ever be the same?

Q&A with Gina Conkle, author of Waiting For A Girl Like You



Being released today is the romantic novel Waiting For A Girl Like Me, book one in the Kissables series, by author Gina Gonkle.



 
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 knew in 5th grade I wanted to be a writer. It wasn’t until 2002/2003 that I sat down and did it.

What was your first book/story published?

Norse Jewel, a Viking romance in 2013

What inspired you to write Waiting for a Girl Like You?

The book is two stories in one. The Proper Care and Feeding of a Broken Heart came from a brothel I’d heard about in my old hometown of San Diego and some of the escapades I’d heard.

Anything But Safe was inspired by an intersection of an Alicia Rasley workshop and a chance encounter in a parking lot years ago.

What character in Waiting for a Girl Like You is the most/least like you, and in what ways?

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Monday, December 12, 2016

Review - The Magnolia Story


The Magnolia Story
by Chip and Joanna Gaines
with Mark Dagostino



Publisher: W Publishing Group
Pub. Date: October 18, 2016
Retail: $26.99
ISBN: 978-0718079185
Pages: 208



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About the Title:

Are you ready to see your fixer upper?

These famous words are now synonymous with the dynamic husband-and-wife team Chip and Joanna Gaines, stars of HGTV’s Fixer Upper. As this question fills the airwaves with anticipation, their legions of fans continue to multiply and ask a different series of questions, like—Who are these people?What’s the secret to their success? And is Chip actually that funny in real life? By renovating homes in Waco, Texas, and changing lives in such a winsome and engaging way, Chip and Joanna have become more than just the stars of Fixer Upper, they have become America’s new best friends.

The Magnolia Story is the first book from Chip and Joanna, offering their fans a detailed look at their life together. From the very first renovation project they ever tackled together, to the project that nearly cost them everything; from the childhood memories that shaped them, to the twists and turns that led them to the life they share on the farm today.

They both attended Baylor University in Waco. However, their paths did not cross until Chip checked his car into the local Firestone tire shop where Joanna worked behind the counter. Even back then Chip was a serial entrepreneur who, among other things, ran a lawn care company, sold fireworks, and flipped houses. Soon they were married and living in their first fixer upper. Four children and countless renovations later, Joanna garners the attention of a television producer who notices her work on a blog one day.

Sunday, December 11, 2016

Holiday Gift Guide: Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis


Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis
by Anne Rice


Publisher: Knopf
Pub. Date: November 29, 2016
Retail: $28.95
ISBN: 978-0385353793
Pages: 480



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Book Description:


At the novel's center: the vampire Lestat de Lioncourt, hero, leader, inspirer, irresistible force, irrepressible spirit, battling (and ultimately reconciling with) a strange otherworldly form that has somehow taken possession of Lestat's undead body and soul. This ancient and mysterious power and unearthly spirit of vampire lore has all the force, history, and insidious reach of the unknowable Universe.

It is through this spirit, previously considered benign for thousands of vampire years and throughout the Vampire Chronicles, that we come to be told the hypnotic tale of a great sea power of ancient times; a mysterious heaven on earth situated on a boundless continent--and of how and why, and in what manner and with what far-reaching purpose, this force came to build and rule the great legendary empire of centuries ago that thrived in the Atlantic Ocean.

And as we learn of the mighty, far-reaching powers and perfections of this lost kingdom of Atalantaya, the lost realms of Atlantis, we come to understand its secrets, and how and why the vampire Lestat, indeed all the vampires, must reckon so many millennia later with the terrifying force of this ageless, all-powerful Atalantaya spirit.


Saturday, December 10, 2016

Holiday Gift Guide: Essential Mints: Energizing Peppermints



Essential Mints: Energizing Peppermints

by Vita ThinQ 


Retail: $16.00

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