Welcome to my Tuesday Picks! post, where I'll be picking out my favorite books and movies that are being released this week.

Once again, I don't have a clue what books are being released this week, except for Every Breath by Nicholas Sparks. I used to read the author's books, but I got tired of the sappy endings. Nevertheless, his newest book looks interesting.

Buy Link: Amazon

Buy Link: Amazon

KNOPF: 275 pages; $27.95; Amazon

The Gothic-horor author Anne Rice didn't hit my radar until I was teenager in the mid-90s after I had watched the edited version of Interview with the Vampire on network television. Shortly later, I bought the film on VHS. Well, my parents bought the movie since I was underage at the time and the movie was rated R. That lead me to seek out Anne Rice's novels, which I believe I got the first three books in the The Vampire Chronicles at Barnes & Noble. To make a long story short, I was obsessed with reading anything written by the author throughout my high school years. While my tastes for books have changed as I have gotten older, I still read every new novel in the series.

The 13th novel in The Vampire Chronicles, titled Blood Communion, was released this month from KNOPF. It's under 300 pages, making it the shortest entry in the series.

Blood Communion takes place after the events Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis, where the Prince is telling his life story to the Blood Communion (aka Vampires). The first few chapters is basically a recap of all the previous books; telling us readers (or vampires) about Prince Lestat's past. Then the novel shifts towards the main plot involving the death of the ancient vampire Maharet by the hands of Rhoshamandes, the Child of the Millennia, a demon spirit who refuses to live by the laws set by Prince Lestat.

Once again, I'm a little late with my Monday Morning Madness post! I meant to have this written early this morning, but I was tinkering with this blog's coding and lost track of time. Yes, I said coding, which is something I know very little about. My blog designer is AWOL; actually I believe she might have been finishing college. Anyway, I've had to learn how to create icons, post headers, and other graphics. And now I'm trying to learn coding.

It has come to my attention that a few reader can't comment with the IntenseDebate comment system. I apologize for the inconvenience, but the IntenseDebate is staying on this blog for now. I get way too much spam through the Blogger's comment system, which is one of reasons why I switched. I'm well aware the IntenseDebate is missing the Wordpress, IntenseDebate, and Twitter login butson. I'll try to get this fixed, if it's even possible. The old Blogger comments have been restored to all the old posts and you still comment on them using the old comment system.

Don't worry this isn't going to be a permanent thing! I do have plans for the blog. 

Don't worry! I'm not getting rid of the meme. I have a few new ideas and rules to improve the Book Blogger Hop. My ideas are in the early stages right now, so there won't be any official changes until 2019.

Well, as of this morning, I have only a few chapters left to read in Blood Communion: A Tale of Prince Lestat by Anne Rice. I'll finish reading it sometime today and my review will probably be posted tomorrow.

I came across America Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell by Deborah Solomon at a Dollar Tree store last week. I don't read very much nonfiction, but I've always admired Norman Rockwell's illustrations, so I thought I would give this book a chance. I'm only on page 13 at the moment. The book is nearly 500 pages with tiny, tiny lettering. I'll be reading a little bit of it from time to time while I'm reading/reviewing other books. I have no idea when I will get it read.

Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly @  Caffeinated Book Reviewer!

Lionsgate; Not Rated; 14 hrs 20 mins; Amazon

Arriving on Blu-ray & DVD from Lionsgate Home Entertainment on October 16th is Ash vs Evil Dead: The Complete Collection, featuring all 30 episodes on a six-disc set.

Based on the characters created by Sam Raimi, the series is a sequel to the original Evil Dead trilogy with Bruce Campbell returning as Ash Williams, who once battled the evil forces of the Necronomicon.

For the last 30 years, Ash hasn't done too much with his life. He still works as a stock boy, smokes pot, flirts with almost any woman in his sight, and he still drives the old Delta. Late one night, he smokes Marijuana with a hooker and accidentally reads from the Necronomicon, which unleashes the evil Deadites upon Michigan.

This time Ash doesn't have to fight the Deadites alone, as he teams up with his young co-workers Pablo and Kelly (played by Ray Santiago and Dana DeLorenzo) to become an unlikely demon hunting trio. They must stop an immortal being named Ruby (played by Lucy Lawless), who happens to be the creator of the Necronomicon, from unleashing more Deadites.

Season Two brings Ash, Pablo, and Kelly out of demon hunting retirement after the Deadites attack them. This leads them to travel to Ash's hometown of Elk Grove, where they meet his grumpy father (played by Lee Majors). It seems the entire town still blames Ash for the brutal murders of his sister, girlfriend, and two friends that occurred over thirty years ago. He told everyone the Deadites had killed them, but nobody believed him. Well, they're going to have no choice but to believe him when Ruby's Deadites wreck havoc all over town, which eventually leads Ash to time travel to 1982 before he originally encountered the Necronomicon.

Ash met his teenager daughter Brandy (played by Arielle Carver-O'Neill) during the third and final season. And he also meets his identical evil spawn that was created by Ruby, who is once again trying to kill Ash and pals.

Blu-ray Special Features include:

• Season One
• Inside the World of "Ash vs Evil Dead"
• How to Kill a Deadite
• Best of Ash
• Audio Commentaries
• Season Two
• Season 2 First Look
• Inside the World of "Ash vs Evil Dead"
• Up Your Ash
• Women Who Kick Ash
• Puppets Are Cute
• Dawn Of The Spawn
• Bringing Henrietta Back
• The Delta
• How To Kill A Deadite
• Fatality Mash-up
• Audio Commentaries
• Season Three
• Season Overview
• Inside the World of "Ash vs Evil Dead"
• Audio Commentaries

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