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What Am I Currently Reading?

Well, I have read one chapter of the thriller The Sinner by Petra Hammesfahr, which is a book that has been collecting dust for nearly a year.

 

Last Week's Reviews

In The Mail

There were no new books to review in the mail last week. However, I did receive one Blu-ray and one DVD from Mill Creek Entertainment. The Blu-ray is a double feature featuring The Karate Kid Part III and The Next Karate Kid. The DVD is titled Robin Hood Origins and it features 5 classic films - The Bandit of Sherwood Forest, The Black Arrow, The Prince of Thieves, Rogues of Sherwood Forest, and Sword of Sherwood Forest. I have no idea why The Black Arrow is on this release as it has nothing to do with Robin Hood.

Grab a book, any book.
Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader.
Find any sentence, (or few, just don't spoil it).
Post it.
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Georg Frankenberg? Something was wrong - something wasn't the way she instinctively expected. She had the same puzzling sensation as she'd had after the murder, when the blonde pushed her hand away. His wife! She felt utterly bewildered.

page 56, The Sinner by Petra Hammesfahr

  My Thoughts

Mill Creek Entertainment; AMAZON

Now available on Blu-ray from Mill Creek Entertainment is The Shield: The Complete Series (TV-MA; $229.98; 70 hours 23 minutes). All 88 episodes have been remastered in 4K. The 18-disc set features all the special features that were included on the previously released DVD sets, as well as brand-new special features exclusively for this release.

Created by Shawn Ryan, The Shield aired on FX from 2002 to 2008. The series centered around Detective Vic Mackey (played by Michael Chiklis), a corrupt police officer who is the leader of a Strike Team in the fictional Farmington district (a.k.a. - "the Farm") of Los Angeles. His team includes Detective Shane Vendrell (played by Walton Goggins), Detective Curtis "Lem" Lemansky (played by Kenny Johnson), and Detective Ronnie Gardocki (played by David Rees Snell). There was a fifth member of the team, Detective Terry Crowley (played by Reed Diamond), but he was killed off at the very end of the pilot episode.

Mackey tries to have a normal life, but his marriage to Corrine (played by Cathy Cahlin Ryan) is very rocky at best. After learning that both their two younger children have autism, Mackey is more than determined to give them the best care for them, which leads to him breaking the law on multiple occasions.

At work, Mackey is constantly in trouble with his superiors, Captain David Segovia, Captain Monica Rawling, and Captain Claudette Wyms (played by Benito Martinez, Glenn Close, and CCH Pounder), as well as Detective Dutch Wagenbach (played by Jay Karnes), who all would like to expose Mackey for who he truly is - a corrupt cop!

Other cast members include Catherine Dent, Michael Jace, Paula Garcés, and David Marciano.

 
Brand-New Special Features are:

• “The Shield Reunion” – cast & crew reunion special to reminisce and reflect on being a part of this landmark series.
• “The Shield: A Retrospective” – a look back at the lasting impact the series has had on TV and how its themes are still relevant today.
• “Restoring The Shield” – a behind-the-scenes look at the technological processes involved in the High Definition upgrade.
• “The Critical Response to The Shield” – how critics initially received the series and if/how their opinions changed throughout the duration of the series’ run.
• "The Shield Writers Room" Reunion from the ATX Festival Panel.

Older Special Features are:

• Cast & Crew Commentaries
• Deleted Scenes
• Season 1 Epilogue
• Wrap Day: Season 3 Teaser
• "Breaking Episode #315" Making-of Documentary
• "Under the Skin" Featurette
• "Delivering the Baby" Featurette
• Wins and Losses - Season 6 Prequel
• Season 6 Featurettes
• Saturn's Sons
• Two Directors
• Full Circles: Franka Potente
• Nobody Expects to Lose, Nobody Expects to Die: The Shield's Final Season
• Last Call: The Final Episode

What Am I Currently Reading?

 

Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly @  Caffeinated Book Reviewer! Merry Christmas! What am I currently reading?

I haven't had very much free time to read lately due to my grandmother being in the hospital, a few personal life issues that I don't have time to discuss here, and of course getting ready for Christmas has stressed me out.

I'm planning on finishing the book His Promise by Shelley Shepard Gray today, which is a Christmas themed Amish story. I'll probably post my review on Christmas Day.

Last Week's Reviews

Journey to the South Pacific

(4K Blu-ray Review)

Final Exam

(Midnight Horror Review)

The Predator

(4k Blu-ray Review)

Girls of Paper and Fire

(Winter Reads)

In the Mail

Last Monday, I had received The Predator 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, which arrived by UPS a little damaged. The discs aren't damaged, but the slipcover has a crease and a hole in it. It's no big deal to me, as I didn't purchase it. The studio has sent the movie to me to review. (Read my review here!)

I also received The Shield: The Complete Series 18-disc Blu-ray set from Mill Creek Entertainment. It's one of the best television series releases I have ever seen. I'll be posting my review for it sometime today.

New To My Bookshelf