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Though it's only July, this summer has been a bit too long for me for already. Typically, I read many (and I mean dozens) of books during the summer, but that isn't the case this year, as the titles I have read have been at least 450 + pages. So, basically, there haven't been very many short reads for me.

However, last month, I did have time to read a shorter book, titled Treasure Hunter: All-American Adventure written by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein with illustrations by Juliana Neufeld.

"All-American Adventure" happens to be the sixth installment in the Treasure Hunters children's book series which is published Jimmy Patterson (James Patterson's imprint at Little, Brown, and Company). The series is told from the point-of-view of Bickford "Bick" Kidd, who is supposed to be writing the story while his twin sister, Rebecca "Beck" Kidd, is handling the illustrations. They have two older siblings, Tommy and Storm. They travel around the world with their archaeologist parents, where they get tangled up in some sort of adventure.

The sixth entry has the Kidd kids stuck in Washington D.C. and bored out of their minds while their parents are working on a project at the Smithsonian. To keep the kids out of trouble, their parents get a babysitter for them - Uncle Richie. (Their great-uncle to be precise.)

What starts out as a simple day of visiting tourist attractions quickly turns into an all-new Kidd's adventure that takes them across the USA in the attempt to unravel a conspiracy involving fake Bill of Rights documents.

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I flew through Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty. I'll post a review for it sometime this week. I took a short break from reading on the 4th to watch the new season of Stranger Things. My next read will be 1,000+ horror epic "IT" by Stephen King. I've owned an IT paperback for many years but I've never gotten up the nerve to read it. The 1989 miniseries scared me to death when I was a kid and I never got the courage to watch the second part of it until I was a teenager. I had rewatched the miniseries a couple of years ago and it's not as scary as I remember it to be. And, of course, I've seen the 2018's IT movie. This will be the first time I have read IT. I'm in a horror mood as of late, so it might not take me too long to read the novel.

  

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I'm mostly clueless when it comes to SHOWTIME as I don't have a subscription to the cable service. Besides from Shameless, Masters of Sex, and Penny Dreadful, I have no idea what programs on air on it. So, it shouldn't be a surprise that I'd never heard of the series The Big C until it was released on Blu-ray ($54.98; 20 hrs 36 mins) way back in April by Mill Creek Entertainment, featuring all 40 episodes.

Created by Darlene Hunt, The Big C stars Laura Linney as Cathy Jamison, a 42-year-old high school teacher who learns she has terminal (stage IV) melanoma. She's doesn't want to burden her childlike husband, Paul (played by Oliver Pratt), their teenage son, Adam (played by Gabriel Basso), or he unemployed and homeless brother, Sean (played by John Benjamin Hickey).

With little time to live, Cathy or more or less has a midlife crises and temporarily kicks Paul out their home because she's tired of taking care of him. She befriends her elderly widowed neighbor, Marlene (played by Phyllis Somerville), as well as her oncologist, Dr. Todd Mauer (played by Reid Scott) and an overweight student, Andrea (played by Gabourey Sidibe). Besides her doctor, Marlene is the only person who knows about her illness for most of the first season.

Despite knowing she's going to die soon, Cathy decides to live each day to fullest!

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A zig-zagging bloody fingermark fell away from the second letter of this word - his finger made that mark, she saw, as his hand fell into the tub, where it now floated.

page 56, IT by Stephen King

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Does anyone remember the 2003 action-comedy The Rundown starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson?

Considering it's one of actor's best films, it was actually a big flop when it was originally released; making only $80 million on a $85 million budget. However, over time the movie has become popular with action fans.

The Rundown (PG-13; $14.98; 104 minutes) was re-released to Blu-ray (+DVD) earlier this year by Mill Creek Entertainment. There are no special features or bonus extras.

Directed by Peter Berg, The Rundown centers around Beck (played by Dwayne Johnson), a bounty hunter who is sent to the treacherous jungles of the Amazon to locate Travis Walker (played by Seann Williams Scott) and bring him to the United States to his father, Billy (played by William Lucking). While the job seemed to be pretty simple at first, Beck quickly realizes he might be way over his head because capturing Travis is going to be most difficult job he has ever been assigned.

In order to catch Travis, Beck teams up with a rebel leader, Mariana (played by Rosario Dawson), which eventually leads them on a search for a missing golden artifact called the O Gato do Diabo.

Christopher Walken costars as the movie's villain and Arnold Schwarzenegger has an uncredited cameo.

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I only read about 40% of Ring of Roses by Sara Clancy on my Kindle last week. To be completely honest, I had just forgotten about the eBook until this morning. Prior to watching Fear the Walking Dead last night, I started reading a few pages of Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty. If you don't know, the television adaptation's second season is currently airing HBO. I haven't watch last night's episode yet. I'll watch it On Demand tonight. I read a few more pages early this morning. I'm currently on page 181.

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