Category Archives: 2016

2016, alternatives, trailers

[Alternatives] – Movie Trailers – The Light Between Oceans

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Alternatives is the tagline feature for other forms of entertainment outside of literature. These posts may encompass television, movies, games, and music — or just anything really.

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Alternatives
Movies Trailers –
The Light Between Oceans (2016)

Genre: War, Historical Fiction, Cultural (Australia)
Duration: 100 Minutes
Directed/Screenplay By: Derek Cianfrance
(of Blue Valentine, The Place Beyond The Pines fame)
Starring: Alicia Vikander (Isabel), Michael Fassbender (Tom), Rachel Weisz (Hannah)
Release Date: September 2, 2016

An Australian World War I veteran (Michael Fassbender) and his wife (Alicia Vikander) move to a lighthouse, where they raise a child they find on a lifeboat.

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2016, meme, top ten tuesday

[Top Ten Tuesday] – #114 – Conversation Starters Between Readers (or just Shit Readers Say)

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Top Ten Tuesday is an original weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish.

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This Week’s Theme:
Conversation Starters Between Readers

Initial Thoughts:

While I’ve only been part of the reading community for a short period of time, I’ve come to realize I use the same conversation starters when talking to people (typically in person).  For the sake of this post, I lumped readers/bloggers into one synonymous term.

This is loosely like the Shit X Say but more geared towards starting that conversation rather than making passing comments.

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2016, Miscellaneous, read-a-thon, reading and blogging challenges

[Make Me Read It Readathon 2016] — Vote For The Books I Should Read

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Make Me Read It Readathon

What?

A read-a-thon where people to make tough life choices in voting for a pre-selected book they think you should read. The book(s) with the most votes are to be read first, followed by the second highest, and so forth.

When?

It runs from July 9 to July 16 during 2016 and starts at 12 a.m. your time and lasts for a week.

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