Tag Archives: fiction

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, 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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2016, ARC review, Book Review

[Review] Shooter — Caroline Pignat

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Book Title:  Shooter (Standalone)
Author:      Caroline Pignat
Number of pages:  342

Synopsis:

Shooter - Caroline Pignat - Book CoverA lockdown catches five grade 12 students by surprise and throws them together in the only unlocked room on that empty third floor wing: the boys’ washroom. They sit in silence, judging each other by what they see, by the stories they’ve heard over the years. Stuck here with them–could anything be worse?

(re: Goodreads @ Shooter by Caroline Pignat)

Should this book be picked up? the tl;dr review:

– If you’re interested in a school shooting book, go forth. It is also Canadian Literature (CanLit) so there’s that.
– Multi-POV narration with different storytelling formats (e.g. prose, images, text messages, homework reports, just to name a few). The shooter does not have a POV.
– A sleuth of derogatory and prejudicial treatment in comments that’s introduced and shot down by another narrator (this is wonderful).
– The scenario as a whole can be difficult to engage as characters from different social circles are thrown together and come to easily mesh with each other under the hour of conflict.
– Unnecessary romance (instalove tier) that isn’t really value added

Initial Thoughts

Much better than the previous school shooting standalone I read earlier this year in This Is Where It Ends.

Disclaimer: I received an ARC of Shooter from Goodreads re First Reads giveaway program.

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