The Case Against Adnan Syed
The Case Against Adnan Syed 4 Part Series Premieres on HBO March 10, 2019 9 PM EST Directed by Academy Award nominee Amy Berg, The Case Against Adnan Syed will explore the 1999 disappearance and murder of 18-year-old Baltimore County high school student Hae Min Lee, and the subsequent conviction of her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, a case brought to global attention by the hugely popular Serial podcast. In production since 2015, The Case Against Adnan Syed closely re-examines the events leading up to Hae Min Lee’s disappearance, from high school romance, forbidden love and cultural conflict, to the aftermath of her disappearance, the original police investigation and the present day, when Syed awaits a new trial.…
Tidying Up on Netflix
Tidying Up on Netflix Each year, I start the New Year purge & the ramping up of organization. Let’s be honest, it’s a short-lived process. My kids are total hoarders, we are a family of collectors & I am terribly sentimental. This lends itself to a home filled with photos, drawings, Funkos, old T-shirts & boxes of stuff that I will keep indefinitely. Enter, Tidying Up on Netflix. We watched it, we tidied & we learned a thing or two about our house in the process. I’m here to highlight the positives about the method & also mention the things that do not work for me. The Folding Is Legit…
Watching You by Lisa Jewell Book Review
Watching You by Lisa Jewell Book Review - Jewell writes this tale in a Hitchcock type nature where the tension builds throughout & then the ending leaves your head in a tailspin.
Top Chef Season 16 Episode 1
Top Chef Season 16 Episode 1 – The Fastest 2 Minutes in Cooking Top Chef is back! This show has this magical way of always popping up when I am ready for it. A season ends, I mourn for a week, and then life goes on. Eventually, Tom and Padma start creeping back in my head – when is the new season going to start? Where are they cooking this time? Usually it is at that point that a date is announced. Me and Top Chef are just in sync like that. Welcome to Kentucky. Quickfire Top Chef never takes much time introducing the chefs. Intros are peppered into the…
Creed II
Creed II Creed II is in theatres November 20, 2018 I cannot wait for this movie! My wife bought tickets for our whole family to go see it on opening night. As soon as I watched the first Creed, I hoped Stallone would go with the storyline of a Drago match. Well, the day is here & I’m ready! You Don’t Know Rocky? This afternoon, I reminded my daughter we’re seeing Creed II on opening night. I’m still in shock over this, but she asked me what the movie was about. Now, I know my daughter has not only seen the first Creed movie but the entire Rocky movie franchise. You can’t be in…
Rocky IV Soundtrack
Rocky IV Soundtrack Come 5 AM at the gym, there are several different artists & albums that I am Really Into. It’s not easy to get motivated that early in the morning. So, I rely on a few favorites. One of those is the Rocky IV Soundtrack. There are days when that gangsta rap gets my blood boiling. Tupac is my go-to. Other days, I prefer that Dirty South vibe. Those days I go hard with Scarface, Lil Keke, UGK and so on. But there’s something about the Rocky IV Soundtrack that lights the fire within. The Soundtrack of ALL Soundtracks The Rocky IV Soundtrack is always a constant in my playlist. When I need…
10 Reasons You Need to See A Star Is Born
10 Reasons You Need to See A Star Is Born Released October 5, 2018 If you know me at all, you know that I am a full-on Little Monster. I love Lady Gaga. She does her own thing, is a creative genius & she gives EVERYTHING she has to each & every performance. In my eyes, she is a Queen! Do We Really Need ANOTHER Version of A Star Is Born?- YES! As soon as I heard Gaga was cast in yet another version of A Star is Born, I couldn’t wait. Well, the day is finally here & I am SO pumped. Luckily, my girlfriends & I snagged tickets…
The Christmas Sisters by Sarah Morgan Book Review
The Christmas Sisters by Sarah Morgan Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date September 25, 2018 In the snowy Highlands of Scotland, Suzanne McBride is dreaming of the perfect cozy Christmas. Her three adopted daughters are coming home for the holidays and she can’t wait to see them. But tensions are running high… Workaholic Hannah knows she can’t avoid spending the holidays with her family two years in a row. But it’s not the weight of their expectations that’s panicking her—it’s the life-changing secret she’s hiding. Stay-at-home mom Beth is having a personal crisis. All she wants for Christmas is time to decide if she’s ready to return to…
The Banker’s Wife by Cristina Alger Book Review
The Banker’s Wife by Cristina Alger Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date July 3rd, 2018 On an early morning in November, a couple boards a private plane bound for Geneva, flying into a storm. Soon after, it simply drops off the radar, and its wreckage is later uncovered in the Alps. Among the disappeared is Matthew Lerner, a banking insider at Swiss United, a powerful offshore bank. His young widow, Annabel, is left grappling with the secrets he left behind, including an encrypted laptop and a shady client list. As she begins a desperate search for answers, she determines that Matthew’s death was no accident, and that she…
The Optimist’s Guide to Letting Go by Amy E. Reichert Book Review
The Optimist’s Guide to Letting Go by Amy E. Reichert Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date May 15th, 2018 Three generations. Seven days. One big secret. The author of The Coincidence of Coconut Cake unfolds a mother-daughter story told by three women whose time to reckon with a life-altering secret is running out. Gina Zoberski wants to make it through one day without her fastidious mother, Lorraine, cataloging all her faults, and her sullen teenage daughter, May, snubbing her. Too bad there’s no chance of that. Her relentlessly sunny disposition annoys them both, no matter how hard she tries. Instead, Gina finds order and comfort in obsessive list-making and her…
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