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Friday, January 4, 2019

Book Review: The Omega Objection: The San Andreas Shifters by G. L. Carriger (Gail Carriger)

The Omega Objection: The San Andreas Shifters
by G. L. Carriger (Gail Carriger)
November 4, 2018
317 pages
A werewolf walks into a bar. Tank is working as a bouncer when he notices something odd about the sexy-as-sin bartender. He’s odorless, he’s amazingly popular with shifters, and he’s terrified.

A man without a smell. 

Isaac is trying to escape his past. He hides in San Francisco because everyone knows that there are no werewolves in the Bay Area.

Until one walks into his bar.
Can a gentle werewolf with a trampled heart show a man who’s been running scared that sometimes there are monsters worth running towards?

New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger (writing as G. L. Carriger) brings you the next in her charming gay werewolves series. The San Andreas Shifter books stand alone and do not need to be read in any order. but if you're a stickler this book comes after Bryan & Max's story, The Sumage Solution.


Delicate Sensibilities?
This book contains M/M sexy times and horrible puns. If you get offended easily, then you probably will. San Andreas Shifter stories include blue language, dirty deeds, and outright admiration for the San Francisco Bay Area. Not for the faint of heart or mouth or tongue.


The Omega Objection is the second book in Garriger's gay paranormal romance series The San Andreas Shifters. I really enjoyed book one The Sumage Solution and was looking forward to more stories set in this world. The series is full of snarky humor, warm and fuzzies, and representation. You find all sexualities, races (human and supernatural), and genders.

I loved Issac's character. Poor guy has spent his whole life on the run and disconnected from his wolf. He is an omega (this is not a/b/o story...if you don't know what I'm talking about it don't worry) A very rare occurrence and something all werewolf packs want and even kill for. And when it comes to sex, he wants to be in charge. Tank is a "...demigod-mountain-werewolf-dream-creature..." Issac's words. He has no rank in the pack and sees himself as just a grunt. And when it comes to sex, he's a sub all the way... put the two together... hubbahubba.

There are a lot of characters to keep up with in the SA pack. But each one is fun and essential to the pack family dynamic. The story moves at a fast pace from the POVs of Issac and Tank. And as expected in a house full of shifter men it's all about the rooster (euphemism) jokes. My favorite line from Tank "Come to the dude side, we have 🐓." (insert four letter word for rooster) 

Already looking forward to Jude (pack enforcer, no one knows how old he is) and the emotionally fragile and broken Colin. Both have secretive pasts and you can bet they will collide in a spectacular way.

4 "🐺🐓+🐺🐓=🌈🎆" Sheep







SharonS


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Gail Carriger is the author of over a dozen New York Times Bestsellers, her latest is The Sumage Solution written under the pen name G. L. Carriger. Almost 20 books later and she still gets excited every time she sees her book in a bookstore or library, and she still loves Drinks with Stuff!

Thursday, January 3, 2019

New Movie Releases for January 2019

Not a big movie release month. But I can't wait to see Glass, Replicas, and The Kid Who Would be King

Jan 4
Limited release
 

Jan 11
 

Limited release


Jan 18
Limited release

Jan 25
I think this releases nationwide
 Limited release

Movie Review: Hereditary (2018)

Hereditary
In Theaters: Jun 8, 2018
On Disc/Streaming: Sep 4, 2018
Directed By: Ari Aster
Written By: Ari Aster
Genre: Drama, Horror
Cast: Toni Collette, Milly Shapiro, Alex Wolff, Gabriel Byrne
Rating: R (for horror violence, disturbing images, language, drug use, and brief graphic nudity)
Runtime: 127 minutes
Studio: Windy Hill Pictures
When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter's family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. The more they discover, the more they find themselves trying to outrun the sinister fate they seem to have inherited. Making his feature debut, writer-director Ari Aster unleashes a nightmare vision of a domestic breakdown that exhibits the craft and precision of a nascent auteur, transforming a familial tragedy into something ominous and deeply disquieting, and pushing the horror movie into chilling new terrain with its shattering portrait of heritage gone to hell.


Review Contains mild plot spoilers.


Hereditary may go down as the single most disturbing and well-produced horror movie since The Exorcist. As an avid watcher of horror films most (and especially in the past few years) fail terribly at being well, horror. They either go one of three routes: campy, a bloodfest, or relying on jump scares.

Hereditary took that low bar and raised it to perhaps an unreachable level, boasting an 89% on Rotten Tomatoes it’s a 2018 must see. While there is gore it’s not the main focus, it doesn’t rely on jump scares and it’s anything but funny. The two-hour film starts off with the death of the main character Annie’s mother. Quite quickly you learn the family of four is anything but idyllic. Annie seems to suffer from some form of mental illness (much like her "schizophrenic" mother) as does her daughter, Charlie. The father, Steve, seems uncaring and distant and their son, Peter, is your typical moody and apathetic teenager.

The movie is shot in dreary and blue tinted colors which only adds to the growing feeling that something terrible is about to happen. Without giving too much away about what can only be called The Scene, the movie slaps you hard in the face after the family suffers an unimaginable tragedy after a high school party. The scene its self doesn’t show much, but I’ve never in my decade-plus of watching horror films been left with such a disturbed and uneasy feeling. The agonizing screams of a mother are hard to reproduce, and yet Heredity does it with shocking accuracy.

From there, things escalate with Annie meeting another grieving mother who seems to only want to help, but it becomes clear in the second part of the movie that she has done anything but. As most supernatural movies go, things get worse and worse until the climactic finale when everything is revealed.

Well, almost everything, the movie does have some faults, and those mainly lay in the ending. Much is left unexplained, which may be the point, but it still felt a bit meh compared to the rest of the movie. Personally, I looked up explanations of the film online afterward to try and piece together what had been left unsaid. This is where the movie’s title comes into play as you’re left wondering if what is "hereditary"is a supernatural curse, mental illness or just a portrayal of a family going through grief.

Like many other movies, Hereditary probably deserves your attention a couple of times to catch all the symbolism and foreshadowing. After a night of disturbing dreams though I may wait a bit to rewatch it.

Despite the ending which felt rushed, Hereditary is without a doubt the best horror movie of 2018. So why then has Bird Box taken all the hype? Simply put, because Hereditary is too disturbing, too scary and too real. Bird Box is thrilling but ends happily, Hereditary does not. If you’re looking to actually be scared though, to be shaken to your core than stream Hereditary but never alone…



You can stream it on Vudu, Youtube, iTunes, Google Play and Amazon Prime btw

When you sign up for Vudu (it's free) you get one rental at $1 and you can use it on this one otherwise it's $5 on all platforms. 

4.5/5 stars






Ren Stogner

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Book Review: The Window by Glenn Rolfe

The Window 
by Glenn Rolfe
September 28, 2018
Publisher: Glenn Rolfe
ASIN: B07F8658R7

ISBN: 9781726673716
What kind of demons await you tonight?

For Richie, life's constant cheap shots are adding up. When he finds something is watching him, he never dreamed that it would show him everything he ever wanted.

When his son, James, comes to stay for the last month of summer, the changes in his father's behavior come to the forefront. What is his father doing staring into the window in the middle of the night?

Was the fiery spark in the dark real? Or is James's imagination getting the best of him?

Summer's almost over.
And life is about to change.
Will James be able to save his father? Or is it already too late?

The Window holds the answers...and the key.


James visits his father, Ritchie, back in the town James was born in. James spends a few days with old friends and girlfriend. Ritchie is unemployed and growing disgruntled, drinking the nights his girlfriend, Alison, is working. One night he sees images of James and Alison in the trailer’s windows, but both are in actuality, demons. They seduced him into their dark, evil world. James begins to wonder what is happening with his father.

At first, there are some grammar problems and the story doesn’t grab me. Eventually, it snatched my interest and even the grammar got better.

I give The Window 3 sheep.




Pamela Kinney

About the Author:

"A vital part of this generation." - Brian Keene, author of THE COMPLEX and THE RISING


Glenn Rolfe is an author/singer/songwriter from the haunted woods of New England. He has studied Creative Writing at Southern New Hampshire University, and continues his education in the world of horror by devouring the novels of Stephen King, Ronald Malfi, Jack Ketchum, and many others. He and his wife, Meghan, have three children, Ruby, Ramona, and Axl. He is grateful to be loved despite his weirdness.

He is a Splatterpunk Award nominee and the author of Becoming, Blood and Rain, The Haunted Halls, Chasing Ghosts, Abram's Bridge, Things We Fear, and the collections, A Box Full of Monsters, Out of Range, Slush. and Land of Bones.
Check out his latest novel, The Window.

He is hard at work on many more. Stay tuned!

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

List of new and returning TV shows for Winter 2019 along with canceled and last season list

Here are some of the new and returning shows for Winter 2019. Also a list of canceled and shows ending this season.
I combed multiple sites looking for as up-to-date info I could find. I only included shows I thought most our readers would want info for.

Jan 1 Tue
A Series of Unfortunate Events 12:00am (Netflix)

Jan 2 Wed
The Masked Singer 9:00pm (Fox)

Jan 3 Thu
The Titan Games 8:00pm (Fox)
Gotham 8:00pm (Fox)
The Blacklist 10:00pm (NBC)

Jan 6 Sun
76th Golden Globe Awards 8:00pm (NBC)
America's Got Talent: The Champions 8:00pm (NBC)

Jan 8 Tue
Ellen's Game of Games 8:00pm (NBC)

Jan 9 Wed
Schooled 8:30pm (ABC)
You’re the Worst 10:00pm (FXX)

Jan 10 Thu
Brooklyn Nine-Nine 9:00pm (NBC)
Fam 09:30pm (CBS)

Jan 11 Fri
Friends from College 12:00am (Netflix)

Jan 14 Mon
The Passage 9:00pm (Fox)

Jan 15 Tue
Roswell, New Mexico 9:00pm (The CW)
Drunk History 10:00pm (Comedy Central)

Jan 16 Wed
Deadly Class 10:00pm (Syfy)

Jan 17 Thu
Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access)
A Discovery of Witches 9:00am (Sundance Now)

Jan 23 Wed
The Magicians 9:00pm (Syfy)
Suits 10:00pm (USA)

Jan 28 Mon
I am the Night 9:00pm (TNT)

Feb 12 Tue
Miracle Workers 10:30pm (TBS)

Feb 15 Fri
The Umbrella Academy 12:00am (Netflix)

Feb 25 Mon
Shadowhunters 12:00am (Freeform)

Feb 27 Wed
Whiskey Cavalier 10:00pm (ABC)

Mar 10 Sun
American Gods 12:00am (Starz)

April 5 Fri
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina 12:00am (Netflix)

April (no dates yet)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
The Enemy Within (NBC)
In the Dark (The CW)
The InBetween (NBC)
The Gilded Age (NBC)
The Village (NBC)
Abby's (NBC)

CANCELED (last season/canceled)
Elementary (CBS) 
12 Monkeys (SYFY) 
A Series of Unfortunate Events (Netflix) 
House of Cards (Netflix)
Game of Thrones (HBO) 
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (The CW) 
iZombie (The CW) 
Jane the Virgin (The CW)
Gotham (FOX) 
Orange Is the New Black (Netflix) 
Mr. Robot (USA) 
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Shadowhunters (freeform)
Z Nation (Syfy) 
Marlon (NBC)
Midnight, Texas. (NBC) 
Marvel's Daredevil (Netflix) 
Two (ABC) 
Salvation (CBS) 
The Good Cop (Netflix) 
Reverie (NBC) 
Good Behavior (TNT) 
American Vandal (Netflix) 
Marvel's Luke Cage (Netflix)
Marvel's Iron Fist (Netflix)
The Royals (E!) 
Shooter (USA) 
Ghosted (Fox)