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Title: A Map of Days By: Ranson Riggs Genre: Fantasy Pages: 496 Release Date: October 2nd, 2018 Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers Rating: ★★★ ★ ☆ Summary from Goodreads: The #1 bestselling series returns with a thrilling new story arc set in America! Vintage photographs reveal the never-before-seen world of peculiar America with a stunning addition—full-color images. Having defeated the monstrous threat that nearly destroyed the peculiar world, Jacob Portman is back where his story began, in Florida. Except now Miss Peregrine, Emma, and their peculiar friends are with him, and doing their best to blend in. But carefree days of beach visits and normalling lessons are soon interrupted by a discovery—a subterranean bunker that belonged to Jacob’s grandfather, Abe. Clues to Abe’s double-life as a peculiar operative start to emerge, secrets long hidden in plain sight. And Jacob begins to learn about the dangerous legacy he has inherited—truths that were part of hi...

Title:  Enola Holmes Genre:  Mystery Release Date: September 23rd, 2020 My Rating: ★★★☆ ☆ IMDB Rating:  6.7/10 Cast: Millie Bobby Brown , Henry Cavill , Sam Claflin   Summary from IMDB:  When Enola Holmes-Sherlock's teen sister-discovers her mother missing, she sets off to find her, becoming a super-sleuth in her own right as she outwits her famous brother and unravels a dangerous conspiracy around a mysterious young Lord.   IMDB Trailer   Review: I would like to first off say, that I absolutely hate it when the characters address the camera like they are talking with the watcher. Its interrupts the story and tells me as the viewer that the person who wrote the script couldn't figure out how to convey important information in an entertaining way, but instead, they are just going to tell you what it its. It's lazy. With this being said, I gave this movie 3 out of five stars. The acting was great, the characters were well written, but the format sucked....

  Monday is back and so am I. What a first week of school. The boys did great, but I'm not going to lie, I was a little on edge. Its hard trying to schedule all those zoom meetings with three different kids at three different schools. It's no joke. I know I missed last weeks book of the week, but this week is going to be great. I'm reading Daughter of the Serpentine by E.E. Knight. The first book in the series was great and I've been waiting for this one ever since. Can't wait to share how it was with all of you. Let's get on with the menu, shall we? I hope you enjoy!   MENU   Monday Instant Pot Pork Carnitas   Tuesday Sausage and Rice Skillet   Wednesday Fontina-Sage Stuffed Chicken   Thursday Ravioli and Brown Butter Alfredo   Friday Bacon Buckaroo Burgers   Saturday Chicken Sausage Soup   Sunday Leftovers Night

  Sunday!.. I think we made it through the first week of distance learning... I think... What a whorl wind. I've learned many things this week. That my 2nd grader is way too smart for second grade, but emotionally isn't ready to move up. My 5th grader is excited to go back to school and was upset when his school email was suspended due to a glitch in the matrix and he wasn't able to do his school work. My 8th grader hates talking about himself and broke down on the first day of school. Although, this last one doesn't surprise me. Let's hope this coming week is a little bit better. Sunday Confessions #62 ~ Weekly Menu #370 And The Book Of The Week ~ Book Review: Breathless by Jennifer Niven ~ Movie Review: Message from the King ~ Book Review: Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs ~ Book Review: The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware Weekly Menu #371 And The Book Of The Week ~ Book Review: A Map of Days by Ranson Riggs ~ Movie Review: Tesla ~ Sunday Confessions #64 19/196 in my ...

Title: The Turn of the Key By: Ruth Ware Genre: Mystery/Horror Pages: 337 Release Date: August 6th, 2019 Publisher:   Gallery/Scout Press Rating: ★★★★☆   Summary from Goodreads: When she stumbles across the ad, she’s looking for something else completely. But it seems like too good an opportunity to miss—a live-in nannying post, with a staggeringly generous salary. And when Rowan Caine arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten—by the luxurious “smart” home fitted out with all modern conveniences, by the beautiful Scottish Highlands, and by this picture-perfect family. What she doesn’t know is that she’s stepping into a nightmare—one that will end with a child dead and herself in prison awaiting trial for murder. Writing to her lawyer from prison, she struggles to explain the unravelling events that led to her incarceration. It wasn’t just the constant surveillance from the cameras installed around the house, or the malfunctioning technology that woke the household with boom...

Title: Library of Souls By: Ransom Riggs Genre: Paranormal Pages: 465 Release Date: September 22nd, 2015 P ublisher: Quirk Books Rating: ★★★★☆   Summary from Goodreads: A boy with extraordinary powers. An army of deadly monsters. An epic battle for the future of peculiardom. The adventure that began with  Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children  and continued in  Hollow City  comes to a thrilling conclusion with  Library of Souls . As the story opens, sixteen-year-old Jacob discovers a powerful new ability, and soon he’s diving through history to rescue his peculiar companions from a heavily guarded fortress. Accompanying Jacob on his journey are Emma Bloom, a girl with fire at her fingertips, and Addison MacHenry, a dog with a nose for sniffing out lost children. They’ll travel from modern-day London to the labyrinthine alleys of Devil’s Acre, the most wretched slum in all of Victorian England. It’s a place where the fate of peculiar children everywher...

Title:  Message from the King Genre:  Thiller Release Date: August 4th,2017   My Rating: ★★★★☆ IMDB Rating:  6.4/10 Cast: Chadwick Boseman , Luke Evans , Alfred Molina   Summary from IMDB:  A mysterious outsider from South Africa, named Jacob King, arrives in Los Angeles to look for his missing younger sister.   IMDB Trailer   Review: With the recent passing of Chadwick Boseman, my husband and I wanted to watch a movie that we hadn't seen before with this amazing actor in it.  This movie came up on our feed when we searched his name. I was intrigued and excited to watch it... It did not disappoint. The story is about a South African man named Jacob King (Yes, he has his signature, Wakandan accent), who has come to LA to search for his missing sister. He finds out that she has had a hard life and has fallen in with the wrong crowd. This ultimately leads to her death.  Of course, Jacob sets out to find the people responsible for her murder...

Title: Breathless By: Jennifer Niven Genre: Contemporary Fiction Pages: 384 Release Date: September 29th, 2020 Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Rating: ★★★☆☆ Summary from Goodreads: From Jennifer Niven, the  New York Times  bestselling author of  All the Bright Places , comes an unforgettable new novel about a sensitive girl ready to live her bravest life--sex, heartbreak, family dramas, and all. Before:  With graduation on the horizon, budding writer Claudine Henry is making plans: college in the fall, become a famous author, and maybe--finally--have sex. She doesn't even need to be in love. Then her dad drops a bombshell: he's leaving Claude's mother. Suddenly, Claude's entire world feels like a lie, and her future anything but under control. After:  Claude's mom whisks them away to the last place Claude could imagine nursing a broken heart: a remote, mosquito-infested island off the coast of Georgia. But then Jeremiah Cre...

Monday! Good morning. I know this menu is a little late. I was so busy trying to figure out my kids social distancing learning schedule, that I completely forgot to finish up my menu.  Here is it, enjoy!   MENU   Monday Roasted Garlic Chicken and Spinach Pizza   Tuesday Smash Burgers   Wednesday English Muffin Pizzas   Thursday Smothered Fritos Taco Bowl   Friday Beef Stroganoff   Saturday Instant Pot Pork Carnitas   Sunday Leftovers Night