Sara Reads Things

  Title:  The Tomorrow War Genre:  Scifi/Time Travel Release Date:  July 2nd, 2021 My Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ IMDB Rating:  6.6/10 Cast: Chris Pratt , Yvonne Strahovski , J.K. Simmons Watch On: Prime Video   Summary from IMDB:  A family man is drafted to fight in a future war where the fate of humanity relies on his ability to confront the past.   IMDB Trailer   Review: Last week I talked about The Adam Project with Ryan Reynolds and compared the time travel elements in that movie to this one. The Tomorrow War fell off the horse long before the war in the future started. Just the premise of the movie makes absolutely no sense. Why would they send people to the future to fight a war against aliens that could have been prevented in the past? And why send people who have absolutely no training knowing full well they will be more food for those weird creatures? Time seems to be of the essence in present times, when time is what they have. Time to prepare, ...

  Title: Business Not As Usual By: Sharon C. Cooper Genre: Romance Pages: 320 Release Date: April 5th, 2022 Publisher: Berkley Books Rating: ★★★★☆   Summary from Goodreads: I am beautiful. I am confident. I am lovable. I am a lottery winner. This is the mantra that will get Dreamy Daniels through each day until she makes it big. So what if she lives in a seedy part of Los Angeles in a house that's one earthquake away from crumbling, or works an unfulfilling secretarial job while struggling to finish her bachelor's degree? All Dreamy needs to do is win the lottery, which she's been entering in as a weekly tradition with her grandfather. When she catches the attention of her boss's potential investor, Dreamy has to remind herself to focus on her career goals so she can be her own boss. Who cares if he has the social grace of the Duke of Sussex and the suaveness of Idris Elba? No distractions allowed. Growing up with a father who is an A-list actor and a socialite mother, ...

Title: At Least You Have Your Health By: Madi Sinha Genre: Fiction Pages: 384 Release Date: April 5th, 2022 Publisher: Berkley Books Rating: ★★★★★   Summary from Goodreads: Behind the wholesome veneer of a wellness clinic lies a dangerous secret in this compelling women's fiction novel from the author of  The White Coat Diaries. Dr. Maya Rao is a gynecologist trying to balance a busy life. With three young children, a career, and a happy marriage, she should be grateful--on paper, she has it all. But after a disastrous encounter with a patient, Maya is forced to walk away from the city hospital where she's spent her entire career. A new opportunity arises when Maya enrolls her daughter at an exclusive private school and crosses paths with Amelia DeGilles. Amelia is the owner and entrepreneur behind Eunoia Women's Health, a concierge wellness clinic that specializes in house calls for its clientele of wealthy women for whom no vitamin infusion or healing crystal is too expen...

  Hello Monday. What a weekend. My baby brother got married, we went bowling and had some gelato. It was all a little much, but we managed. This weeks read is Wendy, Darling by A.C. Wise. It sounded like an interesting take on the classic Peter Pan, and who doesn't love a good classic retelling. Lets get to this weeks menu. Enjoy! WEEKLY MENU   Monday Air Fried Chicken   Tuesday Ground Beef Burritos   Wednesday English Breakfast   Thursday Air Fried Meatballs Spaghetti   Friday Grilled Cheese   Saturday Egg Salad Sandwiches   Sunday Leftovers Night

  Hey Sunday! Its finally here, the second half of my siblings are starting to marry. There's eight of us. The first four have all been married for a long while, but the second four are true millennials and waiting until their late 20's early 30's. I'm excited to say that, my baby brother was married yesterday. Congratulations bro! Lets recap the week, shall we? Sunday Confessions #140 ~ Weekly Menu #448 And The Book Of The Week ~ Tv Review: A Discovery of Witches Season 3 ~ Book Review: The White Girl by Tony Birch ~ Movie Review: The Adam Project ~ Book Review: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo ~ McMenamins West Linn Weekly Menu #449 And The Book Of The Week ~ Book Review: At Least You Have Your Health by Madi Sinha ~ Book Review: Business not as usual by Sharon C. Cooper ~ Sunday Confessions #142 I'm almost done with my Diana Gabaldon read. 89% done. I will also be reading A Novel Obsession this week since it looks amazing. I just picked up five different albums t...

  Title: Shadow and Bone By: Leigh Bardugo Genre: Fantasy Pages: 358 Release Date: June 5th, 2012 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Rating: ★★★★★   Summary from Goodreads: Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee. Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life—a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling. Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. With darkness looming and an entire kingdom depending on her untamed power, Alina will have to conf...

  Title:  The Adam Project Genre:  Scifi Release Date: March 11th, 2022   My Rating: ★★★★★ IMDB Rating:  6.8/10 Cast: Ryan Reynolds , Walker Scobell , Mark Ruffalo , Jennifer Garner , Zoe Saldana Watch On: Netflix   Summary from IMDB:  After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self for a mission to save the future.   IMDB Trailer   Review: Ryan Reynolds can't go wrong. This is a movie of epic proportions with a wonderful humor intertwined. After watching the worst time travel movie of the 21st century, The Tomorrow War, its nice to finally understand what the heck is going on, lol. The time travel seemed more believable than most movies, and it was well done. The acting was incredible, especially from young Walker Scobell. He has a wonderful knack for acting and I can't wait to see what he does in the future. This was a fun entertaining movie that my whole family loved. Grea...

  Title: The White Girl By: Tony Birch Genre: Historical Fiction Pages: 272 Release Date: June 4th, 2019 Publisher: University of Queensland Press Rating: ★★★★☆   Summary from Goodreads: Odette Brown has lived her whole life on the fringes of a small country town. After her daughter disappeared and left her with her granddaughter Sissy to raise on her own, Odette has managed to stay under the radar of the welfare authorities who are removing fair-skinned Aboriginal children from their families. When a new policeman arrives in town, determined to enforce the law, Odette must risk everything to save Sissy and protect everything she loves. In The White Girl, Miles-Franklin-shortlisted author Tony Birch shines a spotlight on the 1960s and the devastating government policy of taking Indigenous children from their families.   Add on Goodreads   Review: An incredibly heart wrenching, but powerful story that needs to be told. You know, I struggle when I read about terrible t...