Veiled Threat

Veiled Threat (Rylee Adamson #7) By: Shannon Mayer

Plot:

Demons are putting rips in the veil in order to cross over and steal my friends and allies away.

But, going after them isn’t even close to simple. The deepest level of the veil is not a place you can just open a doorway too, after all, and of course, that’s where they’ve been taken.

As fate would have it, it looks like I might get some help from a trained demon slayer and his fire breathing ride.

The only problem? Said demon slayer claims to have family ties to me. And I’ve never trusted my family.

Nor am I about to start now.

Review:

This book was nonstop from the minute it started to the very end. That kind of pace just doesn’t work for me. By the end I was skimming because it felt like it was just another fight with Rylee kicking butt. Nothing meant anything anymore.

It was also mainly just build up for the upcoming fight with Orion. Lots and lots of build up with the goal Rylee was working toward for the book kind of feeling contrived except for what happens to Milly and that just seemed like back peddling.

I don’t know, I was more than a bit disappointed. I was hoping to finish the series, but after this I’m not in a rush, which makes me sad.

3/5

War Machine (2017)

War Machine (2017)

Director:

David Michod

Starring:

Brad Pitt

Anthony Hayes

John Magaro

Plot:

A successful, charismatic four-star general, Glenn McMahon, leaps in like a rock star to command NATO forces in Afghanistan, only to be taken down by a journalist’s no-holds-barred exposé.

Review:

Really liked this trailer and was thinking it was going to be like The Big Short only about the Afghanistan war. Sadly, it was not. The movie wasn’t funny because war isn’t really funny and the entire time I was watching I kept thinking people died based on decisions made by these people. It was sad.

I realize this is a fictionalized version of events, but it was still close enough to not be amusing. Overall, the movie was more depressing than anything and even though the acting was good, it’s not something I would recommend.

2/5

Guardian (Rylee Adamson 6.5) By: Shannon Mayer

Guardian (Rylee Adamson 6.5) By: Shannon Mayer

Plot:

“My name is Rylee and I am a Tracker.”

When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I’m the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot.

After months of danger, running for my life, and dealing with one crisis after another, I’m finally getting that vacation I deserve.

I even get to take my favorite guardian with me for some serious one on one time.

Of course, when it comes to my life, even a vacation can turn ugly.

And when I say ugly, I mean monsters, magic and death. Just another day in the life of a Tracker.

Review:

It’s been a few years since I’ve read a book in this series and I was concerned I wouldn’t remember what was going on. The fact that this book is just a novella really helped that. It was a side story that eased me back into the characters and didn’t throw me into the deep end.

Even though it was short a lot happened and there were developments that grew the characters. It was short but impactful. It also hinted at what was going on in the world so I feel better prepared to start back into the series.

This book and the next are in Kindle Unlimited so I’m going to move right onto the next.

4/5

Westworld (2016-?)

Westworld (2016-?)

Network:

HBO

Starring:

Anthony Hopkins

Evan Rachel Wood

Jeffery Wright

Ed Harris

Thandie Newton

Plot:

Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, explore a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged without consequence.

Review:

I remember the first time I watched the Westworld movie. I was at my grandmother’s house looking through her boyfriends VHS tapes and I saw one with Westworld written on it. I liked westerns so I figured, sure why not. Holy shit, it was nothing like what I expected and it was awesome.

I think I’ve maybe watched the movie two times, but it has stuck with me and when I found out that HBO was doing a TV show I was excited. The longer it took to come out the more concerned I was, until I just tried to forget about it. However, since we decided to try out HBO I couldn’t not at least watch the first episode, right? So glad I did.

It took me longer than it probably should have to finish the season, but it’s not a show I can watch with my daughter around. It ended up being one of the few shows out there that I didn’t end up using my phone through, I loved it. It wasn’t like anything I expected, but I think I’m alright with that, though I do hope we see more of the other worlds at some point.

Anthony Hopkins character, Ford, always had me guessing whether he was good or bad, still not sure. Deloris, Evan Rachel Wood, was so innocent appearing and watching her realize what was happening to her was entertaining. Maeve, Thandie Newton, was a bit violent and unfeeling for my liking, but considering what she’d been put through it was understandable.

It wouldn’t be an HBO show without gratuitous sex scenes and even though I’m far from a prude I find them difficult to watch. Thankfully, the season wasn’t full of them so I only had about one an episode I had to look away through.

I only saw a couple of the revelations coming at the end and because of that really enjoyed it. I liked that last episode a lot and I can’t wait to see the next season, I’ll probably make sure we have HBO at the time so I can watch as it airs.

4.5/5

Friendly’s Celebration Ice Cream Cake ice cream

So this is a weird little letter I wrote to Friendly’s the other day after getting over a migraine. For whatever reason the entire time I was in pain I was thinking about this ice cream, so I decided to write them and get my feelings out there. It’s kind of embarrassing, so I figured why not share it on my blog lol

Here it is in all of its glory:

The first time I bought Friendly’s Celebration Ice Cream Cake I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I bought it because my husband likes to try limited flavors and loves ice cream cake. Little did I know that I would never be the same.

I had a bowl because I’m rarely picky when it comes to ice cream and it wound up being really good. My husband eats ice cream like it will go bad within hours of it being opened so all I had from that first carton was a normal sized bowl just slightly bigger than recommended serving size. Really, who actually eats the recommended size?

The next time I was at the grocery store I saw that Breyers had their own ice cream cake flavor so I bought it. My reasoning was that it wasn’t limited and surely it was as good as yours. It was not. Not even close. My husband was actually annoyed at me for getting the wrong kind.

The next trip to the grocery store there were only three cartons of Friendly’s Celebration Ice Cream Cake ice cream. Just three. It was a horrible reminder that this flavor was limited so I bought them all. I had my husband stop at another grocery store and get their stock, there were two. The next day I went to the only other grocery store within a reasonable distance of us selling Friendly’s and I bought out their supply too, all three cartons of it. Thank goodness we have a deep freezer.

Each time I went to the grocery story I would check their supply and buy whatever I could. One time they had seven cartons and I only bought three. I regret that now.

I realize how crazy this makes me sound. Honestly who drives to multiple different grocery stores for a flavor of ice cream? I’ve never done that in my life. The only person I revealed my secret to was my mother and she laughed. She also assumed that I would never run out. Maybe if I’d done the smart thing and rationed my supply, but I didn’t. I couldn’t. My normal, reasonable size bowls were not enough for this flavor. I had bowls that were glorious in size, bowls that even my husband looked at in surprise. I didn’t care. I gained four pounds just from this ice cream and I know the only reason it wasn’t more was because I was breastfeeding. What’s four pounds when you’re eating the ice cream of the gods?

My husband let me have the last bowl because he’s awesome like that. It was bittersweet. I knew it was going to be my last because we hadn’t seen any at any of the stores in a few weeks. I even drove out of my way to a Wal-Mart that your website said had it, they don’t sell your brand, you might want to fix that.

I’ve never loved a flavor of ice cream on this level before. You’d think after the many cartons I ate that I’d be tired of it, I’m pretty sure my husband was there at the end, but not me. He has since moved on, going back to old favorites. I have not. I can’t. Any time I’m in the ice cream aisle of a grocery store it’s because I’m hoping against hope that I will see Friendly’s Celebration Ice Cream Cake ice cream just sitting there waiting for me. It never is.

Feeling sorry for me my husband one day recently brought home cookie dough ice cream that I used to love, I had a bowl and was disappointed. Ice cream just isn’t the same anymore.

I’m writing this to you in the hopes that you’ll tell me you’re bringing it back. That you can give me a date when it will be on the store shelves again. Or that you’ll allow me to buy it directly from you. Or that you’ve found my sad letter depressing enough to provide me with a lifetime supply of my favorite flavor for free. Any of these will be acceptable, but please, please don’t tell me that I will never see it again. I don’t know if I could bear it.

*****

I ended up getting the most corporate response ever back, but they ended up pointing me toward a grocery store thirty-five minutes away that had three cartons. I’m sure by the time this posts it will all be gone.