Category: Reviews

Reviews and ratings of books and movies Toi has read or viewed for pleasure.

Movies

3 clues to guess my May ‘15 movie: A Mock Squid Soup Teaser #cinephiles #film #review

Post author By Toi Thomas
Post date May 1, 2015
7 Comments on 3 clues to guess my May ‘15 movie: A Mock Squid Soup Teaser #cinephiles #film #review

Well if you read my last two movies reviews, the next movie I’m going to review may seem a bit out-of-place. So there you go- a bonus clue if you can read between the lines.

Clue #1– It’s a buddy movie.

Clue #2– The main character is based off a classic story to which its main character was inspired something that happened in real life.

Clue #3– In this colorful film, misunderstandings abound.

Do you think you know what my movie is?

I can’t wait to see everyone else’s clues. I hope I guess some right. I’m so looking forward to the actual reviews that will be posted next week. This is fun. I hope we do this again.

Mock Squid Soup – Film Society

MOCK! and The Armchair Squid are proud to introduce Mock Squid Soup: A Film Society. Each month, on the second Friday, we shall host a bloghop devoted to movie reviews. We invite others to participate and post their reviews…Don’t be shy; come join the fun! 😀

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Books

Review: The Between

Post author By Toi Thomas
Post date April 29, 2015

by Glynis Rankin

I give this book a 4.

Everyone at some point feels like the black sheep of their family and it seems Michele is no different. I wonder if we, as people, sometimes project how we feel about ourselves onto others and blame them for feelings they may not actually have. Add in an intense sense of grief and you have The Between.

I won’t give away the full meaning of the Between, but I’ve been there and I know others have too. This story is a typical triumph for this author. She has a talent for not only building emotion, but for expressing it and evoking reactions to it. This story is a long emotional journey through the altered perception of someone who is lost and hurting.

This isn’t the kind of story I typically read and was uncomfortable with the style, but after it was all said and done, the uplifting message won my heart. For those who read books like this all the time, I’m sure this would be quite a treat. This is a short story that packs quite a bit of punch in the category of drama.

I recommend this story to adult readers of fictional dramas and even non-fiction biographies and memoirs.

This review has been posted to GoodReads. If you’d like to obtain a copy of this book, try this link.

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