Frank Langella Celebration Link-Up Post

Welcome to the Frank Langella celebration! Despite the accidental delay that occurred with my first time selection, I'm well-prepared now. May you enjoy getting a glimpse of Frank's vast array of work, as much as I and the rest of the participants have enjoyed writing about him. This page is where you'll find all of the link-up posts, many of which will be my own, but some of which shall belong...

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Langella Blogathon Postponement

This is only a postponement for 2 weeks, and I apologize for it. There have been some personal and professional changes in my life over the last couple of months that have pushed this blogathon (and almost my blogs) completely out of my mind. In fact, I thought the blogathon was this upcoming week instead of last week. Shows just how little it's been on my mind. So I'm running it for only 3 days...

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Book Review: Under the Dragon's Tail (Murdoch Mystery) by Maureen Jennings

  Under the Dragon's Tail by Maureen JenningsA Detective Murdoch Mystery #2My Rating✯✯✯✯❤ Official Synopsis ❤Desperate women, rich and poor, come to her in need of help - and discretion. Dolly Merishaw is a midwife and an abortionist in Victorian Toronto, but although she keeps quiet about her clients' condition, her contempt and greed leaves them resentful and angry. So it comes as no surprise...

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Book Review: Except the Dying (Murdoch Mystery) by Maureen Jennings

Except the Dying by Maureen JenningsA Detective Murdoch Mystery #1My Rating✯✯✯❤ Official Synopsis ❤In the cold Toronto winter of 1895, the unclad body of a servant girl is found frozen in a deserted laneway. The young victim was pregnant when she died. Was her death an attempt to cover up a scandal in one of the city's influential families? Detective William Murdoch quickly finds out that more...

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Book Review: Lead Me Home (2016) by Amy Sorrells

❤ Official Synopsis ❤Amid open fields and empty pews, small towns can crush big dreams.Abandoned by his no-good father and forced to grow up too soon, Noble Burden has set his dreams aside to run the family farm. Meanwhile, James Horton, the pastor of the local church, questions his own calling as he prepares to close the doors for good.As a severe storm rolls through, threatening their community...

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Captain America: Civil War . . . from an ISFJ Perspective

I actually took 4 hours off work today so I could go to an earlier showing than I usually would, which was awesome. Yes, I loved Captain America: Civil War. I also realized, shockingly, that a male coworker and I are pretty much Steve (me) and Tony (him). But while we're butting heads over procedures and software, Steve and Tony are butting heads over government control and individual rights. Steve...

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Book Review: The Reluctant Duchess by Roseanna M. White

The Reluctant Duchess by Roseanna M. WhiteLadies of the Manor #2Bethany House Publishers2016My Rating✯✯✯✯✯ ❤ Official Synopsis ❤Lady Rowena Kinnaird may be the heiress to a Highland earldom, but she has never felt good enough—not for her father, not for the man she thought she’d marry, not for God. But after a shocking attack, she’s willing to be forever an outcast if it means escaping Loch Morar...

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A Grittier Side to Marlon Brando - The Night of the Following Day (1968)

The Night of the Following Day R, 1968 An attractive teenage girl (Pamela Franklin) of a wealthy father (Hugues Wanner) is kidnapped on her way out of the airport by a man pretending to be a chauffeur, Bud, (Marlon Brando) and a guy who jumps into the car credited as Leer (Richard Boone). It turns out the blonde stewardess Vi (Rita Moreno) from the flight the girl was on is in on the job, as...

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