May 2018 – Richard Mann Author

Movie **** Get Out (2017)

rmann May 30, 2018 March 29, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Well-done sci.fi. horror story of stolen lives

Movie ***+ Serendipity (2001)

rmann May 27, 2018 June 4, 2018Movie and Book Reviews 0

Lovely, if improbable, light romantic fare. Cusack and Beckinsale have chemistry.

Book – *** Ancillary Mercy (2015)

rmann May 25, 2018 May 26, 2018Movie and Book Reviews 0

Continuing Ann Leckie sci.fi. story of human and AI minds in multiple host bodies called ancillaries. Weakest of the first three books for not establishing fresh plot and locations, but enjoyable for the characters already established in the series.

Inedible mushroom crop

rmann May 25, 2018 May 31, 2018Science, Seasonal 0

Spring mushrooms springing up. Don’t eat these.

Book – **** Mythborn – Rise of the Adepts (2017)

rmann May 20, 2018 May 26, 2018Movie and Book Reviews 0

V. Lakshman’s sci.fi./fantasy series of inter-dimensional invasion by demon-like creatures whose power source, The Way, is used and shared by human adepts.

Movie **** Sweet Country (2018)

rmann May 16, 2018 May 27, 2018Movie and Book Reviews 0

Harsh depiction of prejudice and abuse in the early Australian outback.

Book – **** Percy Jackson & the Olympians (2005-9)

rmann May 15, 2018 May 26, 2018Movie and Book Reviews 0

Rick Riordan’s five-part series of half-blood Olympian offspring harassed by transplanted Greek monsters where Mount Olympus has moved to 600 stories above the Empire State Building. Fast-paced, solid, middle-grade fantasy.

Morels

rmann May 5, 2018 May 27, 2018Science, Seasonal 0

My first Morel find, and a beauty… My surprise, while staged, was genuine.

Movie ****+ Avengers – Infinity War (2018)

rmann May 2, 2018 May 27, 2018Movie and Book Reviews 0

One of the better Marvel releases, nearly up to the level of Doctor Strange and the first Guardians of the Galaxy. Finally, Thanos has a character (not a very nice one, but at least not a cutout villain).

Month: May 2018

Movie **** Get Out (2017)

Movie ***+ Serendipity (2001)

Book – *** Ancillary Mercy (2015)

Inedible mushroom crop

Book – **** Mythborn – Rise of the Adepts (2017)

Movie **** Sweet Country (2018)

Book – **** Percy Jackson & the Olympians (2005-9)

Morels

Movie ****+ Avengers – Infinity War (2018)

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