animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

birthday boy

Jake turned 23 (!) over the weekend. We had our usual family get-together to celebrate that and Mother’s Day on Sunday. I cooked up a storm on Saturday and Sunday. Jake received a few presents of items for his new place and was happy to get them. I guess he’s …

m3gan

This movie was about a life-sized robot doll powered by AI, who becomes a protector for her child companion. Then things go wrong. Very wrong. The movie was ok, but not really my type of horror movie. My rating: 3/5

truly madly guilty

This book was all about what happened at the barbecue. Of course, you don’t find out what that was for a long time (and the whole story doesn’t come out until the very end), but it made for a compelling read. The story is told in a non-linear fashion, which …

plane

This was a pretty entertaining action film. It was about a commercial flight that had to make a crash landing on an island in the Philippines, which happened to be an ungoverened island that was run by terrorists. What unfortunate luck! My rating: 3.5/5

counterpart

I heard about this show on Reddit and figured I’d check it out. It was pretty great. It’s a shame it didn’t get renewed after the 2nd season, but they wrapped things up pretty nicely, though there was a cliffhanger. I guess we’ll never know what happened. The show had …