Hi Rachel: I’ll be interested to hear what you think of La La Land and Hidden Figures. Best wishes to your blogging in 2017!

I had a major reading and blogging slump the last half of the year but I also feel like the new year gives me an opportunity to start fresh. I actually wrote two reviews yesterday. Hopefully I can keep it up!

Hi Rebecca: Yeah it might make a good book club book. It’s not a fast read, but it’s full of thoughts on our terrorist-ridden world.

Yeah I guess views on Idaho are a bit mixed. I think I plan to start The Girl in Green first. I have both from the library. I really want to see Moonlight but not sure why it disappeared here. We saw the foreign film Elle over the weekend & didn’t like the storyline! too weird or disturbing.

Oh thx Ti. Yeah Karan’s novel impressed me. I liked hearing about terrorism from someone in India. I learned a bit about India too in the book, and I felt for the characters.

Hi Bryan: Yeah I think if I like The Girl in Green — I will probably want to read Norwegian by Night too. I heard it was good. It seems like The Dry will be popular. I’m on the waiting list for it. Not sure about the movie Bastards, but I think I could use a good laugh about now. Thanks for stopping by.

Yeah Naomi, starting a new year off well is quite a great feeling. I’m starting to hear mixed things about Idaho too. Does it have enough of a story — is my main concern. I will see if I can get to it.

Great Laurel. I think The Dry will be a good thriller, and I’m not so sure about Idaho now as reviews seem to be mixed, but I’m still a bit curious.

Yeah I agree Deb. The carryover is great. Lots of good reads in January.