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Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Ms. Slaughter does it again. First off, anyone who follows my reviews knows just how stingy I am with my stars. A book has to really blow my socks off for it to get 4 stars let alone 5 and this one did it.

“Blindsighted” has everything I enjoy in an excellent Mystery / Whodunit I loved it and couldn’t put it down. It took me about 3 days to read all 380 pages of it and I loved every page. Sara Linton is a great character. She’s a strong woman that is portrayed as someone you would enjoy being friends with if you didn’t already know someone just like her, which is a better possibility.

The story takes you through major twists and turns, thrills and spills. It grabs you by the hand and doesn’t let up until the…

I’m going to see if there are more responses this week as I post the fifth installment in this writing challenge.

There were some great submissions to my stock photo challenge last week. You can check out their stories at these links

Bridal Falls by Michele Jones, The Snapshot by Harmony Kent, Life Waits in Helmfirth by Jo Hawk

Here is a review of the rules:

• Write a story, poem or other type of prose of 100 words or less and post it on your blog.
• If you leave the link for your blog post in the comments of this post, I will share it on my blog.

Here is the photo for this week’s Stock Photo Challenge

 Not knowing a great deal about manga, I definitely could have gone without seeing Alita: Battle Angel. However, a friend of mine was desperate to see it so I decided to be a pal and go with her. I mean we’re talking Robert Rodriguez directing, James Cameron producing, and starring Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly and Mahershala Ali. There was so much going for this film that I wanted to give it the benefit of the doubt. And, as I have the tastes of a 12-year-old boy, I do love a film about fighting cyborgs. Especially when those fighting cyborgs are being directed by someone like Rodriguez. So, I was all set to enjoy this film despite my initial hesitation.  But, considering the lukewarm reception is received from critics, could this film really live up to the expectations it set for itself? Was this another case of harsh critics or easy…