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Movies of the day (4/8) 🎬 Split(2017) 🎬 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island(2012) 🎬 Underworld: Awakening(2012) 🎬 A Dog's Purpose(2017) © TMDB #Split #Journey2TheMysteriousIsland #UnderworldAwakening #ADogsPurpose #Action #Adventure #Comedy #Drama #Family #Fantasy #Horror #ScienceFiction
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Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge: Books I Would or Wouldn’t Reread and Why
Hi everyone! I hope you’re all well. Today is Wednesday, and it’s time for another post in the Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge hosted by Long and Short Reviews. If you’d like to participate in the challenge, you can find the list of topics for 2025 here. If you’re interested in reading other people’s responses to this week’s topic, you can do so here.
Books I Would or Wouldn’t Reread and Why
There are several books that I reread semi-regularly.
‘A Christmas Carol‘. ‘How The Grinch Stole Christmas‘. ‘Skipping Christmas‘. I read these to help get me into the festive mood during the holidays.
‘Practical Magic’
This is one of my favourite books. I love all four books in the series, but the first is my favourite. It has everything you could want in a book: magic, family drama, a bit of romance, and there’s a bit of creepiness in the form of a dead man who seems intent on continuing his abuse of his ex, Gillian (one of the main characters).My book of ‘Grimm Brother’s Fairy Tales‘
I never tire of fairy tales, and the Grimm versions are some of the best.My book of ‘Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales‘.
I love The Little Mermaid, The Princess and the Pea and The Snow Queen. Andersen has a lovely way of telling stories.I wouldn’t reread ‘A Dog’s Purpose‘ again — it was an outstanding book, but once was enough. I can’t take the emotional overload.
The novelisation of ‘Grease’. It was simply atrocious. Told from Sonny’s point of view, the story is all over the place, and some of it doesn’t make sense.
I wouldn’t read ‘Orbital’ again. I really tried to ‘get’ that book, but the whole thing was lost on me. I don’t think I was the intended audience because those people who believe they were loved it.
Well, that’s post 40! Jeez, the year is whizzing by!
As ever, thanks for stopping by. It means the world!
Until next time,
George
© 2025 GLT
#ADogsPurpose #books #challenge #fairyTales #practicalMagic #Wednesday #WednesdayWeeklyBloggingChallenge
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FUN WITH STORY STRUCTURE: 10 Frameworks for the Novel
Career Authors
Structure is the underpinning of the novel, the pillars that support the narrative from beginning to end. USA TODAY bestselling author and agent Paula Munier offers up ten ways to frame your story.
FUN WITH STORY STRUCTURE: 10 Frameworks for the Novel Paula Munier…
https://careerauthors.com/fun-with-story-structure-10-frameworks-for-the-novel/#Craft #19141931 #24Hours #27Dresses #ADogsPurpose
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Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge: Characters I want to Meet
#WritingCommunity #WriterCommunity #BloggingCommunity #BloggerCommunity #WednesdayWeeklyBloggingChallenge #Challenge #Wednesday #blog #TheGoldenGirls #QueerRepresentation #ADogsPurposehttp://georgelthomas.com/2025/03/12/wednesday-weekly-blogging-challenge-characters-i-want-to-meet/
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Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge: Characters I want to Meet
Hi everyone! I hope you’re all well. Today is Wednesday, so it’s time for another post in the Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge hosted by Long and Short Reviews. If you want to join in the challenge, you can find the list of Weekly topics here, and if you’d like to read other people’s responses to this week’s topic, you can do that here.
Characters I Want to Meet
The first thing that came to mind when I read this week’s topic was, rather strangely, The Golden Girls. I’d love to meet every single one of them (the characters and the actresses, if they were still with us) because watching them snark and laugh and live on my TV every week growing up had a profound impact on my life; there was something about the experience of growing up as a gay kid in the 90s in a place where queerness wasn’t accepted, generally, that The Golden Girls lends itself to.
Maybe it’s the idea of a “chosen family” who accepts you no matter what (although, I must say, mine did and do) or perhaps it’s the positive representation of queer people on the show — I’m not sure. But I know that there was something about The Golden Girls that made me feel seen and safe. I still watch it from time to time, and it still makes me howl with laughter.
One scene in particular stands out regarding queerness, and it’s a scene from season 2, episode 5, called “Isn’t it Romantic?” where Dorothy’s friend, Jean, comes to stay and develops a crush on Rose. When Blanch finds out, her main concern is not that Jean is a lesbian but instead that Rose is the object of her affection and not her.
You can watch the scene here. It’s so funny.
I’d also like to meet the dog from the novel “A Dog’s Purpose”. He is a wonderful character who is totally loyal and loving to humans, even when humans don’t deserve it (do we ever?).
The story is about a dog who gets repeatedly reincarnated at the moment of death, embodying a different breed each time. The dog’s purpose (from the title) is to find and be with the first person who ever showed him love.
He’s a beautifully written character who made me picture my own lovely dogs who are no longer with us.
The book made me an emotional wreck, and I’m still trying to prepare myself to read the two sequels.
Well, that’s enough jabber from me for today.
I’m interested in reading about which characters you’d like to meet.
As always, thanks for reading today’s post!
Until next time,
George
© 2025 GLT
#ADogsPurpose #challenge #Lesbian #queer #TheGoldenGirls #Wednesday #WednesdayWeeklyBloggingChallenge
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Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge: Books With Fantastic Endings
#WritingCommunity #BloggingCommunity #BloggerCommunity #WednesdayWeeklyBloggingChallenge #Challenge #Wednesday #blog #GreatEndings #TheLittleMermaid #AChristmasCarol #ADogsPurpose -
Just rated A Dog's Purpose ★★★★★★★★☆☆
https://trakt.tv/movies/234907 #ADogsPurpose #trakt #TraktLog #MastoTrakt #CouchPal -
Just watched A Dog's Purpose https://trakt.tv/movies/234907 #ADogsPurpose #trakt #TraktLog #MastoTrakt #CouchPal
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Movies that made me cry my ass off:
1. #Up. Those 1st 5min & Dug.
2. #ADogsPurpose. Cuz I just can't.
3. #TheArtofRacingintheRain. Oh Enzo.
4. #LifeisBeautiful. <throws phone at wall>
5. #LesMiserable. It's legendary for a reason.
6. #Titanic. You cried too. Don't f'ing lie.
7. #TheChamp. OMG, c'mon Champ... get up!
8. #BigFish. Puts a lump in this Dad's throat.
9. #ToyStory3. One day, you're no longer needed.
10. #StarWars #RogueOne. Yes, they all died.
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Yeah, I couldn't resist the urge to complete one of these #7FilmsToKnowMe thingies. So, in no particular order:
#Searching
#TheAccountant
#DraftDay
#RogueOne: A #StarWars Story
#ADogsPurpose
#Interstellar
#TheArtofRacingintheRain