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Christmas With The Chosen
Christmas With The Chosen

Looking for a perfect way to dive into Advent and kick off the Christmas season?

Find a way to go see The Chosen in theaters!

We started watching The Chosen back in February of 2020. Right before the world went nuts. Within 4 episodes, we decided to buy it on blu ray for ourselves, and for like 10 other people we wanted to gift it to, as well.

And someday in the near future, I will talk more about the show as a whole. But suffice to say that this show… this show, y’all… it’s beautiful. It’s epic. It’s life-changing and soul-shattering. It is everything a great show—a great story—should be, and more.

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Reviews, PersonalJenelle Schmidt Comments
Wheel of Time: Episodes 1-4
Wheel of Time: Episodes 1-4

So, the long-awaited Wheel of Time television adaptation is finally here!

I’ve been sort of… dreading? this series since I heard it was coming. A little backstory… I never watched even a single clip of Game of Thrones. One, I knew from what other people were saying that I wouldn’t appreciate the sexual content, and Two, I’d never read any of the books so I kinda didn’t care.

But when it comes to The Wheel of Time… well… I’ve read those books.

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Reviews, Television ShowsJenelle Schmidt Comments
Madness Solver in Wonderland by E.E. Rawls: Book Review
Madness Solver in Wonderland by E.E. Rawls: Book Review

My friend and fellow Silmaril Awards host, E.E. Rawls has released not one, but TWO new books!

You may remember seeing these around the interwebs a month ago when we got to share the gorgeous new covers. Well, the books themselves are here, and they are just so much fun!

Rawls is back with her characteristic whimsical style, this time taking us from Earth into Wonderland (and back and forth between the two) on an exciting romp with Madnes Hatter and his friends.

I was going to just give you a review of the first book, but upon reaching the end, I realized that these two volumes are really more like a single book, so I am going to give you my thoughts on both of them. Two reviews for the price of one!

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Book Reviews, ReviewsJenelle Schmidt Comment
Movies That Are Better Than Their Books
Movies That Are Better Than Their Books

Let me begin by assuring y’all that I am a self-proclaimed, certified book dragon.

I LOVE books.

Ever since I learned to read, I have devoured books at a fairly unhealthy rate. (My daughter, reading over my shoulder, wishes to protest that there is no such thing as “reading at an unhealthy rate”) I maaay be inclined to agree with her.

I’ve gone through all the usual phases: dog stories, horse-crazy stories, a couple of rounds of fascination with vampires, and then I settled happily into fantasy and have dwelt there ever since.

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Movie Reviews, Personal, Reviews, ReadingJenelle Schmidt Comments
Pandemic Legacy ~ card/board Entertainment
Pandemic Legacy ~ card/board Entertainment

You and your team are used to conquering viruses. In fact, you do it all the time! But this year, something is different….

If you’d asked me a while back, what I thought the highlight of 2020 would be… playing a board game about a pandemic while in the MIDST of an actual pandemic… probably wouldn’t have even crossed my mind.

But, here we are.

Today, I’m going to give you a feel for what it’s like playing Pandemic Legacy (without giving too many spoilers… because that’s a thing with this game!)

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Board Games, ReviewsJenelle Schmidt Comments