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• Mike’s Movie Minute: Shazam July 19, 2019
  Shazam comes to DVD on July 16, 2019 Since the advent of their whole cinematic universe, the DC movies have been pretty hit or miss. Well…mostly miss, in my opinion. Shazam (formerly Captain Marvel, retitled for obvious reasons) brings that ratio up to about 2:5. I think they made a good call by taking a […]
• Pachinko July 18, 2019
  This month, the Light Bite Book Club read and discussed Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. This National Book Award finalist follows a Korean family through four generations, beginning in Japan-occupied Korea, and later in Japan where they are considered immigrants, even after four generations. The novel opens with the line “History has failed us, but […]
• DVDs Coming in August July 16, 2019
  Brightburn The Curse of La Llorona A Dog’s Journey Godzilla: King of Monsters The Hustle The Intruder Marvel’s Avengers Endgame Pokemon Detective Pikachu The Secret Life of Pets 2 The Sun is Also a Star
• New Fiction Coming in August July 16, 2019
  CJ Box – The Bitterroots Sandra Brown – Outfox Philippa Gregory – Tidelands David Lagercrantz – The Girl Who Lived Twice Fern Michaels – Cut and Run James Patterson – The Inn Karin Slaughter – The Last Widow Danielle Steel – The Dark Side Ruth Ware – The Turn of the Key Stuart Woods – […]