Cancer Survivor, writing about Health and Fitness as you age

Considering how much I read, I am shocked that I have not talked more about where I post about books I've read, and list the books I want to read. I am always happy to learn more about what others are reading and of course share my thoughts on what I have read. I find bookshelves to be very interesting (and revealing!) Goodreads is a site for readers to review books, get recommendations, talk about books with others who are interested. You can see what your friends are reading and what they want to read. The fact that I have two boys who are 6 years apart who are evolving different reading tastes from me and each other means that I am always looking out for good material!  Goodreads also has an author program so authors can promote their books and reach their target audience as well as a writing section to get feedback on your writing, from those people, you know, who actually read and buy books. For comparison of the scale of the Goodreads membership and engagement, t...

This post is about what the reviewers didn't tell you, so I'm going to ignore all the furore about the ethnic representations in the movie and the acting abilities of the cast.   I, or rather "we", Lucas and I, fall into the camp of those patrons who have seen the entire animated series.  Be warned. Book 1.   So how come none of these adult reviewers cared to mention that this was "Book 1" ?  Did they not understand what that meant?  For us it meant that we had a pretty good idea of what we were going to see, and likely where it ended.  And as far as the ethnicity goes, well, Lucas didn't notice anything unusual. Names .  This is by far the biggest mark against the movie.  Why didn't they pronounce the names correctly??!!  Lucas and I cringed every time they said Aang. They pronounced Aang as "ung" vs "ang" as in "bang".  Aarrggh!!.   They pronounced Sokka as "soak-ah" instead of "sock-ah" ...