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Welcome to Wondermedia.

Sit down. Would you like some coffee? There isn’t much coffee so I guess I will make some only if you want a cup. . .

Relax. Want to discuss books? Do you write? Do you know how the idea of a story comes about?

Okay. . . goofiness aside. I would love to find out what you think of this site.

Do you like reading books and like reading reviews or would you rather see a huge amount of movie reviews?

This will have both.

Right now, cuz I am terrible at providing pics since I am new in the game of these named technologies, I can not provide the cover images of these books.

You can search for and read of these books on

http://www.goodreads.com

Wish i did though. Oh well. Here is a quick tri-book review!

Carrie. Written by Stephen King. Published 1974.

This book is a modern classic! It tells a too relateable story about the depths of high school and the people who will not let one fit in. More so, the effects of bullying and the teenager’s way of dealing with it. There is heart-break, tough pranks, and revenge in the middle of it all. Was it all worth it to get revenge? That is too easy to answer. . . the bullied take it too far. . . but how can they deal with it.  . .?

The Client. Written by John Grisham. Published 1993.

This was his early courtroom drama and my first to read. It tells a wonderful tale about a boy forced to grow up in his conditions as a sort of father to his brother and mother as they had been torn by abuse. The two boys stumble across a huge event that would never make his life the same again. The younger boy is so traumatized he is in a borderline comatose state. Will he confess he witnessed someone kill themself? And will he spill the beans about the biggest (and unsettled) court case this area and country? A great book. Read it at least once.

The Breach. Written by Patrick Lee. Published 2010 (2011?)

His debut book. If I let it I would give it four stars if this were a star system. The story about a strange alien-like technology is woven in such a way it is totally believable. One would think that this is not labeled a sci-fi (it is only called a “Thriller”) and when one reads it, they will find out why.It is worth the read. It is amazing; it is made in such a way that you would dare it to seem real. A real fast-paced treat.

The Darkest places one knows

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((I have been having such trouble with doing stuff on a blog. I want it to be more free than when I was on Yahoo. . . but I am too “old” on the technology to really do anything right. I am an adult. . . but I am not used to posting photos . . . I could not put on a simple piece of artwork . . . . not a photo I guess))

For anyone that is creeped out by scary stories. . . maybe they have leaned toward a screen that was playing a scary movie. . . interest is swelled by the idea in the story. Or they just wanted to turn away. . . it was too “horrifying” (like how I felt seeing the beginning and middle of Paranormal Activity 3 in the theaters).

Who has ever written a character that was “crazy?” Must we understand him (or in a few rare cases, her)? Should we explain away this person’s psyche or what makes them them? I heard from a critic that the moments a horrifying bad guy is explained in an “origin” story or such is a bad idea. He thought that when a viewer understands a person that is feared the person is no longer scary.

What if one is a psycho. . . should that one be explained? Will the person seem less psychotic if their darkest places “no one” knows (the audience) is given a huge backstory, make the person less frightening? What if it was a good backstory? Should it be hinted at so no one be let in on the crazy one’s “mind”?

Too many times these past years (last year and the small portion of this one) I have “suffered” as I explore a fictional character’s mind. It can be so maddening to imagine how the person would play out. . . if they struck (or worse) a person the first time. . . do they “have it all together” or is the person slipping and ending up in less places that are public? Should they leave society and hover around their own “place” of insanity?

Dare they go out again and be given a chance to be redeemed?

I didn’t think much of that one.

Think of some examples.

In the “Saw” movie series (sorry people that are sick of it. It IS over just in case you’re doubting) there features a man who feels his killing is right. He does not like that people go on about their lives with great health. . . and live like they want to die.

He felt it was right to put them in symbolic (and literal) traps and have them consumed in their own decisions and indulgences away from the good life. . . and now they must survive or else they be trapped and death would be their downfall. . .

I observed that Danny Way and Leigh Whannell made him a discussable character. In one way he is symbolic of one that wants to deceive. Maybe they can get out of this. . . how many times is the victim in a somewhat easy trap? Nah. . . probably not once. They feel they must get out. . . and many times they fall. . .

In my opinion he is a symbol of Satan. He uses their “past” against them in a formidable attempt to make them believe they can escape. But what if this Jigsaw secretly had a motive no one knew about. Even his followers would be shocked and fall apart once they realized how worthy their “cause” actually was since his memory is only what was left (after two sequels).

I want to tell more about other films later.. . . if one wants to read it. Tell what you think is interesting about horror. I hope that people realize what horror is as it should be. People should write what makes they themselves fear. Fear should “hit home.” If not it probably would not end up scary to the one viewing the story. The early makers of Saw wrote what truly scared them. . . did people find those tales frightening. The viewer can decide that.

Sorry to go too much into “evil.” Know that God can make evil hide. . . and that when the worst situations dare come your way (people that hate you) overcome them with love. Overcome evil with good.

Take care.

Do you like music?

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Wow. I do not know what to put down for this week. I feel like something is keeping me from saying anything. What spiritual warfare? I don’t know. Maybe it’s just the heart.

Anyway this is something I wanted to do for an early article anyway.

This is how I want to tell music reviews. Now this will probably be the LEAST thing of media that I will review but I feel it must happen. There is very little good music nowadays it seems. . .

This will go by a star system (lowest * means it was terrible and ***** means it was given five stars! The best).

There will be star systems to these and movie reviews. . . and I found a strange way to review books. Books will use a word. . . any word as a rating system.

Think that if one sees a rating and there is an exclamation point. . . that means it is the best rating!

I want to review a band’s CD that seems to have faded out. . . the CD is popular and I hope people may want to find it and listen to the hits again. They came from PA (where I live currently) and I got to once see them open for Aerosmith!

I might do Vertical Horizon in the future. . . and I could guesstimate ones I used to listen to growing up (Alanis Morissette) that had albums I only had and still have on cassette (I do not own a player for that anymore).

There is one Christian CD that actually disappoints me. . . I might review that one as well. . . and usually I enjoy every single music CD by those types of groups. . . except this one did not reach that point. . . and all of the songs that were not hits sounded like filler unfortunately.

Ooooh. I will review them and might either give a review or a select song by song examination. I don’t know. I want these to be interesting but not CRAZY with following an exact form or way of doing it.

I hope that you reader like good music. I will not review the other stuff . . . if I said names I would probably get hate comments. Lol. Expect a variety of kinds of music in the near future!

Take care and may music help keep you day to day doing what you want to do.

Happy Resurrection!

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I hope that I will once in a while get to post more than just this article on this blog about all things that do about what you see. There are going to be some different things on here every day. . . all but a few things will be covered concerning a lot of media.

So what do you think about on Easter. Do you celebrate on the traditions? Do you like making the easter baskets, tell your kids that they better get ready for the Rabbit that will come and give them gifts.  . . do you do those things AND think of the true meaning?

I hope on this blessed day you will get to think of Jesus. . . the day he got to follow through on the biggest choice in the world. The day he bled for all of our sins.

It is heartbreaking to think of what Jesus, a man of no sin, went through. Sure we may have doubts He existed. . . but why doubt when only man can at their strongest points when God has made Himself known. . . in YOUR life and through God’s Word.

Jesus was a man that made His father’s glory known. . . He did miracles and rose people back from the dead! Still people doubted Him . . .or thought he was not who he said he was! The father and He are one! That means Jesus is God.

People have spoken against that. To some he was a prophet, a man who didn’t really die on the cross. . . I guess he was just sleepin.’ No that’s not funny . . but he was God and He is today and one day He will come.

The God who Judas thought was only a teacher had walked the earth. He had no relationship with a prostitute. . . many theories and things people say is truth are probably saddened that the Bible does not prove that so.

The one who wants to give us life took our sin. . .. it was like the way we were before we heard of Him (or you may hear of him first now) was on that cross. My sin was on that cross! I could do nothing to take my sin away and Jesus, replacing himself as a Lamb for sacrifice, made the ultimate sacrifice (this was one sacrifice and final one!) by having our sin our “old selves” on the cross. He bled for our sin. I do not know how much He bled but if it was He who would die for the world’s sin. . . it wasn’t a small amount I can tell you that! He died and went to hell . . . just so we would not end up there one day. . . and then rose again! He arose. Oh Christ Almighty. . . the lord rose again.

He can live in our hearts. His walk all the way to the cross which He was strung upon was for us. I cannot imagine how saddened God was when He looked upon His son and saw a man WITH EVIL IN HIM Our father turned his face on his only Son because He was sin to God! Can you imagine that?

Christ said “My God my God why have you forsaken me?”

He died and three days later he was seen by many . . . He was as a new body! He had life and He rose and was seen by people and they were witnesses until death. Christ had arisen. . . and He can be lord of your life as well. All you have to do is believe.

Merely believe what Christ had done on the cross for you. Any doubts you have message me with comments. . . Christ died for you because the Father and He love you.

Believe in what He did . . . it can be so easy once you understand the impact Christ had done and just simply turn your heart to Him.

May this be a joyous time (okay your kids CAN have their baskets and egg hunts. . . ha-ha) for celebration. Christ is risen He is risen indeed. Happy Resurrection Day.

Wondermedia: For almost all media

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This is the first article that I have made on a big website. Aside from Yahoo. . . this blog is the first for me to say what I really want.

I hope that you, reader, will feel some encouragement after this writing (I mean literally. I hope that the article after this one is better. I don’t know what to say on here besides intros. Ha-ha).

Do you have an interest in music? How about films? Do you like to read all kinds of books? Do you like to hear when there is a guide to a tv-show where not much is said except you really want to see the show?? This is a place to be if so. . .

There will NOT be much in music reviews but let me tell you. . . there will possibly be overviews on the media. . . and there is still much more to say.

This I hope will be like that Oasis song that I am taking out of context. I hope you will find this to be like a “Wonder Wall” of media. . . anything that you interested. . . or something for me to say. . . you don’t have to like me or like what I am interested in since you DO have a voice as well. Say what you feel . . . I would LOVE to hear any comments. I long to hear that there are others who have living and breathing lungs or. . . fast fingers. Ha-ha.

This I hope will be a lot or just a little bit of encouragement to those who want to be a person in film. I would love to hear of future writers out there. Make your voices heard! It is a tough world,  even today, just to get by. Getting by is no longer kind of easy.

And definitely lastly, I am entitled to my opinion. I do like to talk about faith. I hope that there is someone that will at the very least consider what is said. . . ‘cuz your heart wants what it wants. . . but Jesus just wants you to choose to know Him.

I hope you guys get to write after this article. Take care. . . I will use an old corny phrase I used in the past. God is pro-life; keep livin’!