Using my movies boardgame.

I completed 6/7 movies from my last challenge. I DNF'ed the one. I rated them all pretty good, with two of them over 4 stars!

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Romance (Imagine Me & You)
Skill: beat the trap tile once (roll a prompt)

Roll #1

I better get the trap tile since I finally got that skill! First roll is an 8, right past it though. Generate a random movie from my list. #64 which is a thriller/horror movie called Dagon!

Roll #2

A 7, prompt: comedy element. Welcome Week: A College Horror Anthology.

Roll #3

A 4, prompt: highest rated on PTW. Se7en, a mystery/thriller from '95 that I watched part of already before.

Roll #4

A 6 and the PTW tile again. #23 which is 1999's Sleepy Hollow,

Roll #5

A 7, prompt: weapon on the cover. So many options. Let's go with She Came from the Woods.

Roll #6

An 8 and the end. I didn't even get to use my skill... Reward, uhh. Oh, Black Phone 2! 

Lots of horror/thriller. Horror is somehow (usually) easier for me to watch when I'm tired so this is fine.

Using my TV Show PTW boardgame.

I completed 4/4 from my last challenge, I was a little slow because I find it hard to watch things when I'm tired, but I did them all so 👍.

Avatar: The Owl House/Animation (re-roll dice once)

Roll #1

A 5, prompt: shortest on list. Ninjago season 6, I should be able to finish it if I'm in the mood.

Roll #2

A 10, prompt: longest titled which is Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, it looks like new episodes have came out since I last watched.

Roll #3

A 4, prompt: featuring a group of friends. Maybe it's because it's my avatar for this challenge but my mind immediately jumped to The Owl House,

Roll #4

An 8, cover featuring mostly blue. I guess She-ra?

Roll #5

A 6, generate from PTW list tile. I've been putting it off but I'll go for Lost in Space (season 3).

Roll #6

A 10 and the end. Didn't get a chance to use my skill;; Reward: Helluva Boss. I think as soon as I catch up on that I'll start on Hazbin Hotel when I get a chance.

Where to watch:
Ninjago
Helluva Boss

I think the cover image was taken from some other source, maybe another webnovel, and made into a cover for Jubo but I couldn't find the true original source.

Chapter 1: Wang Cheng grew up in a temple, it was just him and his master until he passed away, leaving the old and worn down temple and deed to Wang Cheng.

Chapter 2: Wang Cheng was given up at age seven by his parents because they had a daughter and couldn't afford three kids. Wang Cheng never got to eat his fill as a growing teenager because he lived with the monks, so his mom tries to make up for it when he visits. His parents want him to move back in with them now instead of living alone in the old temple.

Chapter 3: developers took fancy of Shiquan County and wanted to build a large tourist resort here. Several villages have received the news, and Wang' Village was also included.

Wang Cheng doesn't want to sell the temple, he'd rather rebuild it.

How will turning the area into a tourist trap spot effect the villagers...?

Chapter 4-5: Family dynamics explanations and explorations.

Wang Cheng agreed to move back home so he heads off to get his things.

Chapter 6: Wang Cheng is a really good cook.

The real estate company shows up.

Chapter 7: Wang Cheng will only sell the mountain if the temple isn't demolished. Of course the real estate boss isn't happy about it.

Apparently Wang Cheng is really attractive even bald.

Chapter 8: Wang Cheng is so attractive even his sister blushes at him lol

Seems the family are supportive of Wang Cheng's decision?

I think they're moving to Guan Village, the mom's original village?

Chapter 9: The thing about the hands was interesting, I want to know more.

Chapter 10: I think Chu Yifeng, the real estate boss, is the LI?

Chapter 11: It is pretty interesting reading about the family dynamics.

Can't believe Wang Cheng negotiated 12 months work down to 3.

Chapter 12-13: Aunt Zhang is infuriating. 😡 Good luck finding a worker as good as Wang Ziyu!

Chapter 14 Finally moving away! Cute family interaction there at the end.

Chapter 15-16: Unfortunately two uncles they don't get along with also moved to Guan.

Chapter 17: First day of work, reading a bunch of docs, didn't see Boss Chu.

The editing could use some work but it's readable and mostly understandable. Seems like this will be a day-to-day story with a slow burn.

CW: A woman gets slapped and called a slut (in Wang Cheng's mind) after she hurls insults and abuse at Wang Ziyu.

Summary: Cordelia knows her mother is . . . unusual. Their house doesn’t have any doors between rooms—there are no secrets in this house—and her mother doesn't allow Cordelia to have a single friend. Unless you count Falada, her mother's beautiful white horse. The only time Cordelia feels truly free is on her daily rides with him.

But more than simple eccentricity sets her mother apart. Other mothers don’t force their daughters to be silent and motionless for hours, sometimes days, on end. Other mothers aren’t evil sorcerers.

When her mother unexpectedly moves them into the manor home of a wealthy older Squire and his kind but keen-eyed sister, Hester, Cordelia knows this welcoming pair are to be her mother's next victims. But Cordelia feels at home for the very first time among these people, and as her mother's plans darken, she must decide how to face the woman who raised her to save the people who have become like family.

My thoughts: Gripping from the start and stabs you right in the heart with the abuse that Cordelia suffers from her mother. This is my second T. Kingfisher book and I've found her MCs to be relatable to me personally but especially Cordelia. I grew up isolated and unsocialized after a certain point and had trouble with handling strong emotions (still do).

I really think I would give it 5/5 just for the characters but...I had other issues that bring the score down. At times I felt like the pacing was off, but that could be because I was impatient for answers, and there were multiples times where I was like "why didn't/don't you just do X??" but again, could just be me being impatient lol.

What I was hoping for did happen in the end (Cordelia living with Richard and Hester) so I was happy there. Speaking of those two, my heart swooned for them, I'm glad they found a way to be together in the end. There's plenty of commentary on a woman's place in historical society.

Did I mention how much I love the characters?

I LOVED the narration (Zoe Mills).

(PS: Was the butler in a relationship with another man? Jack was it?)

I would definitely reread (listen) to this again.

CWs:

-Child abuse (including taking over their body but neglecting to go to the bathroom or eat at times)
-Off-screen murder and discussion of it, on-screen murder made to look like a suicide
-Gore (a horse's head was cut off, it walks around headless and Cordelia touches the area while riding it, later the horse stomps someone to death, also it bites someone's ear off)