Review of “The Dallas Buyer’s Club”

Hello everyone, I hope all is well with you! I’m back today and I’m discussing the movie, “The Dallas Buyer’s Club.” I didn’t know much about it, but when the two main actors in the movie won both Oscars for the best actor and best supporting actor, I had to see it.

Before I went to it, I did a little research and I found that the movie is based on a true story. This piqued my interest even more. Therefore, I was excited to see this movie and the performances of the actors that won the Oscars.

I absolutely loved it. “The Dallas Buyer’s Club” was a heartbreaking portrayal of what people with aids went through when the drug AZT was in the testing stage. It was an accurate portrayal of the frustration many aids victims felt with the slow process of the FDA’s approval of new drugs.

I love stories about renegades who defy bureaucrats and perform acts for the common good. They’re modern day Robin Hoods and something about these types of people trips my trigger.  Matthew Mcconaughey’s character, Ron Woodrow, is the hero of this story.

Jared Leto plays Rayon, a transgendered woman who’s also a drug addict. He does a wonderful job of portraying the unique challenges that transgendered people face. There was one touching scene where Rayon approaches his father and asks him for money to help the club he’s running with Ron Woodrow. The emotions in that scene are incredibly powerful. In that one scene, it sums up the plight of the transgendered people beautifully. When Rayon’s father tells him that he made his choice and Rayon calmly tells him that it was not a choice.

You see many people think that transgendered people choose their lifestyle and it’s not a choice it’s their special wiring in their brains.

Overall, this was an excellent movie and an eye opening experience. The actors definitely earned their Oscars with this one!

Back to School Blog hop!

And the Winners are!

BN 100

Paul R. Hewlett

Thanks so much for participating and you will be receiving an e-mail from me shortly! 🙂 Congrats BN 100 and Paul

Hello everyone, I hope all is well with you! Guess what?  I’m participating in another blog hop this week! That’s right! It’s the back to school blog hop! The members of the  We ♥ Middle grade Books Facebook Group are hosting it and we’re giving away some awesome prizes!  Books! That’s right! Books for your tweens and teens!

So please visit the other blogs and see what you can win!  Here at my blog I’m giving away one full set of the Super Spies series (e-book copies) to one winner! And a ten dollar Amazon Gift Card to another. How do you enter to win? Very good question! But before I answer that, here are the book covers of the three books that you can win!

You can enter a variety of ways. You can like my Facebook author page and leave a quick comment letting me know you’re from the blog hop. The link is below:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lisa-Orchard/328536613877060?ref=hl

You can also tweet about my books and leave the tweet in the comment section below:  Here’s an example of a tweet you can use:

What would you do if you were 15 and accused of murder? http://www.amazon.com/Super-Spies-Lady-Killer-ebook/dp/B007JZH61K

Amazon bestseller and great #teen read! 4.5 stars!

You can also leave a comment telling me your favorite book you read during your middle school years.

And you can enter more than once! Good luck and don’t forget to check out the other blogs on the hop! They have prizes too!

Click the link below to check out the other participating blogs!

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Blog hop is open until midnight, September 15th! Winners will be announced on the 16th!  Good luck everyone!

Please Welcome JQ Rose as She Gives Teens some Awesome Advice

Hello Readers.

Lisa, thank you so much for hosting me on your blog today.

Are you familiar with the song, “Little Boxes” written in 1963 by Melvina Reynolds?

~If you want to use the youtube video here’s the link~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_2lGkEU4Xs

Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky tacky
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes all the same,
There’s a pink one and a green one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they’re all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.

Lyrics from http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/m/malvina_reynolds/little_boxes.html

Listeners to the catchy tune and lyrics have several ideas for its meaning. One of them is the protest against all the cheap housing of suburbia which sprang up in the 60’s. People called the sub-divisions a cookie-cutter method of building homes with ticky tacky or shoddy materials.

The message I receive from the lyrics is the complaint of everyone trying to be the same and not stand out, but conforming to what someone else thinks they should be. Pre-teens and teens especially want to “fit in.” A person is embarrassed or humiliated for being different. Wearing the wrong clothes, having big ears, not speaking clearly can all be reasons for a bully or uncaring person to criticize and make fun. Sad to say the teasing happens all the time, and it is hurtful.

In my non-fiction ebook for girls, Girls Succeed: Stories Behind the Careers of Successful Women, the family of a woman I interviewed moved so many times when she was a child, she couldn’t make friends. She was always the odd one in a group. Because she didn’t want to stand out, she tried to hide how smart she was and was not proud of it. Finally her last few years in high school, she joined the band and sports teams and made friends. She blossomed into the person she really was. She is now a medical doctor and researcher at a university.

No matter what your age, I think everyone should live by this quote from Oscar Wilde:

Be Yourself. Everyone else is taken.

~~Oscar Wilde

 

It’s very easy to forget to appreciate all the wonderful qualities each of us has. Instead of grumbling about what you don’t have, list the positive things in your personality. Every person is special with gifts and talents inside us just waiting to be developed along our life journey.

 

Tagline: Inspiring and empowering girls to achieve success in their dream careers.

Smashwords Link http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/241825

Amazon Link  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009NY6ZAS

Kobo Link http://www.kobobooks.com/search/search.html?q=girls+succeed%3A+stories+behind+the+careers+of+successful+women

Barnes and Noble Link http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/girls-succeed-jq-rose/1114041658?ean=2940045118033

Sony Link https://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/j-q-rose/girls-succeed-stories-behind-the-careers-of-successful-women/_/R-400000000000000883970

Bio: After writing feature articles in magazines, newspapers, and online magazines for over fifteen years, J.Q. Rose entered the world of fiction writing with her published mysteries released by Muse It Up Publishing. With Girls Succeed: Stories Behind the Careers of Successful Women she returns to her first love, writing about real people.  Blogging, photography, Pegs and Jokers board games, and travel are the things that keep her out of trouble. Spending winters in Florida with her husband allows Janet the opportunity to enjoy the life of a snowbird. Summer finds her camping and hunting toads, frogs, and salamanders with her four grandsons and granddaughter.

Connect with J.Q. Rose online at

Girls Succeed blog http://girlssucceed.blogspot.com/

J.Q. Rose blog http://www.jqrose.com/

Author website http://jqrose.webs.com/

J. Q.  Rose Amazon Author Page http://tinyurl.com/aeuv4m4

 

 

Book trailer http://animoto.com/play/QcAByshul5wZ5Bob9bdiug

Thanks for sharing your words of wisdom JQ! I’ve got your book on my TBR pile and will be writing a review soon! 🙂

Please share some of your stories of courage or when you started to bloom! We’d love to read about them! 🙂

Thanks for stopping by and reading JQ’s Post today! 🙂

The Liebster Award!

Hello Everyone! I’ve been nominated by The Awesome Middle Grade/Young Adult Author of “The Last Timekeepers Series” Sharon Ledwith for the Liebster award.

The rules (which incidentally are made to be broken) for the Liebster Award are:

1. Each nominee must answer the 11 questions.

2. Create 11 questions for the next nominees to answer.

3. Link back to who nominated them.

4. Choose 11 people and link them in your post.

5. Go to their page and tell them.

6. No tag backs!

Q&A time:

Favorite Breakfast?

My hubby’s egg sandwich

Beer or Wine?

Wine 🙂

Dog or Cat?

Both 🙂

Coffee or Tea?

Tea

Winter or Summer?

Summer

PC or Apple?

PC

What are your goals for 2013?

Promote my Super Spies series and finish my Young Adult Coming of Age Novel. And get started on a couple of other projects that I’ve got in the back of my mind. 🙂

What makes your day brighter?

Hugs from my hubby and smiles and laughter from my kids 🙂

What’s your biggest pet peeve?

Someone being mean to my kids. Grrrrr….

How old were you when you stopped believing in Santa Claus?

Probably third grade. I snooped and found all the presents. 🙂

What do you write about?

I write modern day mystery/thrillers for tweens and teens. It’s called the Super Spies series. I’m also working on a Coming of Age Young Adult Novel.

Here are my nominees for this award Heather Gray, Jodi Desautels, Wendy Knight, Shea Ford, Joselyn Vaughn, and Jillian Jenkins.

Here are their links:

Heather Gray http://heathergraywriting.com/blog

Wendy Knight  http://writethroughthenoise.blogspot.com/

Jodi Desautels  http://duolearning.weebly.com/

Shea Ford  http://sheaford.wordpress.com/

Joselyn Vaughn http://joselynvaughn.wordpress.com/

 

Jillian Jenkins  http://adragonslove.blogspot.com/

So check out these awesome authors and leave a comment on their blog! 🙂

I’ve Won a Blogger Award!!

 

 

Hello Everyone! I hope all is well with you! Well I’ve been tagged by Joselyn Vaughn to receive the “Lovely Blog Award”!  Whoo Hoo! For me! Thanks Joselyn for thinking of me.  If you get a minute and are looking for a great sweet romance stop by Joselyn’s blog and check out her books. You can find them here:  http://joselynvaughn.wordpress.com/

Now on to the seven random facts about myself.

1)    I love to hike through the woods all year round but especially in the fall. I love the sound of walking through the leaves that have fallen on the ground.

2)    I have one can of Mountain Dew first thing in the morning, to jump start my day. 🙂 I know…veeerrrry veeerrry bad. 🙂

3)    I love to go to the movies and I love movie theater popcorn!

4)    I love early morning when everyone else is still asleep and I can watch the sun come up. It’s very peaceful.

5)    I love listening to my kids talk when they don’t know I’m listening. They’re at a fun age and their conversations are so sweet and innocent.

6)    I miss my dad. He passed away twelve years ago and I feel sad that my kids never got to know him.

7)    I love the beach and someday I would love to live near the ocean.

And now I’m passing this award on to these awesome authors and bloggers! Check out their books for some great reads! You won’t be disappointed!

Sharon Ledwith   http://sharonledwith.com/

Tanya Eavenson   http://www.tanyaeavenson.com/

Graeme Ing      http://www.graemeing.com/

 

Thanks for stopping by and sharing my award with me!