#rubyfalls

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Explore the breathtaking beauty of Ruby Falls, a stunning natural wonder hidden deep within a lush green forest. This ca...

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🌊Ruby Falls🌊 I swear, I feel like such a kid at heart when I go into a cave. It’s something so magical & much bigger than us. It’s a reminder things will keep moving on with or without you. Appreciate nature & the people around you. Oh, & happy Valentine’s Day 💖 . . . #rubyfalls #chattanooga #tennessee #chattanoogatn #falls #waterfall #caves #explore #waterfalls #northgeorgia #northga #happyplace (at Ruby Falls) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cop6yzROXH9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lisa-lostinlit]

💬 Do you read more in the morning, afternoon, evening or at night? . I definitely read the most at night. It’s a wonderful way for me to relax after a long day. I also enjoy reading in the morning on weekends with a cozy blanket and warm cup of coffee. . Thank you to @tlcbooktours & @posthillpress for gifting me this gorgeous copy of Ruby Falls by @deborahroyce! This gothic thriller sounds absolutely fantastic! Is this one on your radar yet? . . . s u m m a r y ⇣ Like the chilling psychological thriller The Silent Patient, Deborah Goodrich Royce’s Ruby Falls is a nail-biting tale of a fragile young actress, the new husband she barely knows, and her growing suspicion that the secrets he harbors may eclipse her own. On a brilliantly sunny July day, six-year-old Ruby is abandoned by her father in the suffocating dark of a Tennessee cave. Twenty years later, transformed into soap opera star Eleanor Russell, she is fired under dubious circumstances. Fleeing to Europe, she marries a glamorous stranger named Orlando Montague and keeps her past closely hidden. Together, Eleanor and Orlando start afresh in LA. Setting up house in a storybook cottage in the Hollywood Hills, Eleanor is cast in a dream role—the lead in a remake of Rebecca. As she immerses herself in that eerie gothic tale, Orlando’s personality changes, ghosts of her past re-emerge, and Eleanor fears she is not the only person in her marriage with a secret. In this thrilling and twisty homage to Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca, the story ricochets through the streets of Los Angeles, a dangerous marriage to an exotic stranger, and the mind of a young woman whose past may not release her. . . . h a s h t a g s ⇣ #RubyFalls #psychologicalthriller #pageturner #bookclub #tlcbooktours #bookstagram #cozybooks #cozybookstagram #booknerd #bookishlove #bookrecommendations #readerscommunity #readersofinstagram #instareads #instabookstagram #aquietstyle #quiteoftheday #everysquarestory #apartmenttherapy #homedecor #hyggelife #hyggedecor #neutralstyle #cosyhome (at Connecticut) https://www.instagram.com/p/COvScyCNyAH/?igshid=456e2cnhnxfx

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PAGING MR. MORROW. MR. TOM MORROW

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[dianaflynn22]

rubyfalls replied to your post “Josh looked around and sighed. All two of the deth killer shirts he...”

I DONT KNOW WHO WROTE THIS BUT IT HAS POTENTIAL

Yes. Potential for the next great horror story. But there is no denial she is talented!

[notanislander]

Hunger Games Movie Discussion

rubyfalls replied to your post “The Hunger Games Fans Discuss:”

Agreed, but I think MJP2 was a better movie overall.

I won’t disagree they did a better job with the making of MJP2 @rubyfalls, but where they deviated from the book was, in my opinion, so bad that it colored the rest of the movies backward for me.

@sfcbruce said:

In my opinion, the only movie in the trilogy (quadrilogy?) that came closest to the source material was Catching Fire, and even that fell short.

Key points that were missed in The Hunger Games movie: the cave scene during the rainstorm where, it seemed to me, the first true Everlark seeds were planted; when Peeta gets injured (again) in the flight from the wolf-mutts; when Peeta tries to force Katniss’s hand into becoming the sole Victor; when Katniss becomes hysterical on the hovercraft while the medical team fights to save Peeta; and, Katniss’s revelation on the train trip back to District 12, when Peeta finally realizes that the “Star-Crossed Lovers” routine was (mostly) an act on her part.

Key points missed in Catching Fire: the true depth of the tension between Katniss and Peeta in the beginning of the story; the decision to “train like Careers” once the Quarter Quell theme was announced; and  the tenderness between Katniss and Peeta after the Reaping.

Key points missed during MJ Parts I and II: the tension and hostility between Katniss and Peeta following Peeta’s attempt to kill Katniss (Peeta telling Katniss “You’re not especially pretty”); Katniss’s military training; and Gale actually sticking up for Peeta when Peeta was making broadcasts for the Capitol.

There were others, but these stuck in my head. And, I paraphrased a lot here, so don’t be too critical if my memory was not the best :-)

and @kleeklutch replied:

I also vote CF.

@historywriter2007 said:

My two cents. Both are seriously lacking Everlark kisses and I wish there was more of the playful back and forth in the first movie. I will admit when I first read Mockingjay I felt it would be hard for them to make it PG13 considering what happens in the capital and what we know happened between Katniss and Peeta in the end. I guess I would say they both have their faults if either had the true kiss count from the books I would give that one the win.

And @geekymoviemom said:

My initial knee-jerk reaction is that they were both about the same. The Hunger Games, being the first movie in the series, had the assignment of establishing the characters, and in my opinion, THG did a lousy job of establishing Peeta’s character. I also have serious issues with the end of the movie. Namely, the lack of drama during the scene with the berries when Peeta’s supposed to be bleeding to death, and the scene where Katniss flips out once they’re up in the hovercraft not being in the movie. AND THE FACT THAT PEETA DOESN’T LOSE HIS LEG!!!

Mockingjay 2 was an okay movie, but again, the ending! The ending makes it look like the cat brought Katniss back from the brink after Prim’s death, which again just downplays Peeta’s character and how important he really was to Katniss. I was really upset when I saw the movie and realized that.

I’ll probably have more thoughts later.

I agree that I thought, of all the movies, Catching Fire was the closest to the source material. I think one thing they all failed at was the relationship between Katniss and Peeta. In building up the tension between Katniss and Gale, they neglected to show the ease that Katniss and Peeta truly related to each other, when he wasn’t hijacked and she wasn’t confused that is, lol!

What you say @geekymoviemom about Buttercup at the end of Mockingjay, YES YES YES and a thousand times YES! It goes back to downplaying her relationship with Peeta through the rest of the movies (I suppose an argument could be made that in Part 1 Katniss’ affection for Peeta was on display). And then... and then... getting rid of their daughter? I will never get over that part either.

As I said to @rubyfalls, the changes they made at the end, from how Katniss got to the Capitol, how she reacted when she killed Coin, her “solitary confinement” (or lack their of), her desperation, Buttercup saving her, the erasure of the daughter all of that contributed to my total lack of love for the Mockingjay movies, and it colored all of the movies negatively for me- because that is where you truly see the vision of the filmmakers. It wasn’t to make the books into movies, but to reframe who Katniss Everdeen was into a Hollywood bad-ass. 

Thanks everyone for playing!! I miss the discussions we used to have. Anyone else like to pose a question for us to discuss?

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I HAVE TWO TOP FIVES AND YOU WILL ANSWER BOTH 1. Top five adventures we have had together 2. Top five stupidest things Dummy has ever done GOOD LUCK LIMITING BOTH TO FIVE, JERK

TOP FIVE ADVENTURES (this was hard, you were correct. also these aren’t in order they’re just a sheila’s greatest hits)

the hair fire at maggiano’s, but especially when you told me to zip my purse up because we were about to have to run when the sprinklers turned on, and also your commitment to taking the spaghetti to eat in the parking lot

experiencing british charf’s level 5 meltdown in the american pavilion at epcot

riding splash mountain while dressed as the ghostbusters. riding haunted mansion while dressed as ghost busters (basically, just being ghostbusters at magic kingdom. i was just telling someone about this today, actually!)

literally everything from the NYC trip to the hunger games exhibit. all of it. i can’t pick one thing specifically. from kevin the night manager at the waldorf, to  dragging sarah to the bowery and telling her she couldn’t ask questions, the whole thing was just an amazing 48 hours and i can’t narrow it down any more than that

the inaugural trash conference with @keep-encouraged because we discovered the true importance of dinner party that weekend

TOP FIVE STUPIDEST DUMMY THINGS

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being a bernie bro

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