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HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - Leaving movie fans across the globe shocked, well known actor Chris Bradley, who tragically met his end during the action movie, “Oath of Vengeance,” was inexplicably seen alive in the romantic comedy, “Love on Levanzo,” which premiered just weeks later. Viewers were left in disbelief as Bradley, who died in an explosion when his helicopter was shot down in his last film, appeared unharmed and in good spirits in this new romantic comedy, causing moviegoers to scratch their heads in confusion.

“I literally watched Oath of Vengeance three times,” said confused moviegoer Tony Chamberlain. “Dude was straight up dead. Like his whole face was basically burned to a crust, and they even had a whole funeral scene for him. But now he’s sipping wine in Italy as if nothing happened? It just doesn’t make sense.”

Countless theories have been made on social media theorizing what had happened to Bradley, the most underlining theory being that he faked his death so he could flee to Italy and leave his past life behind him. Chris, however, says that the explanation is much more simple than that.

“I’m an actor,” Chris explained. “I play many different characters for different movies. Yes, the character I played in one of these movies died, but that doesn’t mean that I died. I’m still here, and I’m gonna keep on playing characters in different movies.”

Yeah, lol.

When it comes to characters, entertainment is the most important thing.

Previous  Bookclub Picks available now on Overdrive

-Summaries and ratings pulled from Goodreads-

The Martian by Andy Weir

4.4/5 stars

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.

Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there.

After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.

Chances are, though, he won’t have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old “human error” are much more likely to kill him first.

But Mark isn’t ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills — and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit — he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed

4.01/5 stars

At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life. With no experience or training, driven only by blind will, she would hike more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State — and she would do it alone. Told with suspense and style, sparkling with warmth and humor, Wild powerfully captures the terrors and pleasures of one young woman forging ahead against all odds on a journey that maddened, strengthened, and ultimately healed her.

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

4.37/5 stars

It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will be busier still.

By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, left behind there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordian-playing foster father, learns to read. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever there are books to be found.

But these are dangerous times. When Liesel's foster family hides a Jew in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up, and closed down.

In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.

At the Water's Edge by Sara Gruen

3.66/5 stars

After embarrassing themselves at the social event of the year in high society Philadelphia on New Year’s Eve of 1942, Maddie and Ellis Hyde are cut off financially by Ellis’s father, a former army Colonel who is already embarrassed by his son’s inability to serve in WWII due to his being colorblind.

To Maddie’s horror, Ellis decides that the only way to regain his father’s favor is to succeed in a venture his father attempted and very publicly failed at: he will hunt the famous Loch Ness monster and when he finds it he will restore his father’s name and return to his father’s good graces (and pocketbook). Joined by their friend Hank, a wealthy socialite, the three make their way to Scotland in the midst of war.

Each day the two men go off to hunt the monster, while another monster, Hitler, is devastating Europe. And Maddie, now alone in a foreign country, must begin to figure out who she is and what she wants.

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

4.37/5 stars

On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane's bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War. The lieutenant’s name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he'd been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and fleeing his home to ride the rails. As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile. But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown.

Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will.

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

3.92/5 stars