Lorna Cant

Book fanatic, movie connoisseur.

Female

Southend on Sea , United Kingdom

05. October

Joined: Oct 5, 2019

Books are my bag but also love a good film. In both cases I live finding those hidden gems that not everyone will know about or have discovered I tend to come around to things in my own time and not because everyone else is reading/watching it. No social pressures!

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Science Fiction/Fantasy

Thriller

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Lorna Cant (51 KP) rated Gaslight (1944) in Movies

Feb 11, 2020

Gaslight (1944)

1944 | Classics, Drama, Mystery

8.3

(3 Ratings)

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Brilliant film

A really clever film demonstrating how one person can have complete control over another, and how submersive and insidious it can be. It's a supremely cruel way of dismantling another person's mind, and the term gaslighting is now used in psychological circles to describe this type of mental torchure. Very very clever psychological thriller. Highly recommended.

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Lorna Cant (51 KP) rated The Winter's Tale in Books

Feb 11, 2020

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Lorna Cant (51 KP) rated The Quiche of Death (Agatha Raisin, #1) in Books

Jan 20, 2020

The Quiche of Death (Agatha Raisin, #1)

M.C. Beaton | 1992 | Crime, Humor & Comedy, Mystery

8.3

(6 Ratings)

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Lorna Cant (51 KP) rated Anna and the King of Siam (1946) in Movies

Jan 20, 2020

Anna and the King of Siam (1946)

1946 | Classics, Drama, Musical

6.0

(1 Ratings)

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Lorna Cant (51 KP) rated My Fair Lady (1964) in Movies

Jan 20, 2020

My Fair Lady (1964)

1964 | Comedy, Family, Musical

8.7

(7 Ratings)

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Lorna Cant (51 KP) rated BorrowBox Library in Apps

Jan 19, 2020

BorrowBox Library

Book, Entertainment

7.3

(3 Ratings)

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Good, but I don't know whether it's down to your local library as to what is available but I've found gaps in series of books. Not all are available and those that are tend to be either at the beginning or the end of series, with those in the middle missing. It needs work, but a good idea, and it feeds my need for audio books.

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Lorna Cant (51 KP) rated Casualty - Season 32 in TV

Jan 16, 2020

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Lorna Cant (51 KP) rated The Nightingale in Books

Jan 14, 2020

The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

8.9

(61 Ratings)

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I honestly thought this was going to be a run of the mill WW2 story, but I was so wrong! These two sisters, one young, vivacious and spirited, the other older, settled and inclined to play it safe are so different, yet where it really counts each are as brave as the other.
Isabelle, the younger, is wild and impetuous. When Nazis invade their home town, she immediately wants to fight, regardless of the consequences. Taking an active part in the resistance she belies her years.
Older sister Vianne is more conservative. Married since she was 16, living in the family home that has been theirs for generations she is settled, keeps her head down and doesnt want to draw attention to herself.
Appearances can be deceptive. Even with Nazi officers billeted at her home, she proves that a mother is willing to do anything to protect her children, especially with her husband interned in a POW camp.
The stories these women have to tell are extraordinary, each of the finding in themselves a bravery they didn't know they had until they had to find it. Beautifully written, heart breaking. Extraordinary.