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Roxanne (13 KP) rated Autofiction in Books

Nov 14, 2018  
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Autofiction
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This was a very strange book that deserves a good rating as it's one that has been stuck in my mind for a while now and I always find that if a book is memorable it deserves great praise. A bizarre story about a fruit loop of a girl who is extremely possessive and a slave to dark thoughts. You are welcomed into a very disturbed mind, which I found fascinating.
Before reading this novel I had never heard of the author before and I picked it up as the cover caught my eye when browsing the shelves in my local library. After reading the blurb I thought the story sounded very interesting...a sort of twisted romance. I was not disappointed as I felt the author delivered. I found that I could not completely feel attached to the MC, however, which was the only downside for me and I wanted to slap her a few times but maybe that's how the author wished you to feel towards the MC, I am not sure.
Overall, I enjoyed this story...mostly because it was something different and bizarre...2 of my favourite things.
  
Dragonfly in Amber
Dragonfly in Amber
Diana Gabaldon | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry
8
9.2 (17 Ratings)
Book Rating
I think I followed this one better because I had seen thr TV series. Love thr story but I zoned out a few times
  
Wait for Me by Moby
Wait for Me by Moby
2009 | Rock
(0 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"This song was on my computer, by a mistake I think, and on our family computer. We had a computer much later on - before computers were normal to have in every house - and we didn’t have a radio or MTV when I was growing up. “I didn’t discover music when I was a kid and I still don’t really, because I don’t have many music platforms on my phone, but ‘A Seated Night’ was randomly downloaded through LimeWire onto our computer and it was the first song that I discovered through technology. “I really love Moby, although I haven’t dived deep into him yet. I love the choir and I think that’s why I fell in love with this song, it’s just so nice. I love arranging myself into a choir and I’ve used a real choir for my music, a gay choir from Norway called Faggots. They’re really good, they just sing like real people and are really talented, more than I ever knew before I was working with them. “They’re on “It Happened Quiet” and “Churchyard” and they’re also on my new record, where you can hear them quite promptly. They’re gorgeous. Ever since I heard this song, it had always been my dream to have a choir on my record.”"

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Not Microwave Safe: A Halloween Story
Kyle Adams | 2012
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This was a fun short story with a few good twists and turns to keep the reader interested. I found it both funny and creepy as I really liked the characters but I absolutely hate clowns. I would say this is more a comedy than a horror but I'm still going to shelve it as horror because...clowns.
  
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David Benioff recommended Lucky JIm in Books (curated)

 
Lucky JIm
Lucky JIm
Kingsley Amis | 1993 | Fiction & Poetry, Humor & Comedy
6.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"About twenty years ago I was driving around Ireland with a friend. We stopped at a famous golf course and my friend played a round. Since I don’t play golf, I stayed in the clubhouse and read this novel. The Irishmen thought I was mad, a lone Yank sitting in the corner, laughing hysterically. The funniest book I’ve read"

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The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars
John Green | 2012 | Children
10
8.2 (185 Ratings)
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touching love story (0 more)
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So I am a pretty emotional human being. Sad movies and depressing people are usually the type of things I stay away from. I don't believe I cried over a book ever in my life until I read this one. I kid you not, I sat in a CVS parking lot crying and the poor guy in the car next to me didn't have any clue why! Overall I really enjoyed this book.
  
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Frecklesxoxo (6 KP) rated The Dice Man in Books

Feb 27, 2019  
The Dice Man
The Dice Man
2
5.8 (5 Ratings)
Book Rating
I only got through one chapter of this I did not enjoy it at all, I cant put my finger on why I instantly disliked it but I felt offended slightly by it and I have read more offensive things in books and did not dislike them but this just had a sort of feel to it and I hate not finishing a book and always try to finish a book i'm starting but this I just couldn't.
  
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The One Safe Place
6
7.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
I received this book in a first reads give away and i enjoyed it immensely, i found it well written different to anything i had read before and i finished it in one sitting, I think The one safe place would appeal to both younger and older readers and i am planning to read it with my two boys of nine and ten as i think they would greatly enjoy it.so a thumbs up from me a good read.
  
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B (62 KP) rated Amazon Kindle in Apps

Sep 29, 2018  
Amazon Kindle
Amazon Kindle
Book
7
9.1 (292 Ratings)
App Rating
I have a love-hate relationship with the Amazon Kindle app. I usually am anti-ereader because I love the feeling of books and the experience of reading a physical copy, but I can't be 100% against them because I understand their purpose of trying to reduce papet usage, reading at night, etc. I also can't be a hypocrite because I have the app on my phone for convenience's sake. So anyways I guess the app is alright.
  
Girl on Tour (Kylie Ryans, #2)
Girl on Tour (Kylie Ryans, #2)
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I didn't enjoy this as much as the first and I think that was due to the ending...I prefer them happier than this one's was. But since I know it's in a trilogy, I'm hoping Kylie and Trace will get their HEA in <i>Girl in Love</i>

I thought Mia was a bit of a b*tch to start with but she came through in the end and I hope Kylie takes her advice at the end.