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Demon Seed: A novel of terror to horrify you this Halloween
Dean Koontz | 1973 | Fiction & Poetry, Horror
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6.3 (7 Ratings)
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I read this book a while ago and I remember really enjoying it. I couldn't put it down as it was well written, it moved at a fast pace and it held suspense well. One of my favourite Koontz books so far.
  
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Roxanne (13 KP) rated Holes in Books

Nov 14, 2018  
Holes
Holes
Louis Sachar | 2015 | Children
8
8.0 (32 Ratings)
Book Rating
I remember reading this a few years ago in school. A long time has passed since then so it's hard to remember specifics,however, I do remember enjoying it. It was one of the few books that I actually enjoyed in English class.
  
Better than I expected. Took a little longer than Meads usual to get to the meat of the story but I am a slobbering Daniel, so I'm cool with that.
02-06-2018
slobbering...Daniel? maybe I meant fangirl? yup, that was it.
  
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Natari (73 KP) rated the Xbox 360 version of Dragon Age Origins in Video Games

Jul 15, 2019  
Dragon Age Origins
Dragon Age Origins
2009 | Role-Playing
Building relationships (1 more)
Unique storylines
Not open world (1 more)
Travelling between scenes can be difficult
I got stuck on a level because I had managed to get myself locked in a dungeon I was too underlevelled for. Got bored and didn't feel like redoing it.
  
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Rose Braisby (28 KP) rated The Silent Patient in Books

Jan 30, 2020 (Updated Jan 30, 2020)  
The Silent Patient
The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides | 2019 | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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8.3 (39 Ratings)
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I raced through this read - it was gripping and I loved the ending. (0 more)
Some bits were a little sexist for me, and more research was needed (I worked in a psychiatric hospital in the UK and lots of inaccuracies) (0 more)
Couldn't put this down
  
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Kate (355 KP) rated Yesterday (2019) in Movies

Apr 20, 2020  
Yesterday (2019)
Yesterday (2019)
2019 | Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Don’t understand the hype.
Sorry but I don’t understand all the hype that surrounded this film, yes I enjoyed but it wasn’t memorable or maybe I am not a Beatles fan. People should give it a go though and form their own opinions
  
Alex, Approximately
Alex, Approximately
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7.8 (5 Ratings)
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I do like my Jenn Bennett books

I enjoyed this. More than I expected to after finishing a bunch of paranormal books but Jenn Bennetts books do appeal to me a lot whether her paranormal books or more recently her YA romance
  
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Carrie Preston recommended Song of Solomon in Books (curated)

 
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison | 1977 | Fiction & Poetry
7.2 (6 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"This books exists on a visceral level. It's scary and enlightening and enigmatic. It stuns, shatters and illuminates. Just when I think I have a handle on it, I see something else. And PS: No one gives awesome audiobook better than her."

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AT (1676 KP) rated A Simple Favor in Books

Jan 3, 2019 (Updated Jan 3, 2019)  
A Simple Favor
A Simple Favor
Darcey Bell | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry, Mystery
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5.3 (8 Ratings)
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I received this book from one of the Smashbomb giveaways in exchange for my review. I didn't think I'd like it very much because the movie trailer looked kind of stupid, but it was still exciting to see the package in the mail! (I haven't seen the movie yet, and don't know if I will.) I began the book not expecting much, but was pleasantly surprised. It read very smoothly, and had just enough tension at the beginning to keep me coming back. I enjoyed the story for quite awhile. Then the plot found its way into a weird twist. Not that I didn't expect some sort of twist. I just didn't expect the one character to be...like she was. For the rest of the novel, I wasn't sure how strange the plot was going to get. The story was tolerable for the most part and I was going to give it a higher rating, but I am not a fan of the ending. While I wasn't surprised by it, I wished that it would have ended in a different manner. Therefore, I'm a bit torn over my review. I didn't hate the story, itself, for a fictional escape, but the ending sunk the whole thing for me. I'd say that it's a decent beach read, if you're looking for something with a little suspense and mystery. I wouldn't recommend it to any deep-thinking book clubs, though.
  
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Dianne Robbins (1738 KP) Jan 4, 2019

By the third chapter, I have a feeling how this book is going to go and I'll be very surprised if it turns out otherwise. I, too, won it from Smashbomb and was looking forward to reading it, but the reviews seem lackluster so I'm not expecting much. The author is a preschool teacher and I have found that teachers, whether preschool, college, or anywhere in between don't make the best authors. They tend to find themselves too clever and make bad decisions with their plotlines.

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AT (1676 KP) Jan 4, 2019

It may or may not end the way you think it will, but since you're already not jumping for joy, no. You probably won't be wowed. Lol I definitely know the feeling!

Original Album Classics by Harry Nilsson
Original Album Classics by Harry Nilsson
2009 | Rock
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Without You by Harry Nilsson

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"This is one of the first songs I can remember listening to over and over again as a little kid. I had ‘Puff the Magic Dragon’ and ‘Without You’ and they were my two favourite songs. I remember I would sit on the living room floor with my dad’s big headphones on, we had a massive CD player set and I would put it on and I’d just be… [gasps] I’d listen to it on repeat. “That was my first love of a pop ballad and I think those feelings were my first feelings of love in a way. I would just play it over and over and I think that was my first longing for wanting to create, but maybe not knowing that yet. Just being like ‘Oh my god, this is what I love.’ “It’s quite cool that it was Harry Nilsson, because I was just listening to what my parents were listening to at that time. I fucking love Harry Nilsson, he’s one of my favourite artists. Mariah Carey is a diva and she kills it, but it’s a different experience with the Mariah version. I love a diva and I love a good belt and an intense dramatic thing, but I like the more understated, simpler versions of things sometimes too. It’s like the Dolly Parton version of ‘I Will Always Love You’, there’s something so fucking beautiful and understated about that.”"

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