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Charley (64 KP) rated The Mermaid in Books

Jan 28, 2019  
The Mermaid
The Mermaid
Christina Henry | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry
10
10.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Unusual and left you wanting more
This author is truly amazing. She is able to take well know tales/ folk lores and turn them into gripping novels. This book is no different. I found this enchanting tale after reading her Chronicles of Alice series of books.
She has taken the story of Bo Burnham and the little mermaid and amalgamated them into what is an amazing read.
In short the story is about a mermaid who wants to see the world. She is taken in by Burnham with a promise of money to show the world her mermaid tricks. Safe to say that like all of Christina Henry's other books it takes a dark and twisted turn however seems to work out well in the end.
There are definitely some moments in the book where i was worried to read on as i thought something really bad was going to happen.
It kept me on the edge of my seat through out and was a wonderful tale of the darkness of men and magic.
  
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Chloe (514 KP) Jan 28, 2019

Woo that sounds so interesting and scary ?? I may have to read this even if it does ruin my childhood lol

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Charley (64 KP) Jan 28, 2019

its brilliant and very thought provoking

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Dean (6927 KP) rated The Lion King (2019) in Movies

Jul 19, 2019 (Updated Jul 19, 2019)  
The Lion King (2019)
The Lion King (2019)
2019 | Adventure, Animation, Family
Amazing life like animation of the animals (0 more)
Songs didn't seem that great (0 more)
Same story with different visuals
Yet another re-imaging update of a Disney classic. People will always have quite varied reactions to these films depending in how high regard they hold the original. So far they have been a bit hit and miss, with Dumbo the worst for me. This is more in line with the Jungle book, with the same director. The story is pretty much exactly the same as the original. The difference is the amazing life like animation of the animals. So good it will feel like a nature documentary at times, waiting for David Attenborough to narrate over.
The voice cast is OK with only James Earl Jones voice standing out as he has such a commanding tone. The songs were just ok for me and I think this is where most people might be disappointed with this version. Overall it's a good story still given a technically excellent make-over. Just maybe lacking a little charm here and there.
  
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Merissa (13159 KP) rated Arandora Star in Books

Dec 17, 2018  
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Arandora Star
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is a fictional story set around a factual event and to put it in a few descriptive words, it is poignant, heart-rending, thought provoking and disturbing. I could go on but I won't. What I will do is recommend that you read for yourself this amazing story that certainly sheds a different light on the whole affair.

The story unfolds at a steady pace and you are given time to empathise with the characters in the different situations they find themselves in. This is a gripping and compelling novel that will keep you glued to the pages until the end and will then leave you with a book-hangover as you ponder what you have read. I was filled with "what-ifs, maybes and should haves" for a fictional character but the ending was perfect for the book.

This is an amazing book and I really can't recommend it highly enough. Prepare to be immersed in history.

I bought this book as part of the Kindle Daily Deal on 10th February 2014.
  
Samsung Galaxy S20+
Samsung Galaxy S20+
Phones & Accessories > Phones
9
8.5 (2 Ratings)
Tech Rating
easy set up (2 more)
easy to use
Great camera
thumb print access (0 more)
Excellent phone
I'm generally not up to date with the latest phone as I find that they are not much different to the previous 5 or 6 released and are usually very expensive with your provider. As my phone was up for renewal Sky offered me the new Samsung Galaxy S20+, I accepted it because it was a good deal, but wasn't that bothered about the phone

When the phone arrived it exceeded my expectations for a new phone, very simple set up, moved all my photos, contacts and apps across automatically and is very easy and smooth to use. It has amazing video playback and the picture is crystal clear, the camera is amazing and can't wait to try it out when I can finally get away on holiday

Its only downfall I have found so far is the thumb print access is very hit and miss and can take a few attempts to unlock the phone
  
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Apocalypse Now (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
1979 | Action, Drama, War

"I think my second favorite film is Apocalypse Now, partly because I’m 58 years old, and I grew up with Vietnam on the television. That movie is just such an amazing journey, and it was really terrifying to watch. There were just so many elements of that film that just left a big impression on me when I saw it. I think I saw it — when did it come out? In ’78, ’79? It was just an amazing film. For me, not having served, it kind of articulated and revealed the fear I think I would’ve had, had I had to go. There were just so many elements about that film that were terrifying. It was fascinating filmmaking, and I love that film. In my career, I finally got to work with Bobby Duvall, he played my father in the movie I did with Billy Bob Thornton [Jayne Mansfield’s Car], but to talk to Bobby about those sequences and what that was like, and how it was like to shoot… It’s a pretty profound movie."

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King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown by King Tubby / Augustus Pablo
King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown by King Tubby / Augustus Pablo
1976 | Rock
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Album Favorite

"It’s just timeless space-age music. Music that was recorded with so little technology, and yet it sounds so technological. It’s spontaneously recorded and spontaneously mixed, and yet it sounds like it’s been arranged, by four thousand producers, four million Trevor Horns. But it was just two blokes pushing faders up and down with a couple of space echoes. It’s an amazing sound, and it’s amazing what they did in Jamaica, especially people like Lee Perry and King Tubby. Sonically, they transformed music. It was quite difficult to get hold of at the time: there was one shop in Finsbury Park, which was quite a threatening place to go if you were a young spotty skinheaded kid. I remember Johnny Rotten used to go there, but he was a bit more fearless I think! But there would be house parties where you’d hear a bit of it, and it would filter into places like Rough Trade, and spread to Rock On in Camden Town, and you’d end up, er, borrowing lots of records that you never gave back…"

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