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Domonique (0 KP) rated The Walking Dead: v. 1: Days Gone Bye in Books

May 12, 2018  
The Walking Dead: v. 1: Days Gone Bye
The Walking Dead: v. 1: Days Gone Bye
Tony Moore, Robert Kirkman | 2006 | Fiction & Poetry
10
9.1 (11 Ratings)
Book Rating
This was awesome! I've been watching the show for years, but I never read the comic even though I knew that's what it was based on. And people kept saying how good it was, but I read so many other things that I just never had a chance to check out. But I got this free trial on Comixology and thought, why not? And let me tell you, I am hooked, I think I read this in a day and it's a comic book so it's not like it takes longs to read anyway but I found it hard to focus on other things when all I wanted to do was read this. It's exactly like the show, and of course I know this came first, but it's kind of cool to read this after watching the show to see how true they stayed to the story. I've started Volume 2 already and I'm pretty sure I'm going to finish this quickly as well. Before long, I might be caught on the comics like I am with the show.
  
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Haley Mathiot (9 KP) rated Little Green Dresses: 50 Original Patterns for Repurposed Dresses, Tops, Skirts, and More in Books

Apr 27, 2018  
Little Green Dresses: 50 Original Patterns for Repurposed Dresses, Tops, Skirts, and More
Little Green Dresses: 50 Original Patterns for Repurposed Dresses, Tops, Skirts, and More
Tina Sparkles | 2010 | Art, Photography & Fashion
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Little Green Dresses is a very creative interesting craft book. The instructions are good, and Tina has step by step instructions for how to cut or create your own patterns, or make your own based on the ones in the book.

As far as the dresses themselves: They are all very unique. It's hard for me to visualize how I personally would wear some of them. Some are really cool. I like most of them. Some are just odd.

But then I was never much of a fashionista. My sister used to match my clothes for me. And I'm amazed I haven't gotten kicked off campus for some of the things I've worn.

Still, most of the dresses have a very artistic appeal to them. Only a very few do I actually dislike.

The only reason I don't give this book a 4 or a 4.5 is because, although they are very creative and interesting, some are impractical and I can't really see someone wearing them for anything other than a very specific occasion.

Recommendation: intermediate/advanced seamstresses
  
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Tom Turner (388 KP) rated Prince of Thorns in Books

Apr 29, 2021  
Prince of Thorns
Prince of Thorns
Mark Lawrence | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry
7
8.3 (11 Ratings)
Book Rating
Having read The Book of the Ancestor series last year and absolutely l loved them, I was hesitant to read The Broken Empire. Tried was because I was lead to believe that BOA was a step up from BE. So I assumed I would be disappointed. What clicked with me and made me take the plunge was reading that Mark Lawrence based Jorg, our brutal protagonist on Alex from Anthony Burges' A Clockwork Orange. I had also heard that the reason why people didn't consider it as good as BOA was that they couldn't connect to study a horrible protagonist. It would be interesting to know, had I read Prince of Thorns without knowing this tidbit of trivia, whether I would have fallen into the trap of misunderstanding this book as others had. But I do definitely feel that this knowledge greatly enhanced my understanding and therefore enjoyment of the book. I would even go as far as saying I might even like it better than BOA, and that's saying something!