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George Saunders recommended The Bluest Eye in Books (curated)

 
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison | 1970 | Fiction & Poetry
7.6 (5 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"The first time I read this book it transported me back to my early Catholic days on the South Side of Chicago, when the nuns put forth a model of Christ as a kind of superhero, whose superpower was love, defined as his ability to look with affection at anyone and everyone, no exceptions. Morrison models that capability here in this great novel, and reminds us that the first move in any assessment of a person or notion should be sympathy, based on the reality of our grand mutual suffering."

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Tami (7 KP) rated Out of the Shadows in Books

Jul 15, 2018  
Out of the Shadows
Out of the Shadows
Gabriella Hewitt | 2018 | Paranormal, Romance
8
9.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
I was very pleased with this book. The characters were likable and brought me great joy when things worked out for them in the end.

The storyline kept me wanting more from page one.

I appreciated that the love scene was further into the book (steamy too) because it gave you something to process their love interets before totally turning it into a sex fest (not that this book is a sex fest, I just hate books that do that.)

I wish the story would have had a little bit more meat on it, it is a short read. I would have liked to have had more backstory on the characters and more of the ex-boyfriend storyline.

I know that the Aztec gods were depicted based on the actual gods, but I, personally, wished that they were a little more pronouceable. I spend a lot of time skimming over the names which left me a little confused as to which god was doing what.

3 1/2 stars leaning toward 4. I plan on reading book 2, so it couldn’t have been that bad.
  
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Sue (5 KP) rated A Murder in Mount Moriah (A Lindsay Harding Mystery, #1) in Books

Aug 13, 2018  
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A Murder in Mount Moriah (A Lindsay Harding Mystery, #1)
Mindy Quigley | 2013
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I was a little hesitant about this book as at first I thought it might be a another overly christian based mystery with a lot of bible references (since the main character is a reverend). Well that is not the case with this mystery. Lindsay is a not your average reverend! This is a true cozy mystery for any fan of the genre and will have you liking Lindsay from the moment the character jumps on the page.
  
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HeatherLouise (105 KP) rated V-Wars in TV

Dec 30, 2019  
V-Wars
V-Wars
2019 | Horror, Sci-Fi
9
7.3 (16 Ratings)
TV Show Rating Watch
Finally, a return to the way vampires should be- monsters that go bump in the night rather than brooding romantic interests. If you like your vampires scary rather than sexy, this show is for you.


I adored the book series this show is based on, and it took me a couple of episodes to accept the changes that had been made. I hope this gets a second series and they delve deeper into the issues raised in the novels.