
Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated Suburbicon (2017) in Movies
Feb 12, 2018
The movie had a good plot to it but, everything else was poor. I didn't like the acting by most characters and I know it's the time but, the amount of racial prejudice that is shown is way too over the top for me.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her...

Edward III: A Heroic Failure
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Edward III lived through bloody and turbulent times. His father was deposed by his mother and her...

Trading with the Enemy: A Yankee Travels Through Castro's Cuba
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Havana knew me by my shoes," begins Tom Miller's lively and entertaining account of his sojourn for...

Hollywood Obscura: Death, Murder, and the Paranormal Aftermath
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Hollywood is no stranger to murder, and some of the murderers are the most vicious killers known to...

The Great Transition: Climate, Disease and Society in the Late Medieval World
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In the fourteenth century the Old World witnessed a series of profound and abrupt changes in the...

Terra's World
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Terra, which Neil Gaiman said reminded him of Douglas Adams,Terry Pratchett and Roald Dahl, launched...

Emma @ The Movies (1786 KP) rated Despicable Me 3 (2017) in Movies
Sep 25, 2019

Janeeny (200 KP) rated The Black Death in Books
Sep 13, 2019
I bought this book when it was first released as it interested me, gradually my interest waned and it’s now been sitting on my shelf for seven years.
The Black Death is a non-fiction account of a little village in Suffolk during the plague years. Each chapter starts with a factual account of what was going on in the rest of the world regarding the spread of the disease then it launches into the story of this little village.
Hatcher has taken factual records and accounts and added a little poetic licence to create an engaging story that really involves you in the day to day life. He does take great pains to reiterate how poor the records were for that time and how much of a liberty he was taking, but I feel it’s unnecessary.

Mrs. Claus and the Santaland Slayings
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It's the first Christmas in Santaland for April Claus—but it may also be her last unless she can...