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Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners
Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners
2020 | Fighting, Horror, Shooter
Intense (2 more)
Good story
Plenty to do
Controls can be iffy (1 more)
Requires PS move controllers
VR at its finest
What can I say about this quietly released VR game during a crazy time like this? Well if you were hoping for zombies during this virus outbreak, its here! In VR form at least.
This game has a strange intensity surrounding it the whole time your inside the game. With "walkers" coming at you, people to fight or help and scavenging everything you need to survive, this game packs a punch and certainly delivers a VR game someone can be proud of.
With so many games lacking the length and replay ability, Saints and Sinners looks to keep you hooked as there are so many things to unlock in order to stay alive. Having only scratched the surface if ths game so far, i look forward to revisiting a devestated New Orleans as much as i can. If you love action and horror, and are also a fan of VR then this is the game yoi have been waiting for.
  
Echo Falls (Echo Falls #1)
Echo Falls (Echo Falls #1)
Jaime McDougall | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
8
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Echo Falls (Echo Falls #1) by Jaime McDougall
I got this for two reasons - 1) it was free and 2) I like paranormal romance. I can quite honestly say that I'm very glad that I did and have sat down and read it in a couple of hours as I wanted to find out what happened!

I loved the storyline in it and even though I knew who the "traitor" was, it in no way diminished my enjoyment of the story as a whole. I loved how Phoebe's story was told throughout the book and how Aidan was trying to get information from her. The secondary characters in this book are also believable and funny. It also makes a very refreshing change to have the main female as scared, unsure and carrying physical scars without being a complete wuss.

Loved reading it and will definitely be keeping it!

Favourite character? Definitely Aiden!

* Verified Purchase ~ February 2013
Reviewed on Goodreads ~ February 2013 *

Merissa
Archaeolibrarian - I Dig Good Books!
  
I had such high hopes for this book. The only nice thing I have to say about this books is that at least Louisa Edwards can write a realistic storyline. Unfortunately, it was a story I was completely uninterested in. I was intrigued because I always have a thing for romance novels involving kitchens and cooks. That is why I asked for the book in the first place.

Yes, the characters were realistic not only in their behaviors and dialogues, but also in their interaction with each other. Yes, the storyline was also believable, with plenty of the usually deceit, secrets, and embarrassing moments that come with romances novels. But that was just it, I felt like I was reading just another romance. Nothing about this novel seemed special, unique, or stuck out in my mind.

Well written, with realistic characters and plot, but nothing special. I will not be reading the other two in the series.
  
Blood Fury: Black Dagger Legacy
Blood Fury: Black Dagger Legacy
J.R. Ward | 2018 | Paranormal, Romance
9
8.9 (7 Ratings)
Book Rating
Ruhn and Saxton - loved them as a couple (0 more)
It's been so long since I read the last book, I forgot why Assail is at the BDB house....will have to refresh my memory before The Thief is released! (0 more)
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I really enjoyed Blood Fury and I didn't expect to. Mainly, because I didn't care much for Saxton in the past and I didn't really have much of an opinion on Peyton and Novo. Having now read it, I can honestly say that I loved the romance between Saxton and Ruhn. I did not see that coming! And their involvement with the human developers was a great story.
My heart broke for Novo. With her past and her awful family, it's not surprising she's as tough as she is, and I'm glad that someone was able to make her love again and help her move on and I'm glad that that someone was Peyton- if only because it meant that he'd stop obsessing over the rather dull Paradise.
  
A Quiet Kind of Thunder
A Quiet Kind of Thunder
Sara Barnard | 2017 | Children
9
8.0 (4 Ratings)
Book Rating
Quintessential British coming of age
‘He can’t hear, she doesn’t speak but they understand one another perfectly’

That’s the strap line on this book and it blew me away like I find the best YA can. This was one of the most relatable YAs I’ve read in a long time (I work with this age group and that’s why I find it relateable...I know I’m not 18). I think some of this was down to the fact it was quintessentially British and not American and I loved sense of home in this book.

Steffi was a carefully crafted complex and refreshing character. I ‘got’ her, I admired her and wanted her to thrive in whatever way was right for her. Rhys was bloody adorable and flawed and adorable. Did I say adorable? *shrugs* The story of these two was a absorbing delight to read but it was real.

I devoured this book quickly. I slipped into this seamless writing with ease and I’m genuinely sorry it’s over. I will be reading more from Sara Barnard, she rocked this age range so good.
  
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ArecRain (8 KP) rated Born Into Fire in Books

Jan 18, 2018  
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Born Into Fire
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I received a complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review

An interesting story, to say the least. It was a different concept and I appreciate that. However, there were times when I didn’t understand what was going on. The beginning for instance. I know he controlled air, but the passage itself was hard to grasp. I wasn’t sure that what I was visualizing in my head is what the author intended.

Overall, it was an enjoyable read, especially if you are looking for more erotica than story. While there was a plot, and it was fairly interesting, the sex heavily outweighed the story.

I suppose I am biased, however, since this novel was exactly up my alley. I love erotica, and I love stories that involve people who can control elements. Besides witches/warlocks, they are my ultimate favorite paranormals. However, if the author wasn’t skilled, I wouldn’t have enjoyed this story nearly as much. Despite the random scenes I found confusing, it was an enjoyable story.

_ Arec
<a href="https://rainythursdays.wordpress.com">Rainy Thursdays</a>
  
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Dana (24 KP) rated The Gunslinger in Books

Mar 23, 2018  
The Gunslinger
The Gunslinger
Stephen King | 2012 | Horror, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Thriller
6
7.7 (47 Ratings)
Book Rating
I feel like this book is gearing up for the others in the series. It is a lot of setting up the world and the characters' motivations and desires. Roland doesn't feel overly "there" in the world. It is kind of like he is in an in between place waiting for the other shoe to drop. Perhaps that is what is meant to be happening, if so, excellent writing.

I am excited to pick up the other books, I think there are seven? I think there is going to be a lot of epicness to come, but I am not quite sure where it is going to be. I am, however, excited to take that journey with Roland, the Man in Black, and everyone else.

I think the characters are well done, but I think I need to read more to really get to know them. but I can say I am excited to do so.

So, yeah. Overall, it was an okay book, but I am planning on reading more of them.
  
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BobbiesDustyPages (1259 KP) rated The Pianist (2002) in Movies

Feb 21, 2018 (Updated Feb 21, 2018)  
The Pianist (2002)
The Pianist (2002)
2002 | Drama, War
This movie will literally crush your soul
Okay to start off I am not a crier it is so rare that I cry in a movie that I honestly can say I've only cried in about a handful of movies. And when I first saw this movie I don't even think I'd ever cried during a movie except when I was like four and I watch The Little Mermaid but oh man did I openly oh man did I openly SOB like a baby during this movie.... he'll even thinking about a certain scene in this movie makes me want to cry.

The movie follows a Polish Jewish man's Journey through Warsaw during World War II and all the horrors he not only witnessed but survived. The whole movie is just so raw and Adrian Brody' s performance is just so heart-wrenchingly beautiful that I felt like I've been through everything he's been through and by the end I found myself so shaken I had to take a few minutes just to calm myself down.