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The Pizzeria Vesuvio looks like any other Italian restaurant in London - with a few small...
Smart Logic Games:Toddler Kids & Baby Learning App
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Smart Logic Games is a learning logical app for 2-5-year-old kids. It includes several training...
Between the Lines
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Darrian dreams of writing for the New York Times. To hone his skills and learn more about the power...
In the Line of Duty (Detective Madison Knight Series Book 7)
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The loss of a hero cuts deep… The headlines hit home for the Stiles PD when one of their own...
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Charlotte (184 KP) rated imPerfect Magic (The imPerfect Cathar #1) in Books
May 11, 2023
A great start to this series and I can't wait to read the next installment. The transition between past and present is pretty good. You know exactly when it's happening with a cheeky side note to go with each chapter. I don't feel the weirdness that you sometimes get with going back and forth and I love that. The characters are well written with their own personalities that go well together considering backgrounds, age differences etc.
One character that gets me is Franc, (spoiler bad guy) the only way I can describe the way he speaks is gobbledegook.....it hurts my brain but it really makes him stand out.
Definitely a young adult read with some of the descriptiveness and combines magic and religion which is something different and intriguing.
Ascending a Mountain of Heavy Light by The Body and Full of Hell
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Sarah (7800 KP) rated A Simple Favor in Books
Oct 9, 2018
Firstly, the film and the book follow vaguely similar plots although with a few minor differences but a massively different ending. For me, the differences don’t really have much effect on my feelings towards the book, although I do think the book ending is terrible and whilst not as far fetched as the film ending, it is still completely implausible. The whole plot really is just a bit silly and doesn’t make much sense. The other major issue with this book is that all characters are completely unlikeable. Stephanie was irritating in the film but is even more so in the book, mainly because the writing style used in her blog posts is so basic, childish and annoying. Emily however was fairly charismatic in the film and likeable to a point, but in this none of her charm comes through. And Sean is entirely forgettable in the book and you don’t feel any emotions towards him whatsoever.
The biggest issue I had with this book is the use of the word “moms”. I apologise profusely to my fellow Smashbombers hailing from the USA, but I cannot stand the word “moms” - both in spelling and pronunciation. And not only is this word used a lot in this book, it is vastly overused to the point where it was making me cringe. I know that Stephanie as a character is meant to make you cringe, but for me this was just far too much to the point where I almost stopped reading. A book that makes you grind your teeth in frustration is not one I’d recommend reading.
1611 King James Bible Audio Version
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Citizen Subject: Foundations for Philosophical Anthropology
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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated The Good Immigrant in Books
Sep 14, 2017
From bloggers to actors such as Riz Ahmed, the writings show the experiences of growing up with dual cultures and how society continues to be colour blind instead of embracing these differences.
In Ahmed's story for example, he describes going to America because he was constantly typecasted in the UK film industry. As he headed to play a role in the new Star Wars movie, he was detained at the airport for the umpteenth time to be questioned. It shows no matter how much he strived, the prejudices remain.
And that's just one anecdote of many voices. It is riveting and engaging, finally giving the opportunity to hear about second generation, children of immigrants in Britain.