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Wined and Died in New Orleans

Ellen Byron

10.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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The second in a fantastic new cozy mystery series with a vintage flair from USA Today bestselling...

Vampire for Christmas

Felicity Heaton

8.0 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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It was one last mission. Shannon, a demon hunter with the agency, is looking forward to leaving...

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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose in Books

Nov 20, 2017

Poignant, humanising a politician

Listening to Joe Biden's frank and open memoir dealing with his son's cancer and bereavement is heartfelt, especially as it is read by himself.

Unlike most books by politicians, "Promise Me, Dad" is committed to communicating to us the values and principles of a family man who happens to have been a senior member of government.

His most compelling narration comes in the form of him discussing his hopes, fears, dreams and nightmares through which a family succumbs while dealing with cancer. I became emotional listening to him break down while discussing the death of his son - his voice audibly trembles which is why the audiobook gives a whole new depth to the biography.

Warm, insightful and thought-provoking.

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The Marinated Meeple (1853 KP) rated Origin in Books

Mar 27, 2018

Origin

Dan Brown | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

7.3

(21 Ratings)

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Da Vinci Code remains his best work, but I'd place this above his others.

This is a good solid thriller, with great use of personal moments and fears. This doesn't have the sheer puzzling out of symbols that Da Vinci Code had. But it's much better than Angels and demons. Spain is an interesting location, and the bilbao museum is a great setting to start the chase in. Some of his descriptions of the settings go on and on, which can be great if you've never seen them, or visited personally. But they also tend to drag the book a bit. Still, it's worth reading, and makes a good solid audio book which is how I read it... on my commute

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Alicia S (193 KP) rated Slow Burn (Driven, #5) in Books

Sep 28, 2018

Read in one sitting!? Kristy has done it again... beautiful, moving, painful, heartbreaking, sexy.. there are just not enough words to describe the feelings when reading this book. Touching on very intense and personal subjects, she handles it beautifully. The pain, torment and fear that Haddie deals with shows you a new side to this crazy and full of life character, who is so weighed down by her fears and wanting to protect those she loves, yet she just can't admit how much she needs them too. Then, of course, there are some Rylee and Colton appearances, which is like seeing old friends. Can't say enough how much I loved this book... I cried, I laughed... wow, Kristy, just WOW!?

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Arachnophobia (1990) in Movies

Jul 3, 2019

Arachnophobia (1990)

1990 | Comedy, Horror, Thriller

7.0

(39 Ratings)

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Spiders, so many spiders.

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If your afarid of spiders dont watch this film. If you want to kill spiders that you should watch this film.

After a nature photographer dies on assignment in Venezuela, a poisonous spider hitches a ride in his coffin to his hometown in rural California, where arachnophobe Dr. Ross Jennings has just moved in with his wife, Molly, and young son. As town residents start turning up dead, Jennings begins to suspect spiders, and must face his fears as he and no-nonsense exterminator Delbert McClintock fight to stop a deadly infestation.

Both jeff daniels and john goodman are great in this film. This film is very underrated and i think more people should see it.

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Paul Tyrrell (139 KP) rated The Grudge (2004) in Movies

Apr 19, 2020

The Grudge (2004)

2004 | Drama, Horror, Mystery

6.5

(24 Ratings)

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Sleeping with the lights on at 30

Watched this again for the first time in years yesterday. Didn't seem half as scary when watching it with other people so didn't have to sleep with the light on this time (true story).
Sarah Michelle Gellar plays it well and some of the jumps and scares are brilliantly done. Raimi was going through a little horror spell with this and Drag me to Hell which also was pretty good, but did have a slightly more comedic tone than The Grudge.
Good supporting cast and well worth a watch, as its o e of the few American/Japanese updates that hasn't ruined the original story