Gabriel: A Poem
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Never has there been a book of poems quite like Gabriel, in which a short life, a bewildering death,...
Translating Foreign Otherness: Cross-Cultural Anxiety in Modern China
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This book explores the deep-rooted anxiety about foreign otherness manifest through translation in...
Ghetto Klown
John Leguizamo, Christa Cassano and Shamus Beyale
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In Ghetto Klown, John Leguizamo lays bare his early years, discovering acting and his career...
Adoption at the Movies: A Year of Adoption Friendly Movie Nights to Get Your Family Talking
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Get your family talking about adoption with the ultimate collection of films to help the whole...
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
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Every time we are introduced to someone new, try to be creative, or start a difficult conversation,...
Mindfulness Made Easy: Teach Yourself: Be More Mindful in Your Daily Life
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Mindful meditation has been around for thousands of years, and is used by top therapists as a highly...
The Animal Communicator's Guide Through Life, Loss and Love
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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Scrap Metal in Books
Jan 6, 2021
I have to say I liked every character in this, apart from the bad guys of course.
Nichol was a hard working guy who gave up Edinburgh to help his Granda when his mum and brother died and you had to feel sorry for him because he never got thanked for his efforts or got the chance to mourn their loss. Cameron started off as a scared guy on the run but blossomed into a very helpful, very hard working guy who came to love both Nichol and Harry, though for different reasons. Harry was your typical brusque old man who never showed his feelings and in the end, I'm sure he regretted that. Archie, was your well to do cop who only ended up causing more problems and Shona was your tough farm girl who was taking the reigns after losing her abusive husband.
Together they were a very lively bunch and they brought a smile to my face one way or another.
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Damsel Distressed in Books
Jan 8, 2021
This book turned out quite nice. It's almost inspirational for the bigger girl (which I am). How Gen overcame all the struggles she'd faced in her life. I've been feeling all of her highs and lows with her because I think she's going through something we all face but hers has been harder with her finding it hard to deal with the death of her mother.
I could tell that there were feelings of more than friendship between Grant and Gen, and he was a really great friend to her, as were the rest of the group, even Andrew when we finally got to know him.
I also liked Evelyn, she tried her best to make Gen feel like part of the family after Gen's dad married her and she grew on me a lot throughout the story.
Admittedly I was only going to give it four stars but I think the amount of times I cried or nearly did means it got to me, so I bumped it up half a star.
A nice big-girl romance.
ClareR (6256 KP) rated Lost Property in Books
Apr 1, 2021
Dot is a person who has become lost. Her loneliness seeps out of every page, her feelings of guilt are relatable (if misguided) and the fact that she doesn’t feel good enough about herself to live the life that she wants to live, is heartbreaking.
The writing is beautiful.
There was more than one occasion where I found myself close to tears. Dot is a character who does her best to make other people feel better - whether that’s her co-workers, those looking for their lost items, her mother in a nursing home, or her seemingly interfering older sister. But she neglects herself.
This book is about Dots journey to finding herself again, and it is wonderful.
Many thanks to The Pigeonhole for serialising this, and to Helen Paris for reading along.