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    Chemistry of death

    Chemistry of death

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    It follows forensic pathologist David hunter who give up his work to settle down as a doctor in the...

Google Assistant
Google Assistant
Utilities
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7.0 (1 Ratings)
App Rating
Helpful, though not entirely intuitive
It's a useful app if you don't have a number of other apps. I imagine Alexa is much more intuitive. Some things it was very helpful for (ex. My wife breeds snake and when asked how to treat snake burns it found and recited accurate information). On the other hand I asked how many QuikTrip are between my home and work. It brought me a Wikipedia of the wrong company.

The games were very simple. Not the worst thing if you are passing the time. On the other hand, not great.

The news was good. I brought it down to pretty specific and broad terms and it always found good and current (less than 24hours) on the topic.
  
Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 (2018)
Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 (2018)
2018 | Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Animation was good (1 more)
Was funny
Felt empty (2 more)
Product placement was ridiculous
Forgettable characters
One huge commercial
I loved Wreck It, Ralph, so that might be why I wasn't too big of a fan of this sequel. Where the first film had a warmth about it, this one is just cold. The obvious advertisements took away from the story, what little there was of a story. The internet, while supposed to look like a place of wonder, looked dull & uninteresting. Even the Twisted Metal (or GTA) world, was nothing special. And the characters found within were forgettable to say the least. I found over-all the film was okay, but I would watch the first one again & again, while this one, I probably wouldn't watch again at all.
  
The Uninvited
The Uninvited
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
True Story
First published in 1979 – The Uninvited is the true story of an ordinary family living in South Wales who found themselves entangled in a series of unearthly encounters in 1977. At first the manifestations were minor. UFOs were sighted in the area, huge burnt patches were found in the fields, television sets and cars blew all of their wiring…but before long the Coombs family was visited by weird lights, huge white figures and a glowing disembodied hand. Their lives were disrupted and they were terrified by something unidentifiable and unimaginable. They were a focus for The Uninvited. For the first time in decades, the book has been revised and renewed with all new additional content and digitally enhanced photographs.
  
Ready Player One (2018)
Ready Player One (2018)
2018 | Sci-Fi
The storyline behind it is really good, the twist in the plot is immense (0 more)
The CGI leaves quite a bit to be imagined. (0 more)
Good storyline, good twist, mediocre cgi
So, as much as I loved watching this film and found myself enthralled into the story behind it. I found the visual effects somewhat lacking. Not reaching a high enough expectation for this kind of movie.

A movie based preliminarily around virtual reality the visual effects should be muh better and it is let down by this. That being said, the twists in the story and the way the characters are brought together. Brought this was very intuitive and clever. It showed good dynamic and gave the watcher someone to root for.
  
Random Nothingness
Random Nothingness
Comedy, News & Politics, Religion & Spirituality
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Podcast Rating
They do say some off the wall things that get you thinking and causes you to question your own beliefs on the topic they are covering (0 more)
Vulgar language (0 more)
Two guys just talking
I found these guys on YouTube and then went over to castbox to listen to them since that app can be closed and still play the podcast and found the content was funny and did inspire some poetry within me. I'd say the only thing that left me with a bad taste was the amount of bad language, but it is something I was able to push through just to hear what they were saying. It was rather interesting and again funny so worth it. It' called random nothingness.
  
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The Real Macaw (Meg Langslow, #13)
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
With four month old twins, Meg is finding life unpredictable and crazy. And that's before her father and grandfather show up with a bunch of animals rescued from the local shelter. When their "get away" driver is found killed, Meg keeps finding more information that leads to some shocking discoveries. I found the plot of this book very interesting, and I can't wait to see how it plays out in further volumes. The usual cast of characters are present, but they don't provide the laughs they used to. They are still amusing, and fun to be around, which will keep fans of the series happy.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/06/book-review-real-macaw-by-donna-andrews.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Space Case (Moon Base Alpha #1)
10
9.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Dashiell Gibson is one of the first people living on the Moon colony, and he’s found life for the kids to be rather boring. All that changes when one of the residents is found dead outside the base. While everyone thinks it was an accident, Dash is certain it was murder. But can he prove it?

This is a great combination of mystery and science fiction. The setting is realistically done and really adds to the story. The target middle grade audience will love the characters and the humor. Personally, I never saw the ending coming. I can’t wait for the sequel.

You can read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2014/10/book-review-space-case-by-stuart-gibbs.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Roxanne (13 KP) rated Nyctophobia in Books

Nov 14, 2018  
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Nyctophobia
4
4.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
<b>2 Star Rating</b> __

This ended up being quite a difficult read for me as I found it very slow paced, there was so much build up to pretty much nothing in my opinion.
I found each character quite annoying and fairly dim to be honest as who really buys a property without seeing half of it? Not a lot of the storyline made a lot of sense and there were quite a few errors in the writing which was pretty distracting.
It wasn't all bad as there were a couple of chilling scenes but unfortunately they were very short lived, I wanted more scenes like that.
The idea for the story is indeed very original but in my opinion isn't very well executed.
Nevermind...
  
Men in Black International (2019)
Men in Black International (2019)
2019 | Action, Sci-Fi
Comedy, story, nostalgia to original (0 more)
Not enough weird and wackiness (0 more)
As good as expected
After growing up on the original trilogy, I was looking forward to returning to the franchise. Coming out of the film I found it a fun filled adventure back into the world of the Men in Black.

However after rewatching the original trilogy I found that the film didn't have the same weirdness that the originals had. I remember watching the first and being terrified (even for being a PG film) where as this new iteration focused more or the comedy between Hemsworth and Thompson than the aliens that made the originals so interesting.

Overall it was a fun filled film that would be worth a watch.