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The One and Only Bob
The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate | 2020 | Children, Natural World
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
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Continuation of The One and Only Ivan
The One and Only Bob follows Bob, the dog who is friends with the gorilla Ivan from The One and Only Ivan. While it is must read if you loved Ivan, I found this one falling a little short of Ivan. That being said, the writing style is fantastic with an easy flow that will keep you turning pages. Just like Ivan, Bob teaches valuable life lessons that are good for anyone, at any age.
  
The Silence (2019)
The Silence (2019)
2019 | Horror
Netflix horror drama, that more than owes a debt to the strikingly-familiar 'A Quiet Place': again, we have creatures that hunt by sound (here, of the winged variety that swarm their victim), a strong focus on a family group, and a deaf girl at the centre of it all.

While critics seem to prefer 'A Quiet Place', I actually found this to be the slightly better of the two: only slightly, mind, as neither were great (in my book).
  
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn by Pink Floyd
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn by Pink Floyd
1967 | Psychedelic, Rock
6
8.3 (9 Ratings)
Album Rating
Rolling Stone's 347th greatest album of all time
I realise what this album was meant to be, Pink Floyd starting to create the prog genre. And it truly is progressive. However, that mentality overlaid on the music of the time, Merseybeat style Rhythm & Blues, just doesn't work for me. Most of it I found quite hard to listen to. I think Pink Floyd were just ahead of their time and the music of the era didn't fit well with experimental stylings.
  
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Sam (228 KP) rated Valley Girl (2018) in Movies

May 28, 2020  
Valley Girl (2018)
Valley Girl (2018)
2018 | Comedy, Musical, Romance
4
4.7 (3 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Probably One of The Weirdest
This is one of the weirdest movies I ever found myself watching and because of it I honestly cannot describe which parts were good and which parts were bad. The film was hilarious if you were looking for a bad rendition of the 80s going in but otherwise you just end up with a weird twisted 80s movie put to weird techno remixes made into musical vibing tunes.... Yeah definitely one of the weirder watches out there.
  
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Awix (3310 KP) rated Stars in Their Eyes in TV

May 31, 2020 (Updated May 31, 2020)  
Stars in Their Eyes
Stars in Their Eyes
1990 | Family, Game Show, Music
Panto karaoke gameshow. Contestants are made up to resemble their favourite singers, whom they then impersonate. I always found that most of the entertainment value came from some of the so-called look-a-likes actually looking-nothing-a-like whoever they were supposed to be. Moments branded into my brain include an Xmas special featuring a group performance by 'George Formby', 'Benny Hill', and 'Rolf Harris', and an early show where someone performed as Janet Jackson in blackface. The horror, the horror.
  
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Sara Cox (1845 KP) Jun 1, 2020

I used to love this as a kid. So much so, we used to play SITE at weekends when friends came over

I'm Not Missing
I'm Not Missing
Carrie Fountain | 2018 | Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult (YA)
6
7.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Two girls, bound by the abandonment of their mothers, learn to face & survive the world together - until one of them goes missing. Though this book was slow at times, I found the story touching, easily relatable, and sure, a little dramatic. But I loved the platonic element between the two girls, Miranda & Syd. Romance was not the center of the story, which was refreshing, and I liked that Miranda was not a passive protagonist.

3.5 stars in my book :) Worth the read.