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This is the first book by this author that I've read. This is the first book in this series by this author. This is a melt your heart romance story, perfect for these winter nights. This story will make you laugh, cry and smile as you read. The characters were amazing, I just fell in love with them from the start. The secondary characters were really good too and worked well in the story and helped it to move along at a nice pace. I can't wait to read more from this author in the future.
Highly recommended
I voluntarily reviewed an advance reader copy of this book
  
Finding Nemo (2003)
Finding Nemo (2003)
2003 | Animation, Comedy, Family
One of Pixar’s best films, Finding Nemo features exquisite animation and beautiful vocal performances wrapped in a rich and emotionally engaging storyline. From vibrant coral reef to polluted city harbour, the use of different areas really helps the film come alive and also showcases just what humans are doing to our beautiful planet.

Followed up by a rather disappointing sequel, Finding Dory, in 2015, Nemo proves even more so today that less really is more. If you haven’t managed to catch this future classic yet, then do so as soon as you can. You won’t regret it.

https://moviemetropolis.net/2019/06/08/films-set-at-sea-top-5/
  
This is a PARENTING book. If you don't want to read about that, you won't likely enjoy this book. However, if that's what you are looking for, like I was, hopefully you'll find is as fun and useful as I did.

There are some great ideas to have a close, happy, and relatively peaceful family life. They gave me plenty of things to try in the future. I enjoyed that each chapter had a question to prompt you to actively think about parenting and your life. I will be recommending this to others as well as buying a physical copy for those times I forget what I want to try. :-)
  
The Chalk Man
The Chalk Man
C.J. Tudor | 2018 | Thriller
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7.7 (11 Ratings)
Book Rating
Unnerving thriller with lots of different threads
While elements of this psychological thriller seem far-fetched, there's something ghoulish and almost Stephen King-like in its approach.

Following the narrative of Ed, the teacher recounts his childhood with his friends and the time they found the dismembered body of a young woman. In the meantime, chalk drawings keep appearing, and take a life of their own.

While the ending is startling and worth listening to the finish, at times the back and forth narrative from past to future becomes convoluted and can be hard to keep track, let alone concentrate. A good thriller, but with a lot of loose ends.
  
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The Future Door
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
The second in a kid's mystery series that combines steampunk and Sherlock Holmes. Griffin and his uncle have raced home to see what has happened to his parents only to almost be killed as soon as they've arrived. Why? The answer lies back in London and may lead to the end of the world as we know it. I was enjoy this book despite some over writing until I hit the climax which was a cheap way to end things. Not a bad book, but a disappointing finish.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/06/book-review-future-door-by-jason.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
Children of Men (2006)
Children of Men (2006)
2006 | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A very good bleak look at the future. A well made film, with a good cast. I found it a little slow to get going, but the modern look of London was interesting and technology. The best scene was a battle scene in a run down part of town as the activists clashed with the military. All the while Clive Owen is dodging bullets and trying to protect the only child on earth. It really draws you into the thick of a battle, caught in the middle trying to stay alive. After all the build up I felt the film finished a bit short, not the conclusion I was hoping for.
  
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Dana (24 KP) rated The Time Machine in Books

Mar 23, 2018  
The Time Machine
The Time Machine
H.G. Wells | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
8
7.9 (21 Ratings)
Book Rating
I surprisingly enjoyed this book. I have tried reading one of Wells' books before and just couldn't get into it. This one shocked me. There are a lot of really cool theories about the future of the world with a great about of creepiness in it. I would recommend this to people who only have a short amount of time to read a book because this is only really 71 pages of novel, the rest are essays. The characters, though they did not really do much, were all pretty interesting. Look out for the light imagery throughout the novel, because there is a lot!
  
DM
Divine Merit (Divine #1)
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Disclaimer: I received an e-copy in exchange for an honest review.

I absolutely loved it from beginning to end. Amira is a beautiful character who really comes into her own, and Caeden is the type of man every girl dreams of: a lover, a fighter, a protector. The world of Cashile sounds like such a beautiful place, and the imagery used to describe it makes it seem so real, I can almost touch it.

I'm definitely interested in what happens following the end of this book, and I'm keeping this author on my list to keep up with in the future. =)

5 stars!
  
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Ross (3284 KP) created a post

Dec 10, 2018  
I have decided to give up on a book for the first time in about 10 years. @Legends of Ahn is just boring me and after a week of grinding away at it I am barely a quarter of the way through. I need a book to have a plot and a purpose, this just feels like a man wandering around doing things with no clear purpose, and my reading rate has fallen so far I have to give up. I will probably pick this up again in future, ideally when the series is finished (at least then I will know it must have found a purpose eventually!).
     
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Ross (3284 KP) Dec 10, 2018

Thanks guys. I had DNF-guilt but it is passing.

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Rachel Maria Berney (114 KP) Dec 11, 2018

I hate when that happens, but there are so many good books out there. Sometimes you have to give up on the duds, especially if you are not enjoying, you get over the guilt, eventually. It just feels so wrong not to finish a book :)

13 Reasons Why - Season 2
13 Reasons Why - Season 2
2018 | Drama
Exceptional realisation of male rape (2 more)
Tackles hard issues
Helps young people deal with suicide
One of the best shows I’ve ever seen and one I’ll show my future children
This show teaches you it’s okay not to be okay. It shows you that life goes on, it shows you how to cope with grief, it enables people to be more sympathetic. This is one of the best, most touching shows I’ve ever seen. As someone with a parent who has tried to commit suicide what I don’t think the shows done has made people idealise suicide if anything it shows people the effects suicide causes.