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Kristina (502 KP) rated The Girl Named Mud: A Gripping Suspense Novel in Books

Dec 7, 2020

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'The Girl Named Mud' gave me strong 'Where the Crawdads Sing' vibes: a girl who is raised out in the swamps, ostracized from polite society; who ends up making a living on her own until someone with true humanity steps in to help.

Mud, named by her mother after a particular verse in the Bible, lives alone and survives in the wild after the death of her mother. A couple of years after her loss, circumstances land her in the neighboring village, where she catches the attention of a preacher's wife (Grace). Mud faces many obstacles, such as who to trust, learning to read and write and speak correctly, as well as figuring out her future. Many surprises reveal themselves along the way as we read from both Grace and Mud's altering points of view.

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) in Movies

Oct 3, 2019

Oringal Sci-Fi Classic

The Day the Earth Stood Still- is anethor classic sci-fi movie that came out in the early 1950's. With this film, the thing from anethor world and the war of the worlds. The early 50's was on fire with sci-fi movies.

The Plot: When a UFO lands in Washington, D.C., bearing a message for Earth's leaders, all of humanity stands still. Klaatu (Michael Rennie) has come on behalf of alien life who have been watching Cold War-era nuclear proliferation on Earth. But it is Klaatu's soft-spoken robot Gort that presents a more immediate threat to onlookers. A single mother (Patricia Neal) and her son teach the world about peace and tolerance in this moral fable, ousting the tanks and soldiers that greet the alien's arrival.

This film and the other that i mention are must watch.