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Colin Newman recommended A Hard Day's Night by The Beatles in Music (curated)

 
A Hard Day's Night by The Beatles
A Hard Day's Night by The Beatles
1964 | Pop, Rock
8.2 (6 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"When the Beatles started, I was 7—too young to understand the subtlety and the sex appeal. I didn’t get what the screaming and hysteria was about. I just thought they had good tunes. There was a moment that I realized: This is now. The ’50s seemed black-and-white in comparison. I hated Elvis Presley and all that rock’n’roll. It sounded boring."

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A Court of Wings and Ruin
A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas | 2017 | Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)
6
8.8 (113 Ratings)
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Sexy Time ;) (0 more)
Excessive sexy time... like really... in the middle of a war? (0 more)
I love this trilogy, but I don’t know what to think about this one, it was too slow in the beginning then too rushed at the end and there where a lot of questions unanswered. I just felt empty when I finished it.
  
The Poppy War (The Poppy War #1)
The Poppy War (The Poppy War #1)
R.F. Kuang | 2018 | Science Fiction/Fantasy
10
9.3 (6 Ratings)
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Wow, even though I was told what to expect, I wasn't expecting anything as visceral and as raw as this book. The beginning though tough lulled me into a sense of security, I thought I knew where it was going to go - I didn't! There was a point in the middle where this became a bit of an issue, as I felt it moved around too much, but there was a reason to it. I'm not immediately going to move on to book two, not because I don't want to, but i feel I might have a nervous breakdown of I did!
  
Aberystwyth Mon Amour
Aberystwyth Mon Amour
Malcolm Pryce | 2009 | Fiction & Poetry
4
4.0 (1 Ratings)
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I don't know if there were deliberate tributes to Jasper Fforde in this, but it seemed too much of a pale imitation of the matster of the slightly absurd slightly alternate universe. This, for me, wasn't that funny and was rather too crude. I won't be reading the rest.
  
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Patrick Süskind | 2010 | Fiction & Poetry
8.6 (5 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"An incredible, sensual, magical, dark, twisted story. There was a point when everyone was reading this book in London and I delayed. For some reason I didn’t like the cover (embarrassing, but true), but finally the word of mouth was just too strong and I dove in, took one sniff and was blown away. It’s one of the finest books I’ve ever read."

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The Rhythm Section (2019)
The Rhythm Section (2019)
2019 | Action, Drama, Mystery
Blake lively (0 more)
Just finished watching it's okay not enough action too slow would have been a higher rating if there was more action scenes and less talking but Blake lively was good but I probably won't watch again
  
Paris for One and Other Stories
Paris for One and Other Stories
Jojo Moyes | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
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7.2 (5 Ratings)
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The problem with quick reads for me is they are just not enough! I wanted more depth and i wanted to know if there was an even happier ending! I don't think quick reads are for me, there's too much left to be explored but I liked it for what it was. It was cute short and snappy read, which made me giggle.
  
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Fred (860 KP) rated Black Panther (2018) in Movies

May 3, 2018 (Updated Jul 12, 2018)  
Black Panther (2018)
Black Panther (2018)
2018 | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
The actors. The effects. The Korea scene. (0 more)
Not enough Black Panther. Not enough humor. Boring. (0 more)
I found myself many times during the movie wondering if there was ever going to be anything superhero-like in this superhero movie. I understand this is an origin story, but at some point, it needs to move along. It just dragged on too long. Could have been an hour long. There was also too much with the fighting that wasn't Panther. The girls were kicking more ass than Black Panther himself. It was ridiculous. Negatives aside, the acting was really good by everyone, with a great performance by Andy Serkis, of course. The Korea chase scene was fantastic. It's too bad there weren't more scenes like it. The battle scene at the end was very predictable. Bottom line is I did like it. I thought the story was well enough, but should have moved along at a better pace.
  
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
2018 | Action, Sci-Fi
I love the marvel franchise and I think the combination of all the characters was well put together with some astonishing cinematography (0 more)
I felt that it was a tad violence heavy, whilst I understand all fights were seemingly necessary to the plot I just felt there were one too many scenes that ended in a fight. (0 more)
  
Crooked Conversations
Crooked Conversations
News & Politics
8
8.0 (2 Ratings)
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I don't have an interest in every single topic of conversation. Sometimes the interviewer is terrible. There was an episode in particular where the interviewer seemed to be trying too hard.