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Slushy! - Make Crazy Drinks

Games and Education

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Tah-Daaah! Supersize! Today the largest carnival opened at the local amusement park! Luckily you got...

Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2332 KP) rated Mint Chocolate Murder in Books

Jul 30, 2022 (Updated Jul 30, 2022)

Was the Photographer’s Death Picture Perfect?

September has fallen, and the crowds have dropped off from their summer peak at Udder Delicious, but manager Riley Rhodes is finding life isn’t slowing down yet thanks to the art festival that former supermodel Maude Monico is hosting at the castle she’s purchased just outside of town. Riley is catering the opening night ice cream social, and that allows her to observe the weekend’s guest of honor, Adam Blasco, a controversial photographer. He fails to show up for his talk the next day, and he is soon found dead, locked in the castle’s former dungeon. Now Riley has to figure out not only how he came to be there, but who wanted him dead.

Yes, there is a reason that this castle (and a Scottish castle at that) is in the middle of Connecticut. That adds a fun layer to this mystery, but it does require a bit of set up at the beginning. Between that and meeting the victim and suspects, we are able to ease into the story. Since we have a locked room puzzle and in addition to figuring out who the killer is, there is plenty to keep us engaged, and the pages flew by until I reached the end. I enjoyed meeting the characters last year, and they were just as charming here. Meanwhile, the suspects were strong. While there actually isn’t much mention of mint chocolate here (a favorite flavor of mine), pumpkin spice proves to be a popular ice cream flavor in the story, and we get a recipe for it in the end. Whether you love ice cream or not, you’ll find this book a delicious sequel that you’ll enjoy.

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Kim Pook (101 KP) rated Freaks (2018) in Movies

Jun 3, 2022

Freaks (2018)

2018 | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

7.0

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A young girl is seing looking through the window, everything looks to be at a stand still including the birds in the sky which appear to be paused mid flight. Her dad stops her and tells her that being seen would not be safe. Their house appears run down, there's no electricity and chloe and her dad keep practicing random scenarios on staying safe. There's not much going on but clearly something isn't right.
One day a young girl called Harper brings chloe an ice cream, but because she somehow knew chloes name, chloes dad assumed she had been outside and punishes her by locking her in the closet where chloe seemingly now has harper as an imaginary friend.
Chloes dad promises to get her ice cream if she never opens the door again, but when he returns he is injured and passes out. Chloe takes this opportunity to leave the house and befriends the ice cream man parked outside who turns out to be her grandfather, he informs chloe that she is special and her and him are going to try and bring her mum back.
From then on the movie gets weirder and weirder, chloe keeps seing different people in her closet including a sleep over at harpers House, and her mum chained up, she is also able to get inside peoples heads and force them to do things.
I found the movie took far too long to get to a point, 40 minutes to find out what freaks were and about an hour to find out about the powers and what they're capable of, and the ending...... Well I don't even understand what was going on there. If you don't like your brain to hurt during a movie I would stay clear.

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Bravetart: Iconic American Desserts

Stella Parks and J. Kenji Lopez-Alt

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From One-Bowl Devil's Food Layer Cake to a flawless Cherry Pie that's crisp even on the very bottom,...

Zombie Street Fighter: Urban Assault

Games

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Are you ready to save the streets from the undead scum? Show them how you handle a baseball bat,...

Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated Deadly Outbreaks in Books

Aug 21, 2017

Deadly Outbreaks

Alexandra M. Levitt | 2013 | Medical & Veterinary, Science & Mathematics

9.0

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Important, interesting, freaky and even a little terrifying

A fascinating look into the Centre for Disease Control and their role in dealing with some serious but highly interesting, insane real life outbreaks. Each chapter discusses fatal cases which in itself can be turned into a film. From deadly ice cream, to an epidemic of newborns dying at a hospital - these are important cases that need addressing and for further public awareness. As vital as this book is, it's filled with scientific jargon and requires concentration. A great read.

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Haley Mathiot (9 KP) rated Aurora in Books

Apr 27, 2018

Aurora

Kim Stanley Robinson | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry

2.0

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I didn't finish this book because there was no plot. The first hour and a half of the book, I was still just barely understanding the world. And if the first hour and a half is just character development and world building, I’m sorry, but you’re not a story teller, you’re a world builder. It was a brilliant world, don’t get me wrong. But the only thing that happened in the first hour and a half was she got ice cream and then went outside, saw some boys, and went back inside.