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Cayman Visitor is the Official App of the Cayman Islands Tourism Association (CITA). All of the best...
The Parking Lot Attendant
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A haunting story of fatherhood, national identity, and what it means to be an immigrant in America...
Her Healing (Healing Duet #2)
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The Shetlands suddenly don’t seem so dull after all… Keiron has been conditioned his whole...
Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated Full Metal Jacket (1987) in Movies
Jan 3, 2018 (Updated Jan 3, 2018)
This my Rifle This is My gun
This movie is one of the best look into Marine training at Paris Island. The movie is a nice look into the Vietnam war showcasing a great actor in Modine. His character is seen two ways (a killer and protector) and depending on your point of view you get to decide which one he is. The movie is suspenseful and filled with some good history. It also is a little depressing but, what war movie isn't. The best part in my opinion is that R. Lee Ermey was really a Master Sgt in the Marines so he didn't really need training to act the way he did. He frightened Modine as he said in several interviews
Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) in Movies
Jan 4, 2018
Why Rum Gone
Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) plays our beloved pirate to love and hate in this adaption of a Disney ride. The movie from the word go is filled with action,comedy and suspense as we follow our captain take possession of a powerful boat with the help of Orlando bloom and try to rescue our damsel in distress Nightly and recover the last gold coin of a lost treasure to try and break and long time curse. This movie storyline took time and patience to make sure everything flowed right and it does. To me there is not a moment of down time and my favorite line when marooned on an island is "Why Rum Gone" Enjoy
Clare Parrott (294 KP) created a post
Jul 2, 2017
An Interesting Lead in to the Next Novel
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I read this one last after I'd finished the whole series and I feel that was the best way to do it. You really get a feel for the struggle that Thimble and Stone had. *SpoilerAlert* Spoiler for book three! I would have liked to have read their story all the way to the docks where they go to the island as it would have tied in nicely with the third book but I understand that would have probably been a book in itself instead of a short story but yeah, overall a great piece of fiction. I'm really glad the author saved Thimble and Stone they were great characters too good to lose in a series like this.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2395 KP) rated A Tale of Two Biddies (League of Literary Ladies #2) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
In order to draw in tourists, South Bass Island is hosting Bastille Week, and Bea and her book club are reading A Tale of Two Cities as a result. However, the added tourists bring chaos even before someone is murdered.
While I wasn't familiar with the Dickens classic, the parallels are pointed out for us, so that wasn't an issue. Instead, I could focus on the mystery, which threw me completely several times, although I did finally get part of the solution correct. The characters are strong, and the book just has a sense of fun that made it hard to put down.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2014/07/book-review-tale-of-two-biddies-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
While I wasn't familiar with the Dickens classic, the parallels are pointed out for us, so that wasn't an issue. Instead, I could focus on the mystery, which threw me completely several times, although I did finally get part of the solution correct. The characters are strong, and the book just has a sense of fun that made it hard to put down.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2014/07/book-review-tale-of-two-biddies-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Sawyer (231 KP) rated The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening in Video Games
Jul 17, 2018
You get to fight Mario enemies seriously I just took the enemies and moving to a different game (1 more)
Very interesting backdrop Side characters and monster designs
The Legend of Zelda Mario Style
Link crashes on a foreign Island meets up with a lot of really zany characters and has to wake up a magical fish God that's trapped inside of an egg on top of a mountain by collecting 8 different magical instruments
Pretty crazy story even for a Zelda game my favorite thing about this game is the very imaginative ideas put into it everything from the creatures to the mini-games to the characters to the backdrops it just has a lot of personality and uniqueness put into it
Pretty crazy story even for a Zelda game my favorite thing about this game is the very imaginative ideas put into it everything from the creatures to the mini-games to the characters to the backdrops it just has a lot of personality and uniqueness put into it
Millie (22 KP) rated The Island Decides in Books
Jan 27, 2020
This book did a good job of helping me envision life on Maui during the late 60s and early 70s. The imagery was beautiful and has definitely inspired me to visit the island of Maui on my next trip to Hawaii. However, the main character, Carrie Ann, was not always likable to me. I found her extremely naive and a bit annoying at times. Also, prepare yourself for some heavy topics towards the end. All in all I enjoyed the book, but due to my dislike towards Carrie Ann during certain points and some minor grammar errors, I give it 4 stars.
*Although I did receive this book for free through Goodreads First Reads, all of my thoughts and opinions are my own.
*Although I did receive this book for free through Goodreads First Reads, all of my thoughts and opinions are my own.