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Immortal Beginnings (Etherya's Earth #4.5)

Rebecca Hefner

10.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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Can a Deamon who has never felt a lover’s touch win the affection of a beautiful but wary Vampyre...

Paranormal Romance Urban Fantasy Novella series

Haley Mathiot (9 KP) rated Make That a Table for Seven: A Grizzly Family Story: Ferbie & Peppie Find a Home in Books

Apr 27, 2018

Make That a Table for Seven is a cute story about two bear cubs who don’t have a family. It takes a lot of courage for the oldest bear to knock on a neighbor-bear family’s door and ask if he and his sister can live with them, but when he does, he is greeted with kindness, love, and assurance. This is a great story illustrating adoption—both literally and spiritually.

The only downside is that there are a lot of words on each page, so it may be hard for a younger kid to listen to it being read. Kids have pretty short attention spans.

All in all however, Make That a Table for Seven is a great story with very cute child-friendly illustrations and an easy to follow story.

Recommendation: Ages 4-6

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Awix (3310 KP) rated Lost Horizon (1973) in Movies

Apr 26, 2019 (Updated Apr 26, 2019)

Lost Horizon (1973)

1973 | Drama, Musical

3.0

(1 Ratings)

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Horribly misjudged update of Frank Capra's classic fantasy. A group of westerners are abducted to a mystical Himalayan paradise, where the locals pass the time practising politeness and kindness; everyone should really spend more time practising their choreography because the dance routines in this film are really, really grim, although the songs may actually be worse.

You know how some films are hilariously bad? This is not one of them. This one is just jaw-droppingly awful: poorly-staged (the remote lamasery resembles a resort hotel) and stuffed with terrible creative decisions (John Gielgud plays an Asian character called Chang, through the miracle of sticky tape on his eyelids). Once the shock wears off it is more gruelling to watch than anything else; you stay to the end out of a sense of sheer disbelief more than anything else.

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Nicole Hadley (380 KP) rated Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World in Books

Jun 18, 2018

Dare to Be Kind by Lizzie Velasquez is an inspirational story. Lizzie has a rare skin condition that has subjected her to bullying and being mistreated. this book is about treating others with compassion and how it can transform your heart into a better person which can lead to a better world for us.

Velasquez encourages bravery, hope, kindness, personal resilience, faith in a higher power, and a healthy self-image when confronting one's bullies. She also highlights the need to serve as a good example for one's family, understand a bully's desire to cover their own pain with more pain, finding love and support, and addresses the cruelty of human nature when it encounters situations that it doesn't understand or have empathy toward.

I received this book from Hachette Books via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.