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    Trajan

    Trajan

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    Tabletop Game

    Set in ancient Rome, Trajan is a development game in which players try to increase their influence...

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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated Out of the Shadows (2017) in Movies

Oct 8, 2017  
Out of the Shadows (2017)
Out of the Shadows (2017)
2017 | Horror
7
5.3 (3 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
Lots of jumping out of your seat
So the story is flimsy and it seems like a seriously low budget production, plus the documentary style horror has been done to death (excuse the pun) - so expect a lot of cheap thrills.

The premise of this film begins with a ghost hunter who was haunted by his mistake of leaving his friend inside of an asylum after being chased by ghosts. He is then approached again some years later to return to the scene of the crime to find out what happened there.

No doubt, I did keep having to distract myself with my phone in order to avoid keep jumping out of my seat. The main poltergeist /demon in question is more than slightly creepy but there was too much of a mish mash of horror stories. From Blair Witch, The Grudge to The Quiet Ones, all of which did a lot better with the genre. So if you want to see a life-changing film, this isn't it.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2322 KP) rated A High-End Finish (A Fixer-Upper Mystery, #1) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
AH
A High-End Finish (A Fixer-Upper Mystery, #1)
Kate Carlisle | 2014
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Shannon Hammer loves her life and her job of working on the many Victorians in Lighthouse Cove. She’s agreed to go on a blind date with Jerry Saxton, but he turns out to be a complete jerk. To Shannon’s horror, she finds his dead body in one of her houses a couple of days later. With the police looking at her as the prime suspect, she has to build a case against someone else. There are no shortage of suspects, but who did it?

More than a mystery with clues and red herrings, this book is a series of mysterious events, with Shannon reacting to the latest. There are some interesting twists, but the lack of true investigation bothered me. Still, the book does come to a logical climax. I loved these characters. Shannon has a strong group of friends and family, and I really liked them.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2017/02/book-review-high-end-finish-by-kate.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Nicole Hadley (380 KP) rated Katharina and Martin Luther: The Radical Marriage of a Runaway Nun and a Renegade Monk in Books

Jun 14, 2018  
Katharina and Martin Luther: The Radical Marriage of a Runaway Nun and a Renegade Monk
Katharina and Martin Luther: The Radical Marriage of a Runaway Nun and a Renegade Monk
Michelle Derusha, Karen Prior | 2017 | Biography
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Katharina and Martin Luther: The Radical Marriage of a Runaway Nun and a Renegade Monk by Michelle DeRusha gave a vivid picture of 2 individuals whose path led to each other and to changing the course of history. It shares personal details of their lives, childhoods separated from family and risking capture, the escape to new lives. They married as virtual strangers but over time they grew to love and admire each other.
The book was extremely well written and researched. When reading you get a glimpse of what life was like at the time, and how Katharina and Martin called on their faith and each other to share their progressive thoughts.
This is a very intimate view of someone who hundreds of years later is a household name. It presents Martin Luther as very human, with doubts and fears, but with courage and the support of a loving relationship, gave Christians another way to live in faith.

I received this advanced reader's copy from Baker Books via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.