LeftSideCut (3776 KP) rated Metal lords (2022) in Movies
Apr 27, 2022
It drags in a few places, and some of the humour doesn't quite land, but it did get a few genuine laughs out of me, and is pretty damn wholesome - there's surprisingly very little musical gate-keeping from any of the characters. The students who are into Ed Sheeran are mostly respectful towards the main characters metal leanings ("Post death metal") and even he appreciates the rival pop band by the time the credits roll. It's a refreshing take on a genre that is rife with elitism.
Other than that, Metal Lords has a banging soundtrack, and some great original music courtesy of the incredibly talented Ramin Djawadi (who is just everywhere these days, and deservedly so).
Metal Lords won't change your life, but it's a fun time. It's pretty much Deathgasm without the gore and demons.
Grandpa's Cabin: Book 1
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At eighty-four years old, widower and award-winning geneticist Bernie Crenshaw has reached the end...
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Catching the Dragon's Heart (Heartstone Rescue #2)
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Eyv never expected his dragon betrohed to throw him over for his brother. Of for his family to agree...
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David McK (3600 KP) rated A Man on the Inside in TV
Dec 15, 2024 (Updated Dec 15, 2024)
Here, Ted Danson plays a lonely widower who, following the death of his wife from Alzheimer's, seems to be drifting more and more away from having any meaning in life himself, and from his own daughter, until that daughter challenges him to find something to do with his time.
So he answers a newspaper ad, and is hired to infiltrate an OAP home, following the hiring of a Private Detective (who is too young to do so herself) to investigate the potential theft in said OAP.
And, of course, Charles finds himself connecting more and more with the residents and staff of the OAP, as well as with his daughter, as a result, in a 'feel good' series that still also has its share of sad moments ...
Death or Volentus
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Volentus is a necromancer gifted with the ability to raise the dead and command them to do his...
MIA (The Jack Bertolini Series - A Prequel)
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Mia, is the origin story of retired inspector Jack Bertolino as a young undercover, NYPD...
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Boy with Wings
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What does it mean to be different? When Johnny Cruel is born with strange appendages on his back...
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Burying Ben (Dot Meyerhoff #1)
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As her police department’s newest hire, police psychologist Dot Meyerhoff has a lot to prove....
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Sam (74 KP) rated One Hundred Names in Books
Mar 27, 2019
I loved Kitty so, so much. She’s a character whose life has been ruined by her mistakes but she still won’t let it completely take over her life. True, what she did wasn’t right when she didn’t collect all of the facts before outing a man. However, this sort of mistake could have ruined her career. But she uses the death of her best friend to fuel her to succeed and move on from her past. Her ability to eventually laugh with others over what happened is admirable, and what makes her such a brilliant character.
I also love the realism here. Kitty has her flaws and has made her mistakes, but so has every single other character in the novel. Everyone has their flaws and nothing is sugar-coated, giving a really strong realistic image.
There were a few moments when Kitty’s decisions annoyed me slightly, mainly later on in the novel where there is one occasion where she is quite spiteful, but in the end it all turns around and her spiteful decision actually helps the person she has a grudge against. I love that this spreads the message of sharing kindness instead of hatred.
Whatchareadin (174 KP) rated The Year We Turned Forty in Books
Apr 9, 2019
Seeing as this is the year that I turn 40, I was intrigued by this book. If I had the opportunity to go back in time and relive a year of my life, would I do it? I think that I would. I don't think that I would think twice about it. There are a lot of things I would like to change about the past, and having the ability to do so, sounds great.
For Claire, Jessie and Gabriella, they have some serious issues to get through and see if they can't fix the second time around. From the death of a parent, to an award winning career and an affair, will going back in time make things different in this new life? Will things be better or worse?