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Sean Farrell (9 KP) rated And the Mountains Echoed in Books
Mar 15, 2018
This is an incredible book. It tells a sweeping epic that manages to be both about love and the history of modern day Afghanistan. Each chapter tells a different story, and yet everything is expertly connected into one overarching narrative. At times it is endearingly sweet and at others heart-wrenchingly sad. I had an incredibly difficult time putting this book down as I had to keep seeing where it would take me next and how it would all tie together. A remarkable achievement and a book I will always remember.
The Marinated Meeple (1853 KP) rated Star Wars Canto Bight in Books
Mar 26, 2018
The best part of the book is the Sommelier
Mira Grant's "The Wine in Dreams" is about a sommelier who learns the lengths to which a person will go for a product representing a fantasy. This is by far and away the best story in the book. it's 4 short stories that interweave in this specific city in the star wars universe, which is essentially Las Vegas turned up to 11. If you love the star wars universe, it'll tickle that fancy, if you're not the stories are still interesting. I enjoyed it.
Jcadden76 (64 KP) rated This American Life in Podcasts
Jun 12, 2018
Storytelling at its best!
From the variety of topics to the weight of some of the stories, there is something about the way that This American Life blends a narrative and touches on the lives of the people that the stories are about. I love the fact that even if I don't think that I am that into the topic that all of a sudden I am transported into the life and the situation. All of a sudden I am part of the story.
Again, storytelling at its best.
Again, storytelling at its best.
sweetlisag (0 KP) rated The Nightingale in Books
May 29, 2018
Amazing WWII story (2 more)
Full of suspense
Did not expect ending
Kristin Hannah has truly captured the chaotic and no-so-perfect sister relationship. Being the oldest of three girls I can relate to this love/hate relationship between the two sisters. How life can lead everyone in different roads but at the end family is the one thing that will always bring you back. No matter what happens family will disappoint, bring you down, and build you up, all at the same time. Cannot wait to read more books by this author.
Millyking (2 KP) rated the PlayStation 4 version of Assassin's Creed: Origins in Video Games
Jul 16, 2018
Huge map (2 more)
Beautiful designs
Good characters
Better than my expectations
Love this game very beautiful and personally one of my favourite assassins creed games for that reason. Controls are very easy and has a nice menu layout for upgrading or changing weapons/armour ect. Also enjoying the story very much only negative is i feel some of the missions can get a little repetitive as they are the same mission just with a different setting so would have been nice to see more variation!
KarenRC (6 KP) rated The Curious Heart of Ailsa Rae in Books
Jul 23, 2018
This book is an enjoyable, 'heart'- warming story about dealing with learning to live a 'normal' life after not knowing whether you were going to have a life at all. It also touches on the very important subject of organ donation being opt-out instead of opt-in, which is a very important cause. All in all, an easy read that covers all bases - family, love, friendships, health, grief. I found the back and forth between past, future, blog, news reports a bit confusong at times, but not enough to detract from the book.
Aasiyah Sidat (34 KP) rated Drinking and Tweeting: And Other Brandi Blunders in Books
Jul 5, 2018
Drunk and Delusional
okay, so I have a something to admit...I used to watch the Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills.
I know.
It's so embarrassing..but honestly, I used to love watching it. 'Used to' being the important phrase but that's a story for another day.
One of the housewives on the show was Brandi Glanville whose rise to fame was after her husband, Eddie Cibrian, cheated on her with a partially famous country singer, Leann Rimes, therefore ending their happy marriage.
Continue reading my review at: https://www.readsandrecipes.co.uk/2016/08/drunk-and-delusional.html
I know.
It's so embarrassing..but honestly, I used to love watching it. 'Used to' being the important phrase but that's a story for another day.
One of the housewives on the show was Brandi Glanville whose rise to fame was after her husband, Eddie Cibrian, cheated on her with a partially famous country singer, Leann Rimes, therefore ending their happy marriage.
Continue reading my review at: https://www.readsandrecipes.co.uk/2016/08/drunk-and-delusional.html
Allie (4 KP) rated The Nightingale in Books
Aug 13, 2018
This was my first historical fiction story. I wasn't planning on reading it at first because I knew historical fiction wasn't my thing but I just kept hearing how great it was and how it kept bringing so many people to tears and that even if you don't like historical fiction you will love this book! So I decided to give it a try and I LOVED it. I think it should be required that everyone read this book, that's how good it was! This was the book that got me into historical fiction.
Eve Oxspring (14 KP) rated The Greatest Showman (2017) in Movies
Aug 24, 2018
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Script/story
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The GREATEST show
This was a movie that seemed to come out of absolutely nowhere, but swept the whole world - myself included. I love the beating, human heart at the core of everything this movie is, along with the fantastic, passionate cast and wonderful musical numbers.
I work in a movie theatre, and this movie was still selling out in June, having come out at the end of December the previous year. THAT many people can't be wrong - I certainly don't think they are.
I work in a movie theatre, and this movie was still selling out in June, having come out at the end of December the previous year. THAT many people can't be wrong - I certainly don't think they are.
I love anthologies. Especially ones that don't have to go with the rest of the series just expands upon the universe. Unlike some you have to read or you know you're missing something crucial between books 3 and 4( for example). There are spoilers in this anthology however Patricia Briggs does a good job letting you know and where the stories fit inside the Mercy and Alpha and Omega universe. My favorite is the Ben story Redemption out of all her characters he has the most personal growth.