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The Island of Missing Trees

Elif Shafak

10.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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It is 1974 on the island of Cyprus. Two teenagers, from opposite sides of a divided land, meet at a...

Historical Fiction Magical Realism Literary Fiction Cyprus Turkey London

Book Divas (227 KP) rated A Fierce and Subtle Poison in Books

Dec 12, 2017 (Updated Dec 12, 2017)

This author's debut novel is simply stunning and brought back memories of when I lived in La Isla del Encanto...Puerto Rico. This magical story of young love and unmeasurable loss is beautiful and frightening at the same time. The story quickly pulls you in and keeps you immersed with a strong and well paced plot and the characters are all beautifully written. The author's writing style was so vivid that I felt like I was a part of the hair raising story line. I highly recommend this haunting read to readers of all ages and I am looking forward to more of this author's work.

{I received an ARC from Algonquin Young Readers. I made no guarantee of a favorable review and the opinions expressed here are unbiased and my own.}

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Alice in Wonderland (1951) in Movies

Dec 16, 2019

Alice in Wonderland (1951)

1951 | Animation, Classics, Family

7.9

(80 Ratings)

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The Mad Hatter

Alice in Wonderland- is a classic fantastic movie. The animation is phenomenal like with all disney classic animation movies. The story is excellent. The charcters are really intresting. I love this movie like with other disney classic animation movies.

The Plot: When Alice (Kathryn Beaumont), a restless young British girl, falls down a rabbit hole, she enters a magical world. There she encounters an odd assortment of characters, including the grinning Cheshire Cat (Sterling Holloway) and the goofy Mad Hatter (Ed Wynn). When Alice ends up in the court of the tyrannical Queen of Hearts (Verna Felton), she must stay on the ruler's good side -- or risk losing her head.

I had a good time rewatching this movie and so will you if you have the chance.

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Claire Lavin (2 KP) rated A Friend Like Ben in Books

Jan 4, 2020

A Friend Like Ben

Julia Romp | 2010 | Biography, Fiction & Poetry

10.0

(1 Ratings)

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A warm tale that made you feel good (0 more)

A real page turner

From the beginning of the book you are hooked. Such a warm well wrote book by julia romp telling the tale of life living with an autistic son . Her thoughts and feeling about the lack of communication and love she desperately wants.
Then one day ben a stray cat turns up on the doorstep and there whole world changes.
The story goes through some magical moments where you are left smiling and you dont want to put the book down.
One day while they are on holiday ben goes missing. The story runs through the whole heartache and mystery surrounding the missing cat.
You will find the ending adorable though.
Hope you enjoy the book just as much as I did

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Tangled (2010) in Movies

Mar 27, 2020

Tangled (2010)

2010 | Animation, Comedy, Family

8.3

(58 Ratings)

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Different Tale: Mother Knows Best

Tangled- is a great and fantasic movie with good songs like.."When Will My Life Begin", "Mother Knows Best", "I've Got A Dream", "I See The Lignt", and "Healing Incantation".

The plot: Disney animation of a classic tale. Beautiful princess Rapunzel has been locked away in a tower since she was captured as a baby by an old hag. Her magical long blonde hair has the power to provide eternal youth, and the evil Gothel uses this power to keep her young. At the age of 18, Rapunzel becomes curious about the outside world, and when a prince uses her tower as a refuge, she asks him to help her escape.

It has action, adventure, lots of comedy, darkness, so basically a normal disney animated movie.