On Silbury Hill
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Silbury Hill in Wiltshire has inspired and perplexed people for generations. Artists and poets have...
Once Upon A Time in the East: A Story of Growing Up
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Xiaolu Guo meets her parents for the first time when she is almost seven. They are strangers to her....
ClareR (5596 KP) rated One of Them in Books
May 12, 2021
Well. I would say that I’m firmly in the anti- public/ private school camp, but I can’t find any fault in Musa’s education. He seems to have really enjoyed his time at Eton. He received a well-rounded education, and it comes across, largely speaking, as a caring institution. He does have some trouble with other boys: racist comments for example. He doesn’t seem to register these instances, and only finds out through another ex-student once he has left.
I liked how Musa looks at the reasons behind Brexit, about our continuing culture of the ‘Haves’ and “Have Nots’, and how if those who went to institutions such as Eton were less self-serving, just how much good they could contribute to this country. Instead, their attitudes seem to have contributed to the rise of the far right.
It’s a really interesting, if short, book, and well worth a read.
Many thanks to The Pigeonhole, Unbound and to Musa for reading along.
Game Face: A Lifetime of Hard-Earned Lessons on and off the Basketball Court
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NBA Hall of Famer Bernard King is one of the most dynamic scorers in basketball history. King was...
Gardens of Stone: My Boyhood in the French Resistance
Michael Wright and Stephen Grady
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An extraordinary wartime memoir, combining the best kind of adventure story with a coming of age...
Guilty Thing: A Life of Thomas de Quincey
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'Life for De Quincey was either angels ascending on vaults of cloud or vagrants shivering on the...
Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon a Project, Read Samuel Johnson, and My Other Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life
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In The Happiness Project, she worked out general theories of happiness. Here she goes deeper on...
Erika (17788 KP) rated This Is a Robbery: The World's Greatest Art Heist in TV
May 1, 2021 (Updated May 1, 2021)
First, I felt like they should have had this FBI Agent contribute more to the documentary, rather than presenting some other theories as to where the paintings ended up. I actually thought they were going to have him appear in the last ep, but he didn't. This would have bumped up the rating for me, honestly.
Second, so many conspiracy theories with the Italian mob. I just shook my head at this. Way too much focus. The police department's focus seemed half-ass, and like they took the easy way out by blaming the mob, then didn't interview actual witnesses again.
The BEST PART of this documentary series was when they interviewed a guy that is a member of the IRA. There was a theory that the IRA had lifted them. The guy basically told everyone to F-off, because the IRA wasn't involved. I cackled because it was completely hilarious.
Overall, this was just ok. It would probably be really interesting for people that don't know anything, or very little, about the Heist. Sure, this heist is interesting, but not 'The World's Greatest Heist'.
Becs (244 KP) rated This Is The Life in Books
Oct 2, 2019
I will not be trying to reread this as it’s honestly one of those books I can never see myself getting into. When I first picked it up, the synopsis gave me a hint of a memoir style of reading and I absolutely love memoirs. But as I read, I was just blown away with how boring the writing was. There was no sense of wonder and even the story was just lacking that hint of storytelling that makes a story this grand thing, that catches your attention, and leaves you wanting more.
Don’t let my opinion on this affect whether you pick This Is the Life up for yourself, because you never know, you could love it!
“When she’d gone I said to Louis, ‘How come no one here has any worries?’ He looked at me, puzzled. ‘Everyone says “No worries,” ‘ I told him. ‘I can’t believe they don’t have any.’ “
That Dragon, Cancer
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An immersive, narrative experience that retells Joel Green’s 4-year fight against cancer through...