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Andy K (10821 KP) created a poll about in Movies are the shiz!

Jun 1, 2018 (Updated Jun 1, 2018)  
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 Anonymous
OK, now that the big May summer films are out of the way, what are you looking forward to the rest of the summer?

Adrift

3 votes

Ocean's 8

12 votes

Incredibles 2

21 votes

Tag

7 votes

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

16 votes

Sicario: Day of the Soldado

1 votes

Ant-Man and the Wasp

18 votes

The First Purge

9 votes

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

8 votes

Skyscraper

2 votes

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

9 votes

The Equalizer 2

4 votes

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

5 votes

Christopher Robin

8 votes

The Meg

1 votes

The Happytime Murders

1 votes

Something else?

6 votes

None of the above

4 votes

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Whatchareadin (174 KP) rated Little Fires Everywhere in Books

May 10, 2018  
Little Fires Everywhere
Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
6
8.3 (43 Ratings)
Book Rating
Mia and Pearl move around a lot, but they may have found their forever home in Shaker Heights, Ohio. They are renting the top floor of a duplex owned by the Richardson family. The Richardson's have four children who are all close in age to Pearl. When controversy hits the small tight knit community and Mrs. Richardson finds out that Mia is behind it, she will stop at nothing to find out more about this woman who has disrupted this town.

For me, this book moved very slowly. The story as a whole was good, but there was something about the writing that I just couldn't connect with. The story was told from everyone's point of view, but at times it seemed like that changed in mid-sentence.

Mia is the kind of woman, I think a lot of us wish we could be. She is artistic and carefree. She is an attentive mother and compassionate with her fellow co-workers. But she can't sit still. Every few months, she and Pearl are on the move again for one reason or another. For Pearl, she doesn't mind so much. She has never been able to make and keep friends easily, so it feels good to start over. But Shaker Heights is different. Immediately, she befriends, Moody, the Richardson's youngest son. They have an instant bond. Pearl begins to spend afternoons at their house and walks back and forth to school with Moody. Making friends feels good to Pearl and she is glad that they have decided to spend a little more time in this town than most.

Mia works all kinds of odd jobs to support her in Pearl why she works on her photography. Mia has sold many pieces through an art gallery in New York. Sometimes the pieces go quickly and other times they do not. While in Shaker Heights, Mia is working the take out counter for a Chinese Restaurant. There she befriends a girl who becomes a part of the center of the controversy. With Mia's help this girl finds the strength she needs to do what is necessary.

Mrs. Robinson works as a reporter for the local paper. Covering various events throughout the town. Mrs. Robinson likes Mia and Pearl when they move in, and she even offers Mia a job to do some light housekeeping and cooking at their house. But maybe they shouldn't have allowed Mia to get so close. Maybe then one of her best friends would not have to go through the turmoil she is currently in.

I think many people will like this book, but for me, it was just alright.