Heather Cranmer (2721 KP) created a post
Sep 14, 2022
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101 chance meetings, juxtaposing the famous and the infamous, the artistic and the philistine, the...
The Toy Box
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MoMoBookDiary (20 KP) rated The Break in Books
Oct 1, 2018
Marian Keyes has given us many brilliant novels – some of which I have ‘laughed out loud’ embarrassing my mother while on holiday in strange places. I have many happy memories reading Marian Keyes while on holiday.
I haven’t read anything by this author in some time and was excited to be given the chance to read and review for NetGalley and Penguin UK – Michael Joseph. It is a well paced book that is difficult to put down but I found that unlike some other books I have read recently I was able to put it down and take a break for normal life stuff… maybe it is due to this being a longer book that most that I read these days? Or maybe I have been reading too many crime based books that this just didn’t hold my attention as much as Marian Keyes did in the past. Don’t get me wrong I really enjoyed it and do recommend it as a novel.
It is a long read – enjoyable – and funny.
If you have read Marian Keyes in the past then you really don’t want to miss this one!
Thanks NetGalley and Penguin UK – Michael Joseph for the opportunity to read and review this fantastic novel.
Chris Hooker (419 KP) rated Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 in Books
Jan 12, 2018
[Capuzzo] describes a Jersey Shore of elegance and enjoyment. When it was a status symbol to escape the cities. 1916 was a time of great turmoil with health crisis and a potential war in Europe so people flocked to the shore to escape all this but another danger lurked just off shore.
I know others who have read this book and wish they had introduced me to it sooner because it was an enjoyable, interesting and enlightening read of history and nature.
David McK (3233 KP) rated Devil's Charge (Civil War Chronicles #2) in Books
Jan 30, 2019
Despite being one of the defining period in English history, it's actually a subject rarely touched upon: when I was at school, we were taught more about the American Civil War than about the English counter-part! Short of this series, I can't - personally - think of any other novels set in and around the same period.
Like Cornwell's [i]Sharpe[/i] series of books, the events of this are all set in and around real historical events: in this case, the storming of Cirencester, the siege of Lichfield and the battle of Hopton Heath. If I'm honest, I wasn't familiar with any of these events, which is something I've always enjoyed about this type of book: a chance to learn some new history while also enjoying a good read! :)
John Taylor recommended The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) in Movies (curated)
The Man Who Came Uptown
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The Pillars of the Earth
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Set in 12th-century England, this eight-hour miniseries based on Ken Follett's best-seller begins...
David McK (3233 KP) rated Star Trek: Discovery - Season 4 in TV
Oct 8, 2023 (Updated Oct 8, 2023)
As a result, it took me roughly 1.5 years after release before I even got a chance to watch it.
Not that, having now done so, I seemed to miss all that much: this time around, the key season-long threat is a mysterious DMA ("Dark Matter Anomoly") that has appeared in the galaxy, causing untold death and destruction, and which requires Burnham and co to travel beyond the confines of their galaxy to deal with (cue a lot of crying and emoting and speechifying and very little actually 'doing'),
I had though, by the last couple of episodes, it would turn into a modern-day Voyager, but nope.
Strange New Worlds is the better modern day Trek show.