At the start of the month dedicated to African American history, here’s The Guardian's rundown of what to read, including Paul Beatty and Octavia Butler.
The Woman Next Door
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Hortensia James and Marion Agostino are neighbours. One is black, one white. Both are successful...
Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for the Real James Brown
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The definitive biography of the soul legend James Brown by National Book Award-winning novelist...
The Sellout
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'Outrageous, hilarious and profound.' Simon Schama, Financial Times 'The longer you stare at...
The Hate u Give
8.4
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A powerful and brave YA novel about what prejudice looks like in the 21st century. Sixteen-year-old...
Race police shooting black lives matter prejudice witness murder
Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin
Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton
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On February 26th 2012 seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin was walking home with a bag of Skittles and...
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Michelle Smith (41 KP) rated Vices & Virtues by Panic! At The Disco in Music
Jun 11, 2019
Caroline Polacheck recommended Sprawl Trilogy in Books (curated)
Bill Hader recommended Mona Lisa (1986) in Movies (curated)
Christina Ricci recommended Mona Lisa (1986) in Movies (curated)
Bob Mann (459 KP) rated Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) in Movies
Sep 8, 2019
Read my full review at One Mann's Movies here - https://bob-the-movie-man.com/2019/08/21/one-manns-movies-film-review-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-2019/
Franjpan (10 KP) rated Periodic tales in Books
Nov 26, 2018
Beckie Shelton (40 KP) rated The Red in Books
Feb 8, 2018
ME!!! well, bring on the coronary because this book man, what a way to go!!
But seriously if you're easily offended or a bit of a novice to the erotica genre, you might want to start your journey with something a little less hard-core, as The Red Is not a novel with romantic lovey-Dovey phrases or lame-ass cliches.
It was so refreshing that it called a spade a spade!!!
no cutesy words, just plain tell it as it is loved that.
This for me was one of the biggest reasons this gets a big smokin thumbs up from me.
and I can honestly say I have never quite read anything like this before, The Red has an almost mythical surreal quality to some of its happenings, with its play on famous works of art and nymphs and minotaurs.
I hadn't had the delight of experiencing Tiffany Reisz's work before so this was a first for me, First but will not be the last time now I have discovered the voice of this unique author.
The Red's Storyline is simple, Mona Lisa St James needs to save her late mother's Art Gallery and she's practically broke.
Enter Malcolm her mysterious saviour who offers to pay Mona in very expensive art in return for carte-blanche when it comes to her body.
whatever he wishes, he gets, once a month for a year, after that he will disappear from her life forever and Mona will have the means to save the gallery.
The tale then takes us through every encounter, each one different, some more depraved than others but each encounter will make you squirm with its lack of modesty and the sheer corruption in Malcolm's every action.
I loved the way the story unfolded and I would say this was more of a delicious debasement than a romance, a debasement that our girl Mona embraced and welcomed wholeheartedly as The Red draws to its inevitable conclusion.
It's quite obvious to the reader that Malcolm has a hidden agenda which becomes more apparent to Mona as the story unfolds
Quite frankly hidden agendas, in my opinion, are all well and good but honestly, I was just counting the seconds to Mona and Malcolm's next session Take 1, Take 2 Take 3 could go on and on here sigh.
Well anyway, I really enjoyed The Red and would happily recommend it to my fellow perverts all that's left is for me to profusely thank the publisher and NetGalley for allowing me to read an advanced reader copy of this novel by Tiffany Reisz, this is an unbiased reflection of said novel.
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Jeremiah Zagar recommended Mona Lisa (1986) in Movies (curated)
David McK (3425 KP) rated National Treasure (2004) in Movies
Sep 10, 2021
As such, heavily aimed at the American audience rather than more international fare, coming across (to my UK eyes, at least) as very much an American attempt to set up a new Indiana Jones series. Oh, and the whole plot point of something being on the back of the Declaration? Remind you much of The Da Vinci code, and something on the back of the Mona Lisa ...?
Having said that, it's polished enough to not be the worst way of spending about 2 hours or so in front of the box.