Daisy and the Trouble with Jack
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Daisy can't believe it! Mrs Peters is making her sit next to Jack Beechwhistle - the naughtiest boy...
The Echoing Strangers
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This is a Vintage Murder Mystery. You can rediscover Gladys Mitchell - one of the 'Big Three' female...
The Graduate (1967)
Movie Watch
Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) has just finished college and, back at his parents' house, he's...
Jesse Malin recommended Paths of Glory (1957) in Movies (curated)
Careers For Women
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New York in the late 1950s. A city, and a world, on the cusp of change… Maggie Gleason is...
Fiction gender studies
Jessi Bone (48 KP) rated The Secret, Book, & Scone Society in Books
Mar 18, 2019
Awix (3310 KP) rated The Kingmaker (2019) in Movies
Dec 18, 2019
Much of the movie concerns Mrs Marcos holding forth on her achievements as mother of the world, bringer of world peace, ender of the cold war (and so on), intercut with other people with perhaps a stronger grip on reality pointing out what actually went on. Intended criticisms just ping off Mrs Marcos' elephantine self-regard; the effect is blackly comic more than anything else. But the film moves on to consider her attempts to make her son president of the Philippines, with all the re-writing of history and political corruption this entails: it seems the world may hear from her again. Intelligently made, eye-openingly weird, ultimately rather chilling.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2204 KP) rated What Time the Sexton’s Spade Doth Rust in Books
Sep 25, 2024
I had thought the series ended with the previous book five years ago, so I was pleasantly surprised when I saw this up for preorder. It was fun to revisit Bishop’s Lacey and catch up with Flavia. However, I still find her cousin Undine extremely annoying and not as funny as she is supposed to be. The pacing of the mystery was good, but there were parts of the plot I didn’t care for. And I certainly could have done without all the talk about the crime scene. I’ve often found this series uneven, and this entry fit that description for me.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/06/book-review-secret-of-unseen-treasure.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
The Governess
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The gently evil tale of Mabel Herring, a sweet governess who enters the lives of the Lane-Baker...