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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2165 KP) rated Evan Only Knows (Constable Evans, #7) in Books

Mar 9, 2018

Evan and Bronwen are off to meet each other's family's. Their first stop is Mrs. Evans, and they stumble into a case with ties to Evan's family past. The man who killed Evan's father is arrest for another crime, only this time Evan thinks he's innocent. Can he prove it without alienating his mother? This book is missing much of the charm of the earlier ones in the series since the wonderful supporting players aren't in the book. A bit more serious, too.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/03/book-review-evan-only-knows-by-rhys.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.

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Heather (4 KP) rated Mrs Robinson's Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady in Books

May 31, 2018

I received this book through a First Reads giveaway and although I ended up somewhat liking it I had a very hard time getting into and through the book. There was a story to be told but not in the way I thought it would be presented. The book is just what it claims to be, a diary of Mrs. Robinson's accounts mixed with trial proceedings and such. There were a lot of facts, which may have been why it took me so long to get through it as I was thinking it would be more of a story, not a recounting of events. Either way it was an okay book.

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Alice (12 KP) rated Godblind (The Godblind Trilogy #1) in Books

Jul 3, 2018

Godblind (The Godblind Trilogy #1)

Anna Stephens | 2017 | Science Fiction/Fantasy

9.3

(3 Ratings)

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Well well well I'm mightily impressed Mrs Stephens. Mightily impressed. Easily up there on top as one of the best debuts I've read this year. Easily.

Great characters and plot work. A even balance between omg how cute (<i>that</i> chapter and holy shit how EVIL!

Evil being the overruling theme of this book with a great set of bad guys and an even greater set of good guys - let the Dancer's Light be upon you s'all I'm sayin'

Godblind had it's own flair for the dramatic and the quick switching between points of view gave the book it's own edge.

Can I have book 2 now?

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Lee KM Pallatina (951 KP) rated The Incredibles (2004) in Movies

Jun 17, 2019

The Incredibles (2004)

2004 | Animation, Comedy, Family

8.5

(94 Ratings)

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The fantastic 4 (& a half)

The incredibles follows a family of heroes, mr and mrs incredible and their 3 children.
Dash, violet & jack jack.
After bob (Mr I) breaks a marriage agreement of retirement, he is contacted by a mysterious client who seeks help after a rogue machine starts terrorizing his private island, which is a test to attempt to catch mr incredible and permanently eliminate him, concocted by syndrome, a former mr incredible fanboy. (Enter the angry wife & kids)

(So a family of four heroes, working for a secret evil genius, who they personally know? Are we sure this isn't a MARVEL movie?)

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David McK (3372 KP) rated Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) in Movies

Dec 31, 2019 (Updated Apr 28, 2020)

The darkest of the original Indiana Jones films, with Indy becoming caught up in recovering the Sankara Stones for an Indian village, in a film that - along with the likes of Gremlins - led to the creation of the PG-13 certificate.

Beating Hearts torn out of chests? Child slavery? Baby serpents slithering out of a dead snake? questionable depiction of Indian cuisine and the goddess Kali? A screeching (future) Mrs Spielberg as the co-star? All here.

On the other hand, there are some rather good set-pieces, such as the mine-cart escape or Indiana on the rope bridge as the cultists close in from either side …