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AJaneClark (3962 KP) rated Midnight Sun (Twilight, #5) in Books

Aug 12, 2020  
Midnight Sun (Twilight, #5)
Midnight Sun (Twilight, #5)
Stephenie Meyer | 2020 | Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)
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7.2 (6 Ratings)
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Twiliked it a lot
Four days after beginning this epic journey reliving my very early 20s it came to a close this evening after 759 pages...

Fans of The Twilight Saga will know this story well, but the retelling from the POV of Edward, is actually very eye opening.

Previous works by Meyer were rough around the edges, and not very polished, the language used not conveying the nature of such a largely followed saga... Midnight Sun is very well written, the language and style more mature. However I did find that there were too many pages per chapter, thus making “breaktimes” seem too far off...

I enjoyed the novel humanising the Cullen clan a little more, whilst still showing off their obvious vampiric differences! Not to mention being inside the head of someone who is typically in everyone else’s heads...
  
    Essays

    Essays

    George Orwell

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    The articles collected in George Orwell's Essays illuminate the life and work of one of the most...

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David McK (3245 KP) rated The Legend of Tarzan (2016) in Movies

Oct 16, 2022  
The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
2016 | Action
6
6.3 (17 Ratings)
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I was going to say this is a 2016 retelling of the Tarzan story, except it isn't really.

Instead of the 'usual' Tarzan origin tale, or even of his time in the jungle, this actually is set when he has returned to England and taken up the mantle of Lord Greystoke.

That is, before circumstances lead him to travelling back to the Congo, in the company of Jane (With plenty of flashbacks showing how they first met) and of the American George Williams (played by Samuel L. Jackson), who has his own motives for wanting to visit the Congo.

Yes, I'm well aware of the questionably problematic nature of the Tarzan tale.

it was written over a hundred years ago (exactly 120 as of me writing this, to be precise), however.

The movie does - to its credit - at least try to address some of those concerns.
  
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Rachel King (13 KP) rated Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life in Books

Feb 11, 2019  
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Anne Lamott | 1995
10
9.0 (2 Ratings)
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I loved, loved, LOVED this book! Anne Lamott wrote this book as if she were teaching a writing class, but that description only covers about half of what the book is about, as the subtitle hints at with the word "Life." I would consider this book somewhat autobiographical in nature, since Lamott uses her own life experiences to demonstrate how she writes. The descriptions and metaphors were so vivid and on point that they had me at times laughing out loud, in tears, or having to put the book down just so I could contemplate what I had just read. The tips that she gave regarding the writing process were things that any person could both understand and use, whether or not he had any experience or formal education as a writer. Her tips ranged from tell the truth and write about your childhood to find a partner and use index cards to record ideas. She gives wonderful advice about the life of a writer, such as if your life is not enough before publication, then it won't be enough after publication.

I know that I will read this book again and again, gleaning her tips, stories, and metaphors like a prospector sifting for gold flecks. I can't recommend this book enough for any would-be writer or even any aficionado of the written word.