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Muse of Nightmares
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In the wake of tragedy, neither Lazlo nor Sarai are who they were before. One a god, the other a...
A very enjoyable return to Lou!
This hasn’t had the best reception from fans of the first book, and many didn’t seem to like the second book either, but I’ve loved them all. This one in particular seems to have a very fitting end.
Lou goes to New York to live her best life. She’s the companion to the wife of a very successful man. Lots happens, of course, and she ends up making her own career choice at the end. Lots of man trouble with Sam (the paramedic), and a Will Traynor look-a-like (looks, not temperament). I loved it.
Lou goes to New York to live her best life. She’s the companion to the wife of a very successful man. Lots happens, of course, and she ends up making her own career choice at the end. Lots of man trouble with Sam (the paramedic), and a Will Traynor look-a-like (looks, not temperament). I loved it.
ClareR (5885 KP) rated Sweetbitter in Books
May 4, 2019
A year in the life of a young woman who moves to New York and gets a job in a high end restaurant. Tess is 22 and lives life to its fullest - that’s if you count drinking hard, taking drugs and hardly sleeping as living hard. She learns a lot about food and wine, but not so much about personal relationships.
This was heralded as the book of Summer 2016, but I’m afraid I found it boring. Nothing much happens, she’s so self-centred as to be a rather unpleasant character. Reading this feels like time I can’t get back, I’m afraid!
This was heralded as the book of Summer 2016, but I’m afraid I found it boring. Nothing much happens, she’s so self-centred as to be a rather unpleasant character. Reading this feels like time I can’t get back, I’m afraid!
Dean (6927 KP) rated I Am Legend (2007) in Movies
Feb 10, 2018
This is a pretty good film, although saying that there is not really a lot of "story" to make a film of here. Especially When Will Smith is the last man on Earth, but despite this he gives a great performance and the film holds your interest even with the majority of it having just one character. There are some cool scenes of a deserted New York city (Where else!) but some of the other effects are so-so. Unfortunately there are a lot plot holes in the story and many questions that won't be answered. Good viewing but not groundbreaking.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2353 KP) rated Bless the Bride (Molly Murphy, #10) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
It's weeks before Molly and Daniel will finally wed, but Molly can't resist the lure of one more case. But her simple job of finding an heirloom becomes more when it turns out she is really hired to find a run away Chinese bride. The more she digs, the more Molly isn't sure she wants to find the girl. As always, 1903 New York is brought to great life. The characters are great, and the story kept me turning pages quickly.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/03/book-review-bless-bride-by-rhys-bowen.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/03/book-review-bless-bride-by-rhys-bowen.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
David McK (3562 KP) rated Concrete Jungle in Books
Jan 30, 2019
I'm not sure which came first, but at the very start you could be forgiven for thinking you're reading Predator 2: the Novelisation, as it is almost an identikit retelling of that film. After a while, however, it does head off on it's own territory, taking in the Colombian jungle of the first film before heading back to New York for the final throw-down.
It's not the best book I've ever read (or even the best based on characters in a film), but it's also not the worst. Passes a few days (two or so) easy reading, at the very least.
It's not the best book I've ever read (or even the best based on characters in a film), but it's also not the worst. Passes a few days (two or so) easy reading, at the very least.
Sarah Betts (103 KP) rated Spirits White as Lightning (Bedlam's Bard, #5) in Books
Dec 31, 2019
Eric is getting comfy in New York whie Kory and Beth are Underhill trying to find a way to conceive a chid that won't kill a bunch of people.
An evil elf wants revenge for the death of his loved one and wants to cause the destruction of the world.
I really enjoyed this book because it ties up some of the threads that were left hanging in the last one (Mainly, what happened with Threshold and Jeanette). This series go by fairly quickly and I'm enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would
An evil elf wants revenge for the death of his loved one and wants to cause the destruction of the world.
I really enjoyed this book because it ties up some of the threads that were left hanging in the last one (Mainly, what happened with Threshold and Jeanette). This series go by fairly quickly and I'm enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would
Frantumaglia: An Author's Journey Told Through Letters, Interviews, and Occasional Writings
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A stunning collection of occasional writings, interviews, and letters by Elena Ferrante, "one of the...
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
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After twenty-five years of 'sex, drugs, bad behaviour and haute cuisine', chef and novelist Anthony...
Hustling Hitler: The Jewish Vaudevillian Who Fooled the Fuhrer
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Vaudeville manager, boxing promoter, stock swindler and card shark Freeman Bernstein was no stranger...