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ClareR (5996 KP) rated Still Me in Books

Apr 28, 2019  
Still Me
Still Me
Jojo Moyes | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry, Romance
10
8.7 (31 Ratings)
Book Rating
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.
  
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ClareR (5996 KP) rated Sweetbitter in Books

May 4, 2019  
Sweetbitter
Sweetbitter
Stephanie Danler | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
5
5.0 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
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!
  
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Dean (6927 KP) rated I Am Legend (2007) in Movies

Feb 10, 2018  
I Am Legend (2007)
I Am Legend (2007)
2007 | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
6
7.4 (35 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
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.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2440 KP) rated Bless the Bride (Molly Murphy, #10) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
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Bless the Bride (Molly Murphy, #10)
Rhys Bowen | 2011
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
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>.
  
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David McK (3632 KP) rated Concrete Jungle in Books

Jan 30, 2019  
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Concrete Jungle
Nathan Archer
4
4.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
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.