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David McK (3713 KP) rated BattleTech: Break-Away (The Proliferation Cycle #1) in Books
Aug 26, 2025
I picked this novella up cheap, and I'm glad it was (cheap): I would have felt cheated if I'd paid full price for it.
It also has rather an unusual setting for a Battletech novel - right at the beginning, before the Battletechs are even a thing.
There's none at all in this novella, other than a couple of references to a top secret weapon that is being developed, with a small group of soldiers out on training exercises to see who would get to pilot said weapon.
SO, in short, a read-it-and-forget novella, kind of like eating a sweet between meals.
It also has rather an unusual setting for a Battletech novel - right at the beginning, before the Battletechs are even a thing.
There's none at all in this novella, other than a couple of references to a top secret weapon that is being developed, with a small group of soldiers out on training exercises to see who would get to pilot said weapon.
SO, in short, a read-it-and-forget novella, kind of like eating a sweet between meals.
David McK (3713 KP) rated A stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories in Books
Dec 29, 2024
This, really, and as it says on the tin (so to speak) is a collection of short stories penned by the late, great, Sir Terry Pratchett back when he was first starting out on his journalistic career.
So we're talking back, mainly, in the late 1970s and perhaps early 80s, before the Discworld series for which he is most renowned came to be.
As such, none of these are as polished as his later works, although it is interesting to see early glimmers of ideas that would later be fully fleshed out (mainly, but not exclusively, in the Discworld series) in several of these stories.
So we're talking back, mainly, in the late 1970s and perhaps early 80s, before the Discworld series for which he is most renowned came to be.
As such, none of these are as polished as his later works, although it is interesting to see early glimmers of ideas that would later be fully fleshed out (mainly, but not exclusively, in the Discworld series) in several of these stories.
Andrew Koltuniuk (770 KP) rated National Treasure (2004) in Movies
Jul 3, 2020 (Updated Dec 27, 2025)
Ok. I am completely biased towards this movie because I grew up on it. I know that this movie has problems as far as it's historical accuracy and some of its historical references. But I can't help just loving this film. It's such a fun, lighthearted adventure that is wonderful to watch and extremely enjoyable! I love the characters in this film and all of their quirky attitudes. Besides that, none of the side-characters feel like they were wasted opportunities! I think that this movie did a phenomenal job and accepted that it was going to be a dorky, fun, action-adventure film.
