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History Is All You Left Me
History Is All You Left Me
Adam Silvera | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
8
7.3 (6 Ratings)
Book Rating
I love everything Adam Silvera comes up with and every time it's soul destroying, He so carefully creates his characters and you feel their emotions and heartache and damn does he know how to make you feel. As soon as I read the summary I knew that this was the book for me, it had everything I love in fiction and it didn't disappoint. It's raw and honest from the first age to the last page and even though you find out about the history and present simultaneously you're still constantly uncovering things you didn't expect. He also handles the topic of OCD very well, it's not romanticized and it's portrayed as very very real.
  
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Ross (3284 KP) rated Caffe Nero in Apps

Nov 3, 2017  
Caffe Nero
Caffe Nero
Food & Drink
9
8.5 (2 Ratings)
App Rating
Virtual stamps not being exactly positioned in the box, just like a real stamp card (0 more)
Virtual stamps not being exactly positioned in the box, just like a real stamp card (OCD) (0 more)
I have been using the Nero app for a few months now, mainly to collect stamps towards free coffees (just like the paper ones, you scan your app at the checkout). I have recently linked a debit card as well so can now pay for drinks as well as getting a stamp and this works really well.
Also for the Christmas period, every time you pay for a drink with the app you get a Christmas cracker to open with the chance of winning extra stamps, free drinks etc.
  
Turtles All The Way Down
Turtles All The Way Down
John Green | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
9
8.4 (60 Ratings)
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Storyline (1 more)
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Could be a trigger to some people with mental problems (0 more)
This book was FANTASTIC.

I have never read a John Green book yet, so finding this gem from my local library system was a great find.

Aza has issues. Issues that none of would ever wish for our worst enemy much less a young girl. Her particular issue I don't have an exact word for, germ phobia with some invasive thoughts add some OCD in there?

Aza and her friend Daisy are looking to come into some money by doing some detective work. What she finds more than anything is an honest and open friendship with maybe a little love thrown in there.

My love for this book is amazing, now I have to find his other books and read them.
  
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Sarah (7799 KP) rated Smashbomb in Apps

Mar 8, 2018  
Smashbomb
Smashbomb
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Social Networking
9
8.9 (123 Ratings)
App Rating
Finally!
I cannot be happier that there is finally a Smashbomb app in my life. Although there's nothing wrong with the website, having an app to use on the go is so much easier.

And the app itself is so easy to use, just a condensed version of the site. It's very responsive and runs very well, and it's very easy to navigate around.


My only criticism (sorry @Bird) is that I'm an android user and the app doesn't work with my back button. This is mainly me and my ocd, but I rely heavily on the back button and using it in the app currently just closes the app & sends me back to my phone home screen. Not a massive issue obviously but I don't have this with my other apps, so just being picky!
  
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Andy K (10823 KP) Mar 15, 2018

No prob, Dave. I am certainly not complaining. I love Smashbomb to pieces!

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Sarah (7799 KP) Mar 15, 2018

And for a very early version it does work very well!

Turtles All The Way Down
Turtles All The Way Down
John Green | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
10
8.4 (60 Ratings)
Book Rating
Plot (5 more)
Characters
Dialogue
Fandom Representation
Use of Fanfiction
Honest Portrayal of Mental Health Issues
This book blew me away, I honestly wasn't sure what to expect but I was pleasantly surprised. The way John Green portrayed mental health was brutally honest. It was hard to read at some points but it was refreshing not to have a YA book romanticize mental illness but instead to show it from all sides: the way it affects familial relationships; the way it affects friendships; the way it affects romantic relationships and how easy and scary it is when your thoughts spiral out of control.

I loved reading about Aza and how she navigates through her friendships, new relationships and dealing with OCD. I have so much respect for John Green after reading this. It was very well done, and the Star Wars references were an added bonus!
  
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Andy K (10823 KP) rated Hoarders in TV

Feb 20, 2019  
 Hoarders
Hoarders
2009 | Documentary, Drama
A unique representation of the human condition
It's hard to believe that human beings can hoard. The act of keeping things just to keep them. What goes through their minds?

They sometimes live in filth, human and animal waste, their homes toppling from within. Do they not see it? I know it's a disease like alcoholism or OCD, but it just pains me yet fascinates at the same time.

I find it so interesting to watch through the TV lens at those who are different than me. It makes me think my life isn't as bad as I think it is and I feel like I want to help them.

This show has been on 10 years now and it never fails to amaze me. I sometimes weep as I see how others live and that their families cannot even help them sometimes.

  
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Sarah (7799 KP) Feb 20, 2019

This is very addictive. I usually feel sorry for the animals though when they hoard them, it's not pleasant ?