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The Queen of the Night
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Lilliet Berne is a sensation of the Paris Opera, a legendary soprano with every accolade except an...
Awix (3310 KP) rated Fifty Shades Darker (2017) in Movies
Feb 15, 2018 (Updated Feb 15, 2018)
A Crime Against Passion
Another attempt by E.L. James to solve the global overpopulation crisis by putting people off the idea of having sex. More deeply uninvolving shenanigans between Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey: will he win her back? Will she be able to make him commit to a proper relationship? And why the hell should anyone else care?
Very little discernible plot; mostly resembles a blandly aspirational soap opera, or possibly commercial for kitchen design. Scenes of rumpo are occasionally unintentionally funny, never actually erotic. Fifty Shades Darker? Fifty Shades Duller, more like.
Very little discernible plot; mostly resembles a blandly aspirational soap opera, or possibly commercial for kitchen design. Scenes of rumpo are occasionally unintentionally funny, never actually erotic. Fifty Shades Darker? Fifty Shades Duller, more like.
Rachel Howser Roberts (96 KP) rated Salvage Trouble (Black Ocean Mission 1) in Books
Jul 9, 2018 (Updated Jul 9, 2018)
Firefly Meets Wizards
This book was advertised as Firefly with wizards, and that's pretty much what it is. There is almost a one-to-one correlation between the characters in the book and the characters in Firefly. That being said, I love Firefly and enjoyed the story very much. It's a fast-paced space opera. The story felt a little short to me, more like a TV episode verses a movie. The book was self-published and had some editing problems (specifically typos).
Rome's Last Citizen
Book
Cato's life is a gripping tale rich with resonances for our own turbulent politics. Cato grappled...
Hear Me Out
Book
The idiosyncratic genius Armando Iannucci is a passionate lover of music. In this book he explores...
Ross (3284 KP) rated Quadrophenia by The Who in Music
May 28, 2020
Rolling Stone's 267th greatest album of all time
I haven't seen Quadrophenia so this was a new experience for me. The soundtrack album had a bit of a Bat out of Hell feel to it, very "rock opera" in style. Great songs telling a story, which means at times the song gets a little abandoned for the sake of the story. But with Townsend writing it all, this was less of an issue here. Great songs well performed. A nice change to have Townsend on vocals at times.
The Old Vic: The Story of a Great Theatre - From Kean to Olivier to Spacey
Terry Coleman and Kevin Spacey
Book
The Old Vic, one of the world's great theatres, opened in 1818 with rowdy melodrama and continued...
Adam Lambert recommended track Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen in Live at Wembley Stadium by Queen in Music (curated)
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2206 KP) rated Murder for Choir (Glee Club, #1) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
Paige Marshall has taken a job coaching a show choir until her big break singing opera comes through. But when a rival coach is murdered, she starts trying to clear one of her students of the crime. The book is fun with great characters, fast moving plot, and gentle humor woven in. Paige took a couple more risks than I felt like she should have, but I enjoyed it and definitely plan to read the sequel.
My full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-murder-of-choir-by-joelle.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
My full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-murder-of-choir-by-joelle.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.