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Remy Tankel Carroll (36 KP) rated The Marriage Bureau: True Stories From 1940s London Matchmakers in Books

Dec 19, 2018

I loved this book. It's an original topic and a great story about 2 female entrepreneurs in a time when the business world was mostly dominated by men. It is well written and well researched. It's fascinating to see what people deemed important in a mate during a time of war. I think my favorite part was reading some of the actual requests that were written during the interview. It just goes to show that everyone has someone out there who's his or her perfect match.

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David McK (3713 KP) rated Tron Legacy (2010) in Movies

Nov 7, 2019

Tron Legacy (2010)

2010 | Action, Sci-Fi

7.3

(23 Ratings)

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Hmmm … visually stunning (as was the original movie), following Sam Flynn - the son of Kevin Flynn, who has been missing for over a decade - who gets drawn into the world of Tron following a cryptic message from his dad's old arcade.

With Daft Punk providing the soundtrack and with the glaring neon colours throughout, as I said up top: this is definitely visually stunning (and it's good to see the Light Bikes/Disc Wars back), albeit saddled with a somewhat leaden plot and pacing issues.

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Cori June (3033 KP) rated The Forty Thieves: Marjana's Tale in Books

Mar 5, 2020

The Forty Thieves: Marjana's Tale

Christy Lenzi | 2019 | Children, Science Fiction/Fantasy

7.0

(1 Ratings)

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It is a retelling of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves in Marjana's POV. and stays mostly with the original source material. This is a good kid's book for ages 9 and up. It does talk about slavery as both Marjana and her brother are slaves of Ali Baba's brother, and the Islam religion so it is slightly correct in its set/historic time period. It doesn't get in your face religious just lets you know it's there and helps set the cultural tone.

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AT (1676 KP) rated The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up, a Magical Story in Books

Feb 25, 2020

The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up, a Magical Story

Marie Kondo | 2017 | Comics & Graphic Novels, Home & Garden

8.0

(1 Ratings)

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If you've read Marie Kondo's original Tidying book (the text version), or even if you haven't, the manga version is a really fun accompaniment. It covers the major tidying tasks, plus it puts it into an easy-to-follow story about a young woman that hires Marie to teach her to tidy her disastrous apartment. It was a quick read, and was fun to see Marie as a drawn character, along with all of the facial expressions, which you don't get when the book is text-only.