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"As Harlem, the perpetual work in progress, continues to change, it’s refreshing to revisit this book by my dear friend Brian Keith Jackson. The Queen of Harlem sets the stage of a neighborhood that was very familiar to me as I left Yale and discovered New York for the first time."

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Julie Klausner recommended I Lost It At The Movies in Books (curated)

I Lost It At The Movies

Pauline Kael | 1994 | Film & TV, History & Politics

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"Hail the queen. Nobody used adjectives better, and nobody else quite showed how to make art out of writing about art quite as accessibly, or hilariously. Her ideas about the movies she saw made me understand the way the world is. I can't think of a better writer than Pauline Kael."

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Auburn (57 KP) rated Mirror, Mirror in Books

Apr 10, 2019

Mirror, Mirror

Jen Calonita | 2019 | Young Adult (YA)

7.8

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Thank you Disney and NetGalley for granting my wish to read this.

First off I need to say that anyone who loves the Evil Queen, snow white, or has read the other stand alone villians book needs to read this one stat. It is so well thought out and gives the reader that much more. The dual stories/views expands not just what we thought we know but what could have been. While I will never feel perfectly happy thoughts for the evil Queen, I mean she is evil. This definitely helped me to want to find out more about the villains in general. Maybe start a fanclub for slightly misunderstood characters.

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David McK (3600 KP) rated Sherlock Holmes: The Voice of Treason in Books

Apr 12, 2020

At first, I must admit, I wondered what a Sherlock Holmes story that had not been written by Arthur Conan Doyle would be like.

And then I listened to this.

Set in the 'traditional' Sherlock Holmes setting of late in Queen Victoria's reign (in this case, after Reichenbach Falls) - instead of the more contemporary setting popularised by TVs Sherlock - this did take me a bit to get into.

However, it is impeccably produced and acted - even if it relies quite heavily on flashbacks - taking in such key characters as Sherlock himself, Dr Watson, Sherlock's brother Mycroft and Professor Moriarty, in a mystery around the kidnapping of the Queen!
(I was never taught that in school …)

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Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2)

Marissa Meyer

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This is not the fairytale you remember. But it's one you won't forget. SCARLET BENOIT'S...

Wig Out

Tarell Alvin McCraney

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In this gossamer-laced reality there is never a moment to be without your face, to not be together....

The Adventures of Blake and Mortimer: v. 7: The Affair of the Necklace

Edgar P. Jacobs

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A necklace that used to belong to Marie Antoinette, the last French queen before the French...

The Second Jezebel

Peter Mowbray

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The wedding between the Princess Marguerite de Valois and Henri King of Navarre was intended to be a...

Maggie Linton (1 KP) rated The Crown - Season 2 in TV

Jan 12, 2018

A great work of art.

While there are some historical inaccuracies this series does give a great in depth look in to the triumphs and tragedies of the royal family. I am well pleased with both seasons and enjoy watching the Queen evolve in this season into the great matriarch we know today.