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Jo (37 KP) rated Leo Loves Aries (Signs of Love, #1) in Books

Oct 6, 2018

I've said this before in my status update, and I'll say it again: Anyta Sunday is the mother f*cking Queen of the scorching-hot slowburn.

I <b>loved</b> this!

So sweet and hot and funny and <i>delicious</i>, the chemistry between Theo and Jamie made me melt.

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Andy K (10823 KP) rated Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) in Movies

Dec 1, 2019

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

2018 | Biography, Drama, Music

8.5

(155 Ratings)

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Rami Malek epic. Very good biopic overall. I don't know much about Queen other than their music, so complaints about filmmakers not getting events correct or in the correct order do not bother me in this case.

Worth watching for the performances alone. Great film.

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Kehinde Wiley recommended The Queen of Harlem in Books (curated)

The Queen of Harlem

Brian Keith Jackson | 2003 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry

(0 Ratings)

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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

(0 Ratings)

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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

(4 Ratings)

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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 (3687 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 …)