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    Design Your Life

    Design Your Life

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    Are you tired of life slamming the door in your face? Did you get another rejection letter, pink...

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Carma (21 KP) rated If You Only Knew in Books

Jun 17, 2019  
If You Only Knew
If You Only Knew
Kristan Higgins | 2015
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
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I thought maybe loving “Now that you mention it” so much would be a fluke I am happy to say nope not the case. I loved this book just as much. It is amazing how well Kristan transforms a scene into a real life moment. There were multiple times in each of her books where I wondered if she had some how implanted a camera in my house to record my life. I am well into my 3rd Kristan Higgins book, binge bought and borrowed from my library to keep on going. How have I survived without KH in my life???

Great book about sisters, family dynamics and how we (and circumstances) screw it all up constantly.
  
    Soppy

    Soppy

    Philippa Rice

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    True love isn't always about the big romantic gestures. Sometimes it's about sympathising with...

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TravelersWife4Life (31 KP) rated Stories and Songs of Faith: My Journey with God in Books

Feb 24, 2021  
Stories and Songs of Faith: My Journey with God
Stories and Songs of Faith: My Journey with God
Alexis A. Goring | 2020
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
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<i>Stories and Songs of Faith: My Journey with God</i> by Alexis A. Goring is beautifully done. I am still reading it (on day/week 35) but I am loving how Alexis A. Goring combine’s real life experiences, the Bible, and songs that uplift and inspire. The songs seem to stay with me as what I’ve read keeps spinning in my mind. I love the reflections and her personal life examples, plus I have truly enjoyed the flow of topics in covered in the book. I think many of us can relate to the examples laid out in this book as they are relevant to everyday life. I also have enjoyed finding some new worship music
  
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BankofMarquis (1832 KP) rated Nomadland (2020) in Movies

Mar 2, 2021  
Nomadland (2020)
Nomadland (2020)
2020 | Drama
7
8.0 (5 Ratings)
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Pseudo-Documentary
Frances McDormand is an interesting character actress to watch, one that uses her character actress looks to disguise the fact that she is, in fact, a strong leading actress that draws our attention to her in whatever project she is in. This facet of her on-screen personae is going full throttle in her new film NOMADLAND.

And, thank goodness it is, for without McDormand on the screen, this “slice-of-life” pseudo-documentary disguised as a feature film would be almost unwatchable as McDormand’s character floats through “slice of life” after “slice of life” in what is referred to as the “Nomad Lifestyle”.

Earnestly Directed by Chloe Zao, NOMADLAND tells the tale of Fern (McDormand) who loses her life, her job and her husband during the recession of the late 2000’s and starts to float through life - and experiences - as a “Nomad”, a person with no permanent address who goes from place to place, catching on to the random odd job and living her life in her van.

Zao and McDormand spent years filming in actual Nomad communities with the others in this film often times not realizing that McDormand was an actress playing a part. For McDormand, it had to be the ultimate acting challenge - living in the real world as a character - and she brings a watchable, lost Fern to the screen and she genuinely and earnestly interacts with the real-life characters she encounters. She is very watchable and is a pleasant character to spend the time with.

Most of these real life people she encounters open up about their lifestyle and the movie took on the feel of documentary with Fern as the interviewer/narrator of the story. This made for an intriguing glimpse into a heretofore unknown world (at least to me), but not a compelling film does it make.

Zao does try to drive a narrative as the only other notable actor in this film - David Straitharn - shows up as a fellow Nomad that develops a crush on Fern and is interested in leaving the Nomad life and invites Fern to join him.

This is the only real conflict in this story as we spend an hour-forty-five watching Fern flit from place to place and person to person not really trying to find herself, but letting the wind blow her to wherever the trail takes her next.

An intriguing (enough) slice of life, with a watchable central performance by McDormand, but not substantial enough to engage me as a feature film.

Letter Grade: B (I applaud the attempt)

7 stars (out of 10) and you can take that to the Bank(OfMarquis)