Doon (Doon, #1)
9.0
Rate It
Book
Veronica doesn't think she's going crazy. But why can't anyone else see the mysterious blond boy who...
Eleanor (The Books of the Five #1)
10.0
Rate It
Book
"Most people's lives begin with their births; mine began with my death." In the final moments of...
Fantasy Adventure Sword & Sorcery
Limberlost
10.0
Rate It
Book
A beautiful and often brutal coming-of-age story about the cost of dreams, war and human violence on...
David McK (3632 KP) rated The Imitation Game (2014) in Movies
Feb 26, 2022
This flits back and forth between three timelines: the 1950s (just before Turing committed society, after being found guilty of Homosexual behaviour, which was outlawed at the time), the late 30s/early 40s (his work at Bletchley) and the 1920s (his childhood at a public boarding school, where he was bullied).
Cumberbatch manages to bring a different aura to his portrayal of Turing than he did previously to Sherlock - even though both are geniuses who struggle with a low EQ (Emotional Quotient) - while Kiera Knightley does her period piece acting as his fellow (perhaps even smarter) codebreaker Joan, who has to also put up with the misogynistic attitudes of the time.
And yes, the Imitation Game of the title is a real philosophical conundrum (which is described during the movie itself).
Starfolk Falling (The Starfolk Trilogy #2) by Martha Dunlop
10.0
Rate It
Book
A woman destined to change the world. A timeless adversary determined to stop her. Only one will...
Urban Fantasy Paranormal
If I Had a Hammer
8.0
Rate It
Book
A new job, a brutal murder, and Camelot has ended. In 1963, Dot Morgan's life was changed...
Merissa (13414 KP) rated Fixer: a Hidden Wolves prequel in Books
Nov 11, 2025 - 2:11 PM
This is their story of how they come to be together, in a world where they're still not supposed to be! I haven't read any of the other books in this series, but am now curious to know what happens. It made a real change to read a book where two wolves who are mates felt absolutely no pressure to have a bond.
A great introduction for a new reader and definitely recommended by me.
** Same worded review will appear elsewhere. **
* A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book; the comments here are my honest opinion. *
Merissa
Archaeolibrarian - I Dig Good Books!
Nov 11, 2025
BobbiesDustyPages (1259 KP) rated The Night Circus in Books
Jul 23, 2017
Review
I saw this book being mentioned on another site and as soon as I saw the cover I knew I just had to read it but after the first page I almost gave up because I would usually never be able to finish a book that has both second person narration(don't worry it doesn't really happen often) an over description but to my surprise both elements really did help make the Le Cirque des Rêves feel like it was a living and breathing entity.
The plot is wonderful but just about everything kind of just falls onto the back burner compared to the circus there is just so much thought and explanation in every chapter I found myself forgetting that there were actually two people supposed to be dueling to the death.
The characters are wonderful and I feel like even though there is a good amount of them you do get to know and form some sort of opinion on each one of them. The only character I really had a problem with was Marco from his introduction to his very last page I just didn't trust the guy.
The only thing that I was disappointed in was from the summary I definitely thought there was going to be actual magic dueling happening so I kept just kind of waiting and waiting and waiting for it to actually happen but it never really did it is explained why near the end but just couldn't shake off the slight disappointment.
Amber Murray-Schroer (4 KP) rated S-Town in Podcasts
Aug 17, 2018
Unfortunately, telling you too much of any of this podcast is not fair because you deserve the chance to listen with unabashed views or predetermined ideas so you too will have no idea of what's coming...that's the best way to go into this one!
Oh, since I didn't tell you ABYTHJNG about it, just know that of all the podcasts I've tried to get my husband to listen all the way thru to - this, S-TOWN, was the only one he's ever listened to from the first to last episode. And he is hard to entertain with podcasts or audiobooks , so if he was asking me to "play the next one" after the first, you're sure to enjoy it just as much as we did. And that's all ya need to know!
The Master's Mind: The Art of Reshaping Your Thoughts
Book
Overcome your greatest battle of all If what we think determines who we are, then why are so many of...