Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir
Book
A young woman leaves Appalachia for life as a classical musician—or so she thinks. When...
Spirit Shattered (The Guardians #4)
8.0
Rate It
Book
Only a Guardian's love can soothe her jaded heart. Growing up in South Boston, Danika Callaghan...
Paranormal Romance
Head On (Lock In #2)
9.0
Rate It
Book
John Scalzi returns with Head On, the standalone follow-up to the New York Times bestselling and...
LeftSideCut (3776 KP) rated Free Guy (2021) in Movies
Oct 1, 2021
These negatives would usually be enough to complely write off the finished product, but luckily, Free Guy is entertaining as hell. It has some decent action set pieces, never tries to be something it's not, and even managed to wrangle a few laughs out of me. Most importantly, it's fun.
Free Guy has plenty of flaws, but it's shortcomings are just about balanced out by the good, and it will surely appeal to the majority of people who see it. A decent enough switch-off watch.
Winterset Hollow
Book
Everyone has wanted their favorite book to be real, if only for a moment. Everyone has wished to...
Dark Contemporary Fantasy
War (The Four Horsemen #2)
8.0
Rate It
Book
Fighting the battle in his own heart, War must find peace before he can find love. War destroyed...
MM Paranormal Romance
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2434 KP) rated Murder in Midtown in Books
May 4, 2023
I’m sad I waited so long to get to this book because it was a delight. There is plenty here to keep us guessing, with some great twists along the way. The suspects in this book were supporting players in the first, so it was fun to see them more developed. The series regulars are all back and it was great to spend more time with. In fact, one of them brings a real person into the book, which I enjoyed. The world of 1913 came to life as I was reading. I was kept guessing until I reached the end. I need to move on to book three sooner rather than later.
Hazel (2934 KP) rated The Mother Fault in Books
Dec 19, 2021
Set in a future where climate change is not just something that is likely to happen but is all too real and where everyone is micro-chipped and controlled by the Government, this is the story about Mim trying to find out about her missing husband but feeling she has no other option than to go on the run with her children.
Sounds good doesn't it, well for me it just fell short on excitement. There was a lot of description, too much waffle and whilst the characters were well developed, I couldn't seem to get on with them. The ending was also a disappointment; it seemed to take a while to get there and then it was over with many questions still to be answered - maybe I missed something somewhere?
So whilst this wasn't for me, there are plenty of positive reviews out there so don't take my word for it as I always say, if we all liked the same things, the world would be a very boring place indeed.
My thanks go to HarperCollins UK / HarperFiction and NetGalley for my copy in return for an honest, unbiased and unedited review.
Practice Girl
8.0
Rate It
Book
Jo never heard of the label "practice girl"...until she was called one. And those two devastating...
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2434 KP) rated Brush Up on Murder in Books
Oct 12, 2023
It’s been a few years since the last book in the series came out, but it wasn’t long before I was back in Aurora’s world. If you haven’t started the series yet, you can jump in here, but fans will be thrilled to get an update on the characters. The plot seems to wander a bit at the beginning, but by the time it ends, everything weaves into the story. I was impressed with how the secrets kept coming out, continually making me wonder exactly what was going on. I also love the setting – if it were real, I’d definitely want to visit. Fans new and old will be glad to see a new entry in this series.