Walking Nature Home: A Life's Journey
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Without a map, navigate by the stars. Susan Tweit began learning this lesson as a young woman...
Joss Whedon: Geek King of the Universe - A Biography
Amy Pascale and Nathan Fillion
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'Packed with trivia, filled with wit and endlessly readable, this is the biography Joss's career...
Before We Were Yours
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Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard...
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The Color of Our Sky
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A sweeping, emotional journey of two childhood friends—one struggling to survive the human slave...
A Dog Called Dez
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When John Tovey lost his sight at the age of 42, he thought his life was over. But he was wrong - it...
David McK (3425 KP) rated Lion of Macedon (Greek series #1) in Books
Jul 7, 2020
Unlike the Troy books, however, this is set (much) later in the ancient Greek world, even well after the battle of Thermopylae, and follows the life and times of the half-Spartan/half Macedonian Parmenion - the actual Lion of Macedon of the title - of whom little is apparently known, other than that he was an actual Macedonian general in the service of Philip II of Macedon (who doesn't even appear in this until about 2/3rd of the way through the book): the father (or was he?) of the most famous Macedonian of all: Alexander. As in Alexander the Great.
I add the 'or was he' question to the above as this novel provides an alternative patronage. It also, unlike his later Troy series, mixes on some of Gemmell's more 'fantastical' elements (I hesitate to even use that word), with the philosopher Aristotle reimagined and the inclusion of the Stones of Power (aka the Siptrassi Stones - as an aside, I'm not sure where these novels were written in relation to those?), albeit not to the extent of Dark Prince. The themes of redemption, honour, courage and Good (the Source) Vs Evil are as strong as any other in his oeuvre!
LeftSideCut (3778 KP) rated Hubie Halloween (2020) in Movies
Oct 9, 2020
It's pretty much follows the formula of what's come before - Adam Sandler portrays a loser that falls over a lot and talks in a silly voice, there's some sort of heart-warming redemption plot that results in him not being a loser and getting the girl. It's ball achingly predictable, but is wrapped up in a very Halloween-y package, so that's nice I guess.
The main issue is that I just didn't laugh. There are a few amusing lines here and there (June Squibb wearing vulgar novelty t-shirts is always a good shour) but most of the humour falls flat. Adam Sandler talking in a silly voice has never been funny, and you can't change my mind.
The supporting cast is a fairly impressive collection of names - Steve Buschemi, Julie Bowen, Ray Liotta, Maya Rudolph, Noah Schnapp from Stranger Things, Tim Meadows, Michael Chiklis, Ben Stiller, goddam Shaquille O'Neal (legit probably the best part of the whole movie) - even Kenan Thompson of Kenan & Kel fame. And of course Kevin James, this being a Sandler film and all....
There's not much really to say. The mystery aspect of the plot doesn't really feel intriguing at any part, and it's honestly just another run of the mill Adam Sandler comedy. Relatively entertaing as a seasonal watch, and I'm sure kids will love it, but ultimately, pretty damn average.
Dark Age (Red Rising Saga #5)
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For a decade Darrow led a revolution against the corrupt color-coded Society. Now, outlawed by the...
Every Note Played
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From neuroscientist and New York Times bestselling author of Still Alice comes a powerful...
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