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The Collect Short Stories
The Collect Short Stories
Jean Rhys | 2021
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"I discovered Jean Rhys thru Jon an anarchist bookseller in London in 2012 who runs a book barge Word On The Water. He approached me with this book of short stories. Written mainly in the late 20's and 30's. Rhys's voice is utterly contemporary. She writes from her own life with an unsparing eye capturing the essence of outsider women left to their own devices, caught up in bad relationships, and loneliness in rented rooms and café's in London and Paris."

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Rack & Ruin (THIRDS, #3)
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I love this series!

Dex and Sloane... *sigh* The way their relationship is progressing so sweetly in each book. I'm so happy for them. The banter and, well, everything! It's brilliantly written

The relationships between two other partners is driving me a little mad too. Ash and Cael and Hobbs and Calvin. What's going on with you guys?!

I've gone and bought book 4 but I think I'm going to change it up a little first and read something else.
  
Persona 5
Persona 5
2016 | Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
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The Game RPG Die hards have been waiting for
The first thing I can think of to say is WOW. Fans of this franchise have been waiting for a very long time for this entry in the Shin Megami Tensei universe. I, as a long time fan SMT, absolutely adore this game.

To really play this game and to get the full grasp of this game expect to put at least 150 hours into the initial game play. Persona 5 does have a new game plus which opens up other options and avenues for players to choose. Seriously though, my first play through was 153 hours. Plan to spend a lot of time in this universe.

That being sad, don't be scared! The game is visually stunning and the story line is unique and highly involved. You have character relationships, jobs, and side missions.


There is a heavy time management quality to this game. You make the choices to work, hang out, or go to the dungeon. The best way to state what Persona 5 is this: Time Management + Dating Simulator + Dungeon Crawler.


As the story progresses, so do the relationships you choose to grow. The main character will make a relationship with people the represent the major arcana tarot cards (so, 20+ relationships to juggle!) From there you get missions to save people from themselves. Some of these are accomplished in the major dungeons (7 overall), while the rest are in the peoples dungeon.


I love every aspect of this game. I had high hopes going into it and ATLUS did not disappoint.
  
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For this go around about a family of dysfunctional PI's, Rae is obsessed with getting a wrongfully convicted man out of jail, Izzy is trying to find a missing butler, and doorknobs are disappearing from the Spellman's house. As usually, the family relationships provide the laughs and the plot with any mystery being secondary. And, as always, the book is very funny and hard to put down.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-spellmans-strike-again-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Ross (3284 KP) rated Snatched (2017) in Movies

Mar 12, 2018  
Snatched (2017)
Snatched (2017)
2017 | Comedy
The unpleasantness lasted under 90 minutes (0 more)
A film like this has to focus on the comedy and let the story unfold naturally. Here there just was not enough comedy to save it, meaning you focus on the story and realise how badly executed the mother/daughter, sister/brother relationships are.
The interaction between Amy Schumer's brother and the State Department agent he keeps phoning was mildly amusing but there was nothing in Amy Schumer's scenes worth a smile and her character was irritating and useless.