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Leigh J (71 KP) rated The Deadly Spawn (1983) in Movies

Nov 10, 2019

Creatures from the Black... Meteor!

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A meteor comes crashing down to Earth one night... and it's inhabitants are a little bitey! Two campers witness the crash and soon enough fall victim to the sharp-toothed monsters, who then set their sights on a small town. After 2 grizzly murders, the monsters move onto another House. But these residents (one being a kid obsessed with Horror and Monster Movies) are willing to put up more of a fight against these creatures.

I really like The Deadly Spawn. It gets a lot of negative reviews and I have no idea why; it's actually very good... I've definitely seen a lot worse! It is quite tongue in cheek (which honestly makes it fun and terrifying at the same time) but comes with some very decent gore and the creatures look really good as well... pretty realistic! I enjoy it every single time I dig it out and give it a watch... one for the Creature Feature fans!

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Larry Eisner (2082 KP) created a post in Smashbomb Council

Dec 9, 2019 (Updated Dec 9, 2019)

Two things on my mind this evening, well ok, three if you include, “‘sup, fam?”

1) so, occasionally during daily missions, the image moves and I accidentally rate something I haven’t experienced. How do we rectify that? Also, it would be nice perhaps to have the option to cycle through once more? Just in case we made a mistake. (To be clear, I know how to change my rating. But not how to select, “I haven’t seen this” after a rating has been clicked by accident. And once it’s done it’s done, forever skewing reviews in the middle range.)

2) I am not getting orb notifications from this group. Any ideas why? I don’t want general new topic notifs, but for this orb I wanna chime in where I could help. But unless I participated earlier, I don’t know when new topics come in. Soooo, haaalp?

And Q) y’all are beautiful and have a great night/day/millenium.

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Imogen SB (4507 KP) Dec 9, 2019

To help with the notifications - have you double-checked whether you have the notifications turned on for the Orb? (Three Dots in the top right corner, then 'Notification Settings'). If you have it on, but you still aren't receiving notifications, it might be because you have the 'Posts from Users you follow' setting selected and you arent following certain members of the orb - Let me know how you get on with this! :)

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Larry Eisner (2082 KP) Dec 9, 2019

Of course, you were entirely correct. My orb settings were incorrect. Thanks, Imogen!

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Sophia (Bookwyrming Thoughts) (530 KP) rated The Abyss Surrounds Us in Books

Jan 23, 2020

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
For the last few months, every time the question, "What is your latest favorite read?" popped up on Twitter, I always answered the question with The Abyss Surrounds Us. All anyone needs to know about Skrutskie's lovely debut novel is the combination of sea monsters and pirates. (I personally didn't mind the LBGT element in the book, because it doesn't play a huge part in the story and most certainly doesn't overshadow the main plot.)

Also, cutest sea monster ever – I can't even imagine such cuteness being monstrous. I want one of my own. (So long as I'm not getting eaten. Everyone else is um… fair game.)

<a href="https://bookwyrmingthoughts.com/mini-reviews-part-1-emily-skrutskie-marie-lu-and-others/"; target="_blank">This review was originally posted on Bookwyrming Thoughts</a>

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Sophia (Bookwyrming Thoughts) (530 KP) rated Their Fractured Light (Starbound, #3) in Books

Jan 23, 2020

In terms of covers Their Fractured Light is my least favorite out of all three books in the trilogy. (These Broken Stars is my favorite.)

In terms of everything else however….

I loved every second I had with the final book in the Starbound trilogy - it's so much more intense, action-packed, and fast paced than the other two books as all six characters (Tarver and Lilac from <a href="http://www.bookwyrmingthoughts.com/arc-review-these-broken-stars-by-amie-kaufman"; target="_blank" rel="noopener">These Broken Stars</a>, Jubilee and Flynn from <a href="http://www.bookwyrmingthoughts.com/arc-review-this-shattered-world-by-amie-kaufman-and-meagan-spooner"; target="_blank" rel="noopener">This Shattered World</a>, and now Gideon and Sofia) come together to bring down La Roux Industries.

<a href="https://bookwyrmingthoughts.com/mini-reviews-pt-2-zac-brewer-amie-kaufman-meagan-spooner-michelle-madow-dawn-rae-miller-jamie-blair/"; target="_blank">This review was originally posted on Bookwyrming Thoughts</a>

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Hazel (2934 KP) rated The Boy From The Woods in Books

Feb 23, 2020

The Boy From The Woods

Harlan Coben | 2020 | Crime, Thriller

4.0

(1 Ratings)

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Oh dear, I am sad to say that once again, I am in the minority with this one as it has received many 4 and 5* reviews but not for me unfortunately.

I have to say that I am a fan of Harlen's work so this one won't put me off reading more in the future but after starting off really well, it struggled to keep my attention and I found myself skimming large sections which is never a good sign. I was unable to get into the story as I found it fragmented and the characters just didn't do it for me at all; Wilde is interesting and Hester has some great one-liners but that's about it.

My mum always says "you can't please everyone all of the time" so don't take my word for it and give it a go.

Thank you to Random House UK, Cornerstone and NetGalley for my advance copy in return for an honest review.