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Sarah (7798 KP) rated Crazy Rich Asians (2018) in Movies
Jun 7, 2019
It's a rom-com, so I'm afraid to say it is ridiculously predictable but I've yet to see a rom-com that isn't. However in this film it's the getting there that matters. It's funny, witty and full of a surprising amount of heart. I'm not going to lie, I was pretty much in tears by the end. It does drag a little in the middle and could have been cut a little shorter, however it's saved by a very engaging cast. It's so refreshing to see a film cast entirely made up of Asian actors and some very good ones at that. From Michelle Yeoh to Gemma Chan, it's the performances that really make this worth watching. This is probably the best modern rom-com I've seen in a long time, and while it doesn't quite match up to the classics like When Harry Met Sally, it's still a highly entertaining and emotional film.
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Argentinian Street Food: Empanadas, Helados and Dulce de Leche
Enrique Zanoni and Gaston Stivelmaher
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Now available in paperback, Argentinian Street Food combines tradition with innovation to help you...
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Ripples on a Stream
Book
Life's journey has never been a straight line for me but a spiral, sometimes upwards, sometimes...
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Vanilla: Cooking with the King of Spices
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Brought to Europe by Spanish explorer Hernan Cortes in the 16th century, vanilla became something of...
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Cori June (3033 KP) rated The Outsiders in Books
Jun 20, 2021
It's a coming of age story that I have mixed feelings about waiting so long to have read. It talks about class structure and how the way you present yourself to the world isn't always a reflection of self.
There is a lot of heavy stuff in it that translates well even decades later. And yeah, there will be people who say there's a little more than friendship between a few of the characters and whether or not that's true is up to the reader.
The book is told by a 14 year olds pov. An old (kind of) soul. But even if he thinks he's in the know he's still 14.
There is triggering things with violence, abuse, alcohol, and smoking, it's worth the discussion (in my opinion).
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Sara Cox (1845 KP) rated The Surface Breaks in Books
May 22, 2020
For people who like the original story and would like a slightly updated version, this is definitely the read for you!
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Darktown
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Darktown is a relentlessly gripping, highly intelligent crime novel set in Atlanta in 1948,...
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The Marriage Bureau for Rich People
Book
Alexander McCall Smith meets Jane Austen in this delightfully charming Indian novel about finding...
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Awix (3310 KP) rated The King in Yellow in Books
Aug 12, 2019 (Updated Aug 12, 2019)
The best of these stories do have a sense of subliminal encroaching madness and unease, as symbolised by the mysterious play mentioned in the title and its associated motifs, which is very impressively created. However, much of the remainder is a set of essentially interchangeable tales of rich young Americans studying art in Paris and swooning over beautiful young mademoiselles; they are quite heavy going and possibly not worth the effort of reading. The opening few fantasy stories are very good, on the whole; the rest not so much.
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School of House Flipping | Real Estate Investing
Podcast
Learn how to flip houses with little to no risk. Steven Williams has gone from earning only a couple...