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Li Hughes (285 KP) rated Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) in Movies
Aug 5, 2017
This is a movie that I re-watch a lot. I don't know quite why, but it's one of my current loves. It's a great mash-up/send up of old-school spy movies, particularly James Bond, and it does it well. Samuel L. Jackson's over-the-top villain Valentine is great and Sophia Boutella's side-kick Gazelle is way more than just a side-kick.
Character development (1 more)
Strong female lead - particularly for the time and place.
Best book "evah"!
This is my favorite book of all time. I reread it every few years and take away something different every time. We recently discussed this at my book group and even though it is a classic that most read in school, everyone loved it. More importantly, though it fostered an engaging conversation as we applied the theme of the story to current day events.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2173 KP) rated Foxtrot, Assembled with Care in Books
Mar 9, 2018
The 8th anthology contains plenty more laughs with the Fox clan. Covering Fall of 1999 to Summer of 2001, we get such great moments as Jason looking forward to the Lord of the Rings, Paige making high school flashcards, and Peter trying to get through Hamlet. This family always makes me laugh, and this book is no exception.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/04/book-review-foxtrot-assembled-with-care.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/04/book-review-foxtrot-assembled-with-care.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
I enjoy reading Sylvia Plath. She has a great writing style that really digs deep. It is so full of pain and sorrow, it's very masterful. I had read a lot of these poems before for other classes and back in high school, so it was cool to come back to them after so long and see them a different way.
I would recommend these to people who want to look at the world in a different perspective.
I would recommend these to people who want to look at the world in a different perspective.
mmb02191 (81 KP) rated I am Number Four (Lorien Legacies #1) in Books
May 29, 2018
Subpar writing (2 more)
First person point of view
Angsty/whiny characters
Seemed like a good premise
I really wanted to like this book. It sounded like it would be good, the story sounds very interesting. However, I just couldn't look past how annoyingly it was written. I read a lot of YA novels because I am a middle school teacher, but this was definitely one of the worst. I couldn't get more than halfway through.
The TED app is excellent for many things. They are very informational for school related purposes and they are great to listen to even at home. I listen to them with my siblings most times in place of music because of how interesting some of the concepts they discuss are. I would definitely recommend downloading it and checking it out.
AT (1676 KP) rated Tokyo Ghoul Vol. 8 in Books
Sep 24, 2018
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Lots of action with the war going on in Tokyo Ghoul's book 8. Kaneki uses his major strength to keep his friends safe. As he accepts his ghoul side, he decides that he needs to go on a different path than he had been on. Touka would obviously like to go with, but he makes it clear that she should return to the safety of the cafe and school when he sets of to find out some truths.
Cumberland (1142 KP) rated Mean Girls (2004) in Movies
Oct 22, 2018
Love it
I have always enjoyed this movie, and its fun to introduce it to other people. The high school cliques and drama are so over the top its hilarious. This film is a great part of pop culture that is often quoted or made into memes. A large reason for its popularity is because while it is funny and fun to watch, it also has some solid life lessons about being yourself and being kind to others.
Dean (6925 KP) rated Mean Creek (2004) in Movies
Jan 26, 2019
A very good film that feels similar in many ways to "Stand by me". Great acting from the young cast as a group of kids plan to get revenge on a bully. Though their attitudes change over the day, will they go through with it and with what repercussions?
The film handles the whole bully situaition well and will remind a lot of people how tough life can be as a young kid growing up and going through school.
The film handles the whole bully situaition well and will remind a lot of people how tough life can be as a young kid growing up and going through school.
David McK (3372 KP) rated Jeeves and the Tie That Binds (Jeeves, #14) in Books
Jan 30, 2019
Known in the UK as <i>Much Obliged, Jeeves</i>, this is the penultimate of PG Wodehouse's Jeeves books (the last being <i>Aunt's aren't Gentlemen</i>). This one features his <quote/unquote> 'deserving Aunt Dahlia' as opposed to his Aunt Agatha, and also features a previously-unknown-to-the-reader old school friend of Bertie Wooster in Ginger Winship.
Cue the usual romantic entanglements and sheenanigans!
(oh, and we also find out Jeeves first name (it's Reginald))
Cue the usual romantic entanglements and sheenanigans!
(oh, and we also find out Jeeves first name (it's Reginald))