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Ross (3284 KP) rated Exile in Guyville by Liz Phair in Music

May 18, 2020  
Exile in Guyville by Liz Phair
Exile in Guyville by Liz Phair
1993 | Indie, Rock, Singer-Songwriter
9
8.5 (2 Ratings)
Album Rating
Rolling Stone's 327th greatest album of all time
Great album, and my first exposure to Phair's work. It would be rather easy to compare her to PJ Harvey, and while there is a similarity, Phair is much angrier, more raw and open about her sexuality. A lot of these songs appear to be about her "making bad choices" and partly regretting it, partly enjoying it. This gives the work an honesty and really cuts through the music to engage the listener on a whole different level. The strong vocal on generally stripped down music enables this.
  
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Lindsay (1717 KP) rated A Reason For Living in Books

Mar 7, 2020  
A Reason For Living
A Reason For Living
Raymond Arthur Julian Reynolds (Aka - Julian Jingles) | 2019 | History & Politics
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
A Reason for Living is an okay book to me. I like the history of Jamaica part of this book. Though the other part was not my kind of thing. The writing in this book was done well. Though It seems the plot was about really one person though it says, three men. A reason for Living seems only like it is centered on one man named Howard. Though it shows this in three parts rather than three books.

If the author is trying to show it through three different views of people then I may get it a bit more. Though to me reading it seems like it was one story and centered on one person's emotions. What does this person want? Howard seems stuck. Everyone seems to want him, He seems stuck in the past. Does he know how to cope with what he loses? It seems that no one helps him understand this or what his plan for life. Except maybe towards the end of the book.

This book is set on sexuality throughout the book. I would not allow anyone under the age of eighteen to read this book. It has a lot of sexuality and talks about raping though out the book. This I did pick up on when reading the book. It always shows the time in Jamaica's history in this book and throughout.
  
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Alicia S (193 KP) rated Open Grave (DCI Jack Lambert, #1) in Books

Sep 28, 2018  
Open Grave (DCI Jack Lambert, #1)
Open Grave (DCI Jack Lambert, #1)
A.M. Peacock | 2018 | Thriller
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Once again Bloodhound Books has introduced me to yet another fabulous author and series! Always a fan of police/detective stories I was sucked right in with great characters and curious circumstances. Jack Lambert is an interesting yet loveable character, tough yet a good guy with a soft side. Having an ex-wife, child and girlfriend, all of whom he lost because he was honest with about his sexuality, yet he tries to maintain a good relationship. Simply the fact that we have a gay tough a$$ detective was enough to draw me in! Recommended and can't wait for more books in this series!
  
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loren_ (4 KP) rated Radio Silence in Books

Jun 19, 2019  
Radio Silence
Radio Silence
Alice Oseman | 2017 | Young Adult (YA)
9
8.3 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
Wonderfully crafted story with warm (and cold) touches.
Radio Silence is a perfect book for any student going into University or A-Levels. Touching on subjects such as identity and sexuality, we see how young Frances deals with her life and the trials that come with it.

After kissing Carys, a friend who disappeared, and befriending her brother, Frances must go on and attempt to complete her first year of A-levels. Within the story, there are doubts, congratulations and cold hard truths that many students dont know of.

As the tagline says, what if everything you set yourself up to be was wrong?