The 4.50 from Paddington
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A facsimile first edition hardback of the Miss Marple books, published to mark the 75th anniversary...
The Alphabet of Birds
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If death comes to a loved one, can we grieve alone? When all around is in ruins, can we confine our...
The Queen's Man: John Shakespeare - the Beginning
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Includes BONUS short story For fans of C J Sansom and S J Parris, THE QUEEN'S MAN introduces the...
Days Like These: A Life Cut Short by Cancer, a Love That Touched the World
Kristian Anderson and Rachel Anderson
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When Kristian Anderson received the diagnosis that every devoted husband and father fears, he...
An Armchair Traveller's History of Apulia
Desmond Seaward and Susan Mountgarret
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"An Armchair Traveller's History of Apulia" is the story of the heel of Italy - Puglia - as told by...
Awix (3310 KP) rated Re-Animator (1985) in Movies
Oct 31, 2020 (Updated Oct 31, 2020)
Not actually that scary, but contains jaw-dropping quantities of gore, all the more startling because the film is clearly being pitched as a knockabout black comedy as well as an exploitation movie. Starts off relatively restrained, but by the climax I was regularly thinking 'I can't believe they got away with that'. Nicely pitched performance from Jeffrey Combs, interesting turns from people who end up having to play either deranged zombies or severed heads in trays. (Slightly distracting soundtrack, mainly because it brazenly rips off the score from Psycho.) Any film which features a main character wrestling with a hostile lower intestine has got something to offer the world; movies like this are the reason we have the term 'splatstick'.
Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Wicked Nobles (Nocturnal Academy #1) in Books
Dec 6, 2020
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Wicked Nobles ( Nocturnal Academy book 1)
By Margo Ryerkerk and Holly Hook
In a world ruled by vamps, being half fae and magicless sucks.
You know what’s even worse? Being sold into slavery by your own mother.
I am Onyx Logan, and my mother condemned me when she sent me to Nocturnal Academy. If I get lucky, the academy will mold me into a servant for rich vampires. If I’m not, I’ll become a courtesan.
But if the vamps think I’ll take this lying down like a good little bitch, they’re wrong. I don’t have the means to escape Nocturnal Academy, but I have my eyes set on someone who does.
Prince Preston Kallan, a handsome, pureblood fae teacher from the Summer Court, doesn’t know who I am yet, but he will soon. At least that was the plan. Because as it turns out, nothing goes the way I expect.
This is wasn’t bad at all! Written well and shows so much promise! I was torn between 3 and 4 stars. It’s an interesting story and a take on vampires and far I’ve not seen before. Quite a short books so im looking forward to reading more.
Fred (860 KP) rated X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019) in Movies
Sep 2, 2019
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Fear The Reaper in Books
Sep 3, 2019
There is a history between Reaper and Lilith and I enjoyed the chemistry that still sparked. It was definitely a second chance romance while trying to bring about a certain someones downfall.
It had some nice description in this but I did struggle at times to get absorbed in the story. I'd pick it up, read about 5% and then put it back down again and concentrate on my paperback instead. I think it sounded more like my kind of read than what it turned out to be.
If you liked the previous books or like futuristic stories set on Earth where everything has gone to ruins and people are doing what ever they can to make money and keep the peace between the remaining areas of the USA then you'll more than likely enjoy this.
Cheers (The Rose Gold Collection)
8.0
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As a successful Sales and Catering Manager for the posh Hayden Court Hotel located in New Orleans’...