The Paris Spy (Maggie Hope Mystery, #7)
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Maggie Hope has come a long way since serving as a typist for Winston Churchill. Now she’s working...
The Survival Game
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In a world full of checkpoints and controls, can love and hope defy the borders? A searing, timely...
Christmas With My Cowboy
Diana Palmer, Lindsay McKenna and Margaret Way
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From the snowy, wind-whipped prairie to the remote Australian Outback, a cowboy’s loving kiss...
Rumble
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Can an atheist be saved? The New York Times bestselling author of Crank and Tricks explores the...
The Golden Tresses of the Dead
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Although it is autumn in the small English town of Bishop’s Lacey, the chapel is decked with...
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2387 KP) rated Christmas Past in Books
Dec 15, 2022 (Updated Dec 15, 2022)
This book is purely looking at the secular, pop culture celebration of Christmas, although the religious aspect does pop up occasionally, most noticeably in the chapter on “Silent Night.” A couple of chapters seem a bit vague, and the writing can be dry at times, but those are minor complaints. On the whole, this was a fascinating look at where our traditions came from, both those we still use today and those that have faded over time. I am not familiar with the author’s pod cast, but my understanding is much of this material first appeared there. As a Christmas lover, I enjoyed learning more about the holiday. If that’s you, you’ll enjoy this book as well.
Merissa (13123 KP) rated Embrace the Wild (The Blood Rose #6) in Books
May 20, 2023
An excellent addition to The Blood Rose series, Malik is another Mastyr that fights the thought of having a Blood Rose, due to some reason or other. This time though, Willow is also against it, as she feels that her Protector duties must come first.
This couple is hot and sweet and takes the whole thing remarkably well, which made for excellent reading. Well-written, and with no editing or grammatical errors that I could see, I would definitely recommend this book.
* A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book, and the comments here are my honest opinion. *
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"The idea was sprung falling" "Inspiration sudden" "That you do not want to forget" "It was felt...
Charlie Cobra Reviews (1840 KP) rated Polar (2019) in Movies
Jul 5, 2020
Duncan Vizla, a.k.a. "the Black Kaiser" (Mads Mikkelsen), is an assassin for the Damocles corporation. It is company policy that all assassins retire at age 50. He checks with a doctor about his health which is good and his accountant about his wealth; which having made the maximum pension fund contributions as possible, has him set for life. In 14 days, on his 50th birthday, he'll be entitled to a payout of $8 million dollars. Mr. Blut (Matt Lucas), has Vivian (Katheryn Winnick), Duncan's handler, contact him for one last mission. Unbeknownst to Duncan this is a plan to have him killed to avoid paying out his pension.
This me was awesome despite what critics say. I read a lot of bad comments talking about it being abhorrent and vulgar. It is rated TV-MA and not for kids and it is very adult. Plus it is a movie about assassins, people who kill for money, so what do you expect. I was surprised how much I liked the Black Kaiser character, since he didn't speak much during the film. Almost felt like a spaghetti-western in some ways, with the silent gunslinger aspect to it. I thought the film was very well done when it came to the acting, the action, and the plot. I'm sure that there are points to what the critics have said but the movie was too awesome for me to care. One thing, the main bad guy i didn't much care for. He did get me to not like him and with acting that's harder than getting people to like you. Also I enjoyed the group of assassins who are employed with the Damocles corporation, for the most part they were pretty interesting and diverse and added something extra to the film. And I was not prepared for Vanessa Hudgen's character but she had a surprising role and did very well too. I give this movie a 8/10.
