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Tempting Fate
Jane Green | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry
6
6.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Gabby is 43, married with two children and she is in "the afternoon of her life." She isn't particularly pretty or dowdy nor does she stand out in a crowd. She is just your average mom of two. According to Gabby she is middle-aged.
On a girls night out, she meets Matt, a social media mogul who is 10 years younger than her. Matt makes her feel like she hasn't felt in a very long time...far from middle-aged. But Gabby has been happily married to Elliott for years, and even though this young man is flattering and gorgeous, she would never do anything to ruin her family. But then Gabby and Matt begin to email and text and soon neither of their lives will be the same.
As women, when we age, we tend to lose our identities. We are used to being single and carefree and then we get married and have to learn to be a wife and share our lives with another person. Then the kids come along and it feels as if we are no longer ourselves. We're someone's wife and maybe a few peoples mother, seldom are we called by our own name. So when we get noticed, our minds start to turn, especially when we as women get noticed by the opposite sex. How we handle these types of situations can be a testament to our strength and character.
At times this book was predictable, which I don't think is a bad thing in this case. It's a story that you have probably heard in your real life. How the characters developed and the story progresses is what makes you want to continue to read. Jane Green always does a great job of writing about female relationships and emotions. This is the second Jane Green book I have read this year, the first being Jemima J. I have read a few others as well. Jane Green is now on my list of favorite authors.
  
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Connie (244 KP) rated Drops: Learn 23 new languages in Apps

May 31, 2018 (Updated May 31, 2018)  
Drops: Learn 23 new languages
Drops: Learn 23 new languages
Education, Games, Stickers
9
9.3 (4 Ratings)
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Access to multiple languages (4 more)
Learn at your own pace
Short, interactive lessons
Multiple activities
Strengthen weak areas via training
Can't currently "compete" with others or see a scoreboard (1 more)
No verbal checks for users- you can hear the phrases being said but the app doesn't check you
This app is a very useful one for both review and learning new languages. Currently I am teaching myself Arabic; I intend to pick up on several other languages as I feel more confident with this one. There are a total of 23 you can choose between.

If you choose the free version of the app, you are limited to five minutes per session (unless you share on social media, which nets you another five minutes each time you share). Personally, I went with the lifetime paid membership, which unlocked several learning paths (changing the content you learn slightly with each path) and allowing me both unlimited sessions and the opportunity to set reminders for myself to complete my time. I'd advise this if you feel you will utilize this app to learn from.

I love the graphics. They make remembering the words easy for me, and the variety of activities keeps me engaged. I really love the ability to go back in and strengthen terms you aren't as familiar with--It allows me to focus on areas where I am struggling and seems to update daily. It does mix words from varying categories, though, which can be difficult if you're not aware that it's happening. I thought I was using a specific category only, so to move from food to family members was a bit jarring. Even so, I'm pretty happy with this app and I think it's a solid choice for everyone looking to learn a new language.


The only things I wish they would incorporate are an ability to compete with friends and a verbal component that checks your pronunciation, like Duolingo has.
  
Searching (2018)
Searching (2018)
2018 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The screen life genre is new and different (3 more)
Great story
Felt very realistic
1 of my favourite movies of the year
I wasn't a fan of the zooming in (0 more)
A great intense movie with good twists
This was a fantastic movie. By far 1 of my favourites if the year. The screen life genre is so small right now. There are not many movies like this apart from the unfriended movies but this surpasses those in every aspect.

I like the idea of the whole movie being set on a computer screen. The whole thing felt very realistic from the processes performed to the way the typing us done. What I mean by this is the way the user types out a messages, thinks about it then deletes and changes it. It's something so small yet something we all do.

The only thing that took me out of it was when it zooms into a notification or message which didn't need to happen. I like seeing them whole screen because that's what we see in real life but at this point in just trying to find a flaw but it is the only reason it gets a 9 and not a 10.

The story was fantastic and the twists great too. It got to a point I'll admit I had a year in my eye. For a movie set only on a screen the acting and the actors were great. They gave so much emotion which felt necessary since it's a movie about a father trying to find his missing daughter. And this goes back to what I said about the realistic processes. The way he goes about getting into emails and social media were impressive but realistic and believable.

I don't want to say anymore now except this is a must watch and I can't wait to see what they do with this genre in the future because my first experiences with it were with unfriended which is a horror but this worked so much better.