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Sarah (82 KP) rated Netflix in Apps

Jan 8, 2019  
Netflix
Netflix
Entertainment, Lifestyle
10
8.7 (589 Ratings)
App Rating
Such a great app!
Always something to watch on this app! Keeps your place if you stop mid way through a film or episode. Brings up lots of recommendations based on other things you have watched previously.
Tv or film, there is something for everyone. The Netflix originals just seem to be getting better and better and sometimes far outweigh a big budget film/series.
As a family of 4 we each have our own profiles so no getting mixed up on who has seen what. By far one of the best tenners I spend each month!
  
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Logan (76 KP) rated Lisey's Story in Books

Jan 22, 2019  
Lisey's Story
Lisey's Story
Stephen King | 2006 | Fiction & Poetry
5
6.9 (9 Ratings)
Book Rating
Interesting take on self harm (0 more)
Bad gunky (1 more)
Very slow for the first half of the book
Dumb little Lisey(?)
I'm a longtime Stephen King reader and this one was a chore to finish. If I could rate sections separately, I'd give the first half 2/10 and the second half 8/10. It's structured with lots of flashbacks throughout the story, and those do add to the story once you've reached a certain point, but it felt pretty tedious getting there. Lisey is often described as unintelligent, but I never really saw that - she was usually competent and sometimes clever.
  
Three Things About Elsie
Three Things About Elsie
Joanna Cannon | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry
7
8.1 (9 Ratings)
Book Rating
Good old Elsie
Sometimes a book can be good but the ending makes it very special. This is such. What I love is the the heroes are the ones rarely used but have lived the most. Why there are not more books and characters containing our dear pensioners I'll never know but Three Things About Elsie oozes with the love and charm of the things we adore about our elderly relatives. It is a mystery thriller but more important teaches is to love those we abandon in homes. For that reason this should be read by all.
  
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Otway93 (580 KP) rated Dumb Ways to Die in Apps

Nov 14, 2019 (Updated Nov 14, 2019)  
Dumb Ways to Die
Dumb Ways to Die
Games, Education
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
App Rating
Gameplay (2 more)
Music Video
Challenging
Can become repetitive (0 more)
Smart, funny, and a pretty good tune!
Dumb Ways to Die in one word: Hilarious.

A game based on the Darwin Awards is a brilliant idea, and the games creators should be proud of themselves.

The levels are always entertaining, sometimes tricky, and probably not suitable for playing in public. Mainly because you occasionally have to blow into the microphone for some reason, or steer with your phone, and you do tend to look ridiculous.

Well worth a play, and a listen, as there is a song, which will get stuck in your head!
  
Goodreads: Book Reviews
Goodreads: Book Reviews
Book, Social Networking
7
8.8 (453 Ratings)
App Rating
Keeps track of books I have read, books I own, and books I want to read. (1 more)
End of the year reading stats (according to what you put on the app) and annual reading challenges
Searching can be problematic (0 more)
Book database
I like goodreads, sometimes I forget to update it as often as I should (that's on me) I take it to the library with me so I dont accidentally check-out the 13th book in a series. I also have the app open when I go book shopping since I have a big TBR list i try to find books discounted.
  
Last Podcast On The Left
Last Podcast On The Left
Comedy
9
8.6 (16 Ratings)
Podcast Rating
Well-researched (3 more)
Entertaining
Informative
Thought-provoking
Thoroughly enjoyable podcast that covers all of my favourite subjects, i.e. true crime, cults, cryptids, UFOs, ghosts... I've listened for years and still look forward to each new release. Marcus is a master when it comes to compiling each show and provides strong, clear narrative throughout. Most of the time they successfully strike the right balance between serious and fun. The only downside for me is Henry going off at too much of a tangent sometimes! Finally the hosts are all loving dog-dads, and mental health advocates, which just makes me like them even more.
  
Fifty Shades of Grey
Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James | 2012 | Fiction & Poetry
8
6.6 (103 Ratings)
Book Rating
For the most part, I really enjoyed this book. However, the dialogue is just weird. They both talk like they weren’t born and raised in America. Ana grew up in Las Vegas (?) and Christian, as far as we know, is from the PNW. And yet, sometimes they both talk like they’re English, and not in a cute way. In a, there’s no way in hell anyone born and raised in the states would say that, kind of way. It just made it feel less genuine.

Additionally, Ana is an idiot but I think we all know that.
  
Thunderbirds
Thunderbirds
2015 | Entertainment, Science Fiction
Great cooperative game (4 more)
Very thematic
Great expanions
Awesome minitures
Easy to set up
Sometimes a bit to easy (0 more)
Thunderbirds are go!
Thunderbirds is a great cooperative game that has elements of Pandemic and X-Com.

Players take on the role of international rescue and work to prevent disaters occuring around the world (and in space) Meanwhile the Hood works to sabotage the players.

Players move vehicles and character's around the board to bring the right equipment into play and then try to resolve the disasters with a dice role.

There are sevral difficulty levels and the expaniosns work well together.