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The Baby in the Mirror: A Child's World from Birth to Three
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For Charles Fernyhough, the birth of his daughter Athena was an opportunity to re-evaluate much of...
Castles and Tower Houses of the Scottish Clans 1450-1650
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Scottish castles and Tower Houses evolved as fortified dwellings that were erected in an environment...
Fields for President
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In this wonderful parody from 1940, W.C. Fields announces his candidacy for America's highest...
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Herculaneum Reconstructed - with Vesuvius and Oplontis
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Archaeological guide of the excavations of Herculaneum with reconstructions that show the city...
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Friend-Zoned (Friend-Zoned, #1) in Books
Jan 6, 2021
DNF at 64%.
It seems I lost interest in the story once our main characters finally got together. Waiting to see how much of the story was going to be taken up by the 'will they, won't they' storyline kept me intrigued but I can't say I was invested enough to carry on once they were.
The style was a little crazy, as were the characters at times, and I found it a little hard to get into. I didn't gel with it. Some bits were fun, others completely whacky.
P.S. I loved the sound of The White Rabbit and Safira.
It seems I lost interest in the story once our main characters finally got together. Waiting to see how much of the story was going to be taken up by the 'will they, won't they' storyline kept me intrigued but I can't say I was invested enough to carry on once they were.
The style was a little crazy, as were the characters at times, and I found it a little hard to get into. I didn't gel with it. Some bits were fun, others completely whacky.
P.S. I loved the sound of The White Rabbit and Safira.
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Broken Aro (The Broken Ones, #1) in Books
Jan 7, 2021
DNF @ 32%
I struggled with this from the start. I guess i thought it would be a modern sort of kindnap-and-survive-with-a-little-help-from-your-friends, not some sort of old-fashioned fantasy. The Fae are not my favourite thing to read about--unless you're Trent Kalamack and co :D.
Add in the fact that it wasn't a smooth style but was rather stilted and very awkward reading. It was taking too long to get interesting and i just didn't even really care anymore by the 32% mark.
Not for me at all.
I struggled with this from the start. I guess i thought it would be a modern sort of kindnap-and-survive-with-a-little-help-from-your-friends, not some sort of old-fashioned fantasy. The Fae are not my favourite thing to read about--unless you're Trent Kalamack and co :D.
Add in the fact that it wasn't a smooth style but was rather stilted and very awkward reading. It was taking too long to get interesting and i just didn't even really care anymore by the 32% mark.
Not for me at all.
Dean (6925 KP) rated Night Hunter (2018) in Movies
Nov 17, 2020
Decent Thriller
Heard good things about this Thriller currently on Netflix. It has a very good cast line up in the main roles. To start off with it feels like a James Patterson Alex Cross or Jo Nesbo story, quite similar to @Kiss The Girls (1997) in some ways. The plot is ok but towards the final third of the film it just feels like it's trying to be too much like those style of Thrillers but falls a little short. It had great potential but turns out just ok. One for Thriller fans.
Melanie Caldicott (6 KP) rated The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year in Books
Apr 29, 2021
Townsend has a style which reminds me of Nick Hornby with the bittersweet humour and canny observations of the human condition and society.
This is an interesting book which raised lots of questions for me but didn't reach any conclusions. Why are we here? What it feels like to be taken for granted. How we often settle for second-best in life.
There is a lot of sadness in the characters of this book, centring around the melancholy of Eva. Yet Townsend peppers her book with plenty of chuckles to keep the book enjoyable and compelling
This is an interesting book which raised lots of questions for me but didn't reach any conclusions. Why are we here? What it feels like to be taken for granted. How we often settle for second-best in life.
There is a lot of sadness in the characters of this book, centring around the melancholy of Eva. Yet Townsend peppers her book with plenty of chuckles to keep the book enjoyable and compelling
