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(Forgive typos I'm reviewing on my tablet)

I was ecstatic when this was first announced. Honestly it's been on my to buy list for months. Thanks to the pandemic, however, I never got the chance.

So when I found this while browsing Libby for a quick read I grinned like the Cheshire cat and checked it out pronto.

I wasn't disappointed. The art makes it seem like the characters jumped out of an episode.

The story is solid it just...

Ended too quickly I guess?

I mean the ending was good but too fast for me.
  
Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff
Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff
2014 | Casual, Movies & TV
Gives you a taste of what you can play in the full version. (0 more)
PC/windows version is incomplete and ends at area 8 plus it has none of the events (0 more)
It's better on an android tablet
So, I played this on facebook and hated it because it slowed everything down and glitched too often to be truly fun.
I then found it for windows phone and downloaded it. It plays really well and is good fun for a click and wait game. Set your characters to tasks to earn and unlock other characters and buildings from Quahog.
Sadly, windows support for the game is non-existent and you cannot unlock area 9 which means your progress stalls and stops.
You can spend real money on the game in windows, which is utterly pointless as you can only buy stuff which is unlocked up to area 8. I cannot stress enough DO NOT SPEND MONEY ON THE WINDOWS VERSION.
If, however, you have an Android phone or tablet, have at it. Limited time events run often to add new fun elements to the game. It is supported with regular updates and bug fixes, all areas can be unlocked and all characters can be earned by watching videos to earn clams (in-game currency) if you are patient enough to wait for them.
  
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
James Joyce | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry
5.0 (4 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"Amazingly, Joyce basically tells you how to be a writer here, in one of the most dazzling, lucid, visceral memoirs. The passage where he describes standing in the mouth of a shallow, pebbly river, at sunset, having a revelation about the rest of his life, is scientifically provable to get you as high as a quarter of an MDMA tablet. But the modern reader can't help but note that, as a story of a working class adolescent who thinks he's intellectually superior to everyone around him, is desperate to be a writer, and wanks a lot, Portrait of a Young Artist is also incredibly similar to."

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All About You (Love & Hate, #1)
All About You (Love & Hate, #1)
4
4.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Contains spoilers, click to show
Let me just say, I'm so freaking pi$$ed! First off, I gave the book a 2 star rating because I felt like the writing was bad. I trudged through the first 2-3 chapters because I've realized that, sometimes it takes a book a few chapters to "loosen up". Unfortunately for me, the storyline was too interesting to stop reading. When I first understood what was happening, I was instantly angry. I know entering college doesn't make a person automatically mature, but do people seriously still continue to bully at that part of their life? At first, I didn't care for India, because she bullied Oliver; I felt awful when I found out what Christian had done to her, but I still don't feel like that excused the way she treated Oliver. Anyway, I was glad she wanted to apologize and make amends, though it's easier to say you forgive someone than to actually forgive them when it comes to bullying. So, I was literally sick of watching India get tortured and made fun of -do these kids not have anything better to do with their lives?? I kept reading because I wanted Oliver to shove his foot up his rear when he found out what his brother did to her. Then they became friends. I was immediately, like, "No, no. India, don't do it. No!" Of course, a book character can't hear the reader screaming at them, so she didn't listen. By the end, after Oliver's final attempt to tear India down and break her spirit, I had to do one of two things: gently set down my tablet and bite my pillow or throw my tablet against the wall and scream bloody murder. I love my tablet too much to abuse it, so my pillow took the brunt of my anger. Heck, I'm still angry and it's been 6 days! Part of me doesn't want to spend the money on the next 2 or 3 books in this series - like I said, I didn't care for the writing. But, at the same time, I HAVE to know what's going to happen. I don't know about India, but Oliver could save her life and I still wouldn't forgive him.
  
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Jcadden76 (64 KP) rated Netflix in Apps

Jun 13, 2018  
Netflix
Netflix
Entertainment, Lifestyle
8
8.7 (589 Ratings)
App Rating
So portable to all my devices (1 more)
Easy to throw to a Chromecast
My Binge-Watching Friend
I currently use the Netflix app on my Phone (Android), Laptop, Tablet, PS3, and PS4. Needless to say, I have a heavily curated Watch List that I never get to because I will always find something else to binge.

Let's leave the Netflix content, original or otherwise, out of it for the time being and talk about the app. Ease to navigate, easy to search, and always available. Also, all of your watching, and your accounts and everything else follows you from device to device. We live in a golden age.

Now I have to go binge.
  
Goodreads: Book Reviews
Goodreads: Book Reviews
Book, Social Networking
10
8.8 (453 Ratings)
App Rating
Easy to keep track of my book lists (2 more)
Easy to navigate
Giveaways!
My most used app
I love goodreads, and I honestly believe it is the most used app on both my phone and my tablet. I love to read and this app makes it so easy for me to keep track of my reading lists, reviews, and what my friends are reading. They also do a lot of giveaways, and I've received some awesome stuff from them, like advance readers copies of books. I also find the yearly reading challenge super satisfying to work towards. Overall, I think anyone who frequently reads, needs book suggestions, or wants an information source for their books should use this app. 10/10 for me.
  
Captain Blood (1935)
Captain Blood (1935)
1935 | Action, Classics
10
7.8 (4 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Captain Blood is absolutely, one of my favorite films. I actually own it in HD and it's always on my tablet to watch while I'm traveling.
Captain Blood is based upon the book by Rafael Sabatini. Sabatini has written some great books that have also been made into movies, such as Scaramouche and The Sea Hawk. Errol Flynn plays the main character, Peter Blood, who was a doctor during the English Revolution. Blood is arrested and sent to the colony of Jamaica because he was perceived as a traitor. Blood escapes with other slaves (not a spoiler, seriously, this film was made in 1935), and becomes a pirate. Pirate adventures occur, and once Blood's name is finally cleared, it is a happily ever after. The last scene is probably my favorite in the entire movie.
  
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Beetle Rider (341 KP) May 21, 2018

This is a great book. I’m ready for a modern adaptation.

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Erika (17788 KP) May 22, 2018

Me too!

I received a complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review.

I request both this because I really want to make amigurumi and love The Nutcracker. All the patterns are very simple and straightforward but the products turn out beautiful if done right. Even for someone new to amigurumi and dolls like I am, I felt I had a firm grasp on the patterns without having to supplement what I didn’t know by looking it up. Not to mention the images are so clear and crisp, it is easy to see what is supposed to be going on. Unfortunately, a good portion of the images were chopped between pages on my tablet. The patterns were all completes, so it didn’t impair my ability to make them.
  
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Rache (174 KP) rated Netflix in Apps

Dec 4, 2018  
Netflix
Netflix
Entertainment, Lifestyle
9
8.7 (589 Ratings)
App Rating
Great shows (2 more)
Simple user interface
Cross-platform synchronicity
Occasional glitches (but usually fairly quickly rectified) (0 more)
Almost...
At the cheapest level, this is a cheap way to watch the kinds of series/films you want to watch without adverts or waiting. Having created the entirely new concept of "binge watching", Netflix have made it easier to watch on your PC, laptop, tablet or mobile phone, moving from one to the next almost seamlessly. As a citizen of the UK, this is a great alternative to having to pay a license fee to not watch 99% of the available programming. Particularly as the license fee is now over double the cheapest Netflix subscription.
The regular addition of new shows means there's always something to watch, although it should be remembered that they do also remove shows, sometimes.
  
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
2014 | Action, Comedy
6
6.9 (9 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Night At The Museum: Secret of the Tomb, is a new movie (rated PG) starring Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Dan Stevens, and Rebel Wilson.

It is the third installment in the ‘Night At The Museum’ series.

The movie begins in time before any of the movies take place in time, throwing us back to the discovery of the magical tablet that brings the museum to life after sunset.

We then flash forward to current day,
and Ben Stillers character, Larry Daley, is the ‘special effects’ manager, in charge of all the magic of the museum.

Things go awry, and the rest of the movie is spent wrapped up in an attempt to first find out how to stop the erosion of the tablet, and then how to implement the information that is discovered.

The movie is fast paced, and it did draw me in. It is likely I was more emotionally invested in this film because it is the last film I will see Robin Williams in, and that was definitely at the forefront of my mind while watching the movie.

Some of the scenes between Rebel Wilson and Ben Stiller were less than funny to me, and some of the jokes were definitely groan worthy.
It was fairly predictable, but Dan
Stevens as Sir Lancelot did throw a few curve balls that mixed it up a bit.

It seems, based on some of the scenes, that Night at The Museum might be better in 3D than it was in 2D.

Over all, I liked the movie, but wouldn’t bother to take my son, who is 6 to see it ‘at the theatre’. It is one of those movies where the best parts seem to be in the previews.

http://sknr.net/2014/12/19/night-museum-3/