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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2332 KP) rated Encyclopedia Brown Carries On in Books

Jul 17, 2018  
Encyclopedia Brown Carries On
Encyclopedia Brown Carries On
Donald J. Sobol | 1980 | Children, Mystery
9
9.0 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
Ten More Cases with the World’s Smartest Ten-Year-Old
This book features ten more chances to match wits with Encyclopedia Brown. Up first, he’s trying to figure out how to move a giant mousetrap that a would be criminal left outside town hall when no one would buy it from him. The rest of the stories find Encyclopedia and his partner Sally helping his friends and neighbors. They encounter Bugs Meany a few times when Bugs tries to rig a drawing and again when he tries to set Sally and Encyclopedia up with the police. They also help a friend keep his business giving for golf balls to himself and save the Left-Handers Club from sabotage.

These stories really are short, averaging about five pages each, with the piece of information that Encyclopedia used to stop the crime from taking place on another page at the end. I never could solve these as a kid, but I managed to do pretty well as an adult rereading this book. And no, it’s not because I remembered what had happened. The stories are a bit dated but that shouldn’t be too big an issue for today’s kids. The characters are also thin because there really isn’t time for character development, but again, kids won’t care. I certainly didn’t as a kid.
  
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Lumos (380 KP) rated The Oregon Trail Card Game in Tabletop Games

Apr 26, 2018 (Updated Apr 28, 2018)  
The Oregon Trail Card Game
The Oregon Trail Card Game
2016 | American West, Card Game, Civilization
2
5.2 (13 Ratings)
Tabletop Game Rating
This is fairly true to the video game version. It is a very quick game to play. Mostly because you will die rather quickly from some disease or other.




Ok... I played again and this time, I died within 2 minutes. I then spent another 5 minutes watching the other players die one by one. There was no laughing about it like last time... just frustration all around. A waste of time... at least it was less than ten minutes..
  
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Lumos (380 KP) Apr 27, 2018

Haha yes, I am going to play it again to give it a fair rating, but it is likely that my rating will be lowered.
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Beetle Rider (341 KP) Apr 30, 2018

That sound right. Unfortunately.
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Sean Baker recommended Naked (1993) in Movies (curated)

 
Naked (1993)
Naked (1993)
1993 | Drama
8.7 (3 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"Although Mike Leigh’s family dramas, such as High Hopes and Secrets & Lies, have had a more apparent influence on my work, Naked is my favorite film of Leigh’s. It’s in my top ten favorite films ever made. It’s an exhausting odyssey that never gets the characters (or the viewer) home again. “Tell me, love, are you aware of the effect you have on the average mammalian, Mancunian, XY-ly chromosome, slavering, lusty male member of the species?” Now, that’s dialogue!"

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