Death on the Cherwell
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For Miss Cordell, principal of Persephone College, there are two great evils to be feared:...
Into the Well: An Inheritance of Remembrance
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My name is Jennifer, and this book is for my Irish ancestors. I wrote this book as a way to...
A Haunting in the Arctic
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Something has walked the floors of the Ormen for almost a century. Something that craves revenge… ...
Bookapotamus (289 KP) rated The Seven Deaths Of Evelyn Hardcastle in Books
May 29, 2018
There is such creativity to this mystery - reminiscent of the best Agatha Christie novels, the book is set at Blackheath, a sprawling ancient estate, which has seen better days. But back in it's glory, almost two decades ago, there was a murder of a little boy. Now, coming up on the 20th anniversary, a whole slew of characters is gathered at the crumbling estate by the matriarch of the family, and yet another murder occurs.
Evelyn Hardcastle is the sister of that little boy, and she will die every single day until Adrian Bishop can solve the murder. He's stuck in an 8-day loop, and needs to figure out the killer and break the cycle. Oh and did I mention that every time her falls asleep, or goes unconscious, he wakes up in the body (and mind!) of a different guest?!
I loved how this all played out - Imagine waking up in an obese body that stinks and can't even get out of a bathtub without assistance! And then in that of a constable with a sharp clever mind and gorgeous fiancé, and then a drug dealer! What a ride this was! I dove right into it not knowing what to expect and breezed through the first 1/3 of it. By 2/3 in I started getting a little bit mixed up. The timeline jumps across and back the span of 8 days and you never know where in the past or future you will end up - or in whose (of 8 guests) mind/body. But by the last 1/3 - I was ravenously flipping pages to find out who killed Evelyn and the end does NOT disappoint! Wow! Again - wow!
What really cool and clever idea. I've never read anything like this and it was seriously one of the most inventive and creative murder mysteries I've ever read.
Indonesia - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs and Culture
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Culture Smart! Indonesia explains how to avoid cultural gaffes when out and about in the country....
Japan - Culture Smart! The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
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Culture Smart! Japan explains how to avoid cultural gaffes when out and about in the country. Giving...
Never in a Million Years: A History of Hopeless Predictions
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The first end of the world prediction was recorded one second after the Big Bang and since then it...
The 12.30 from Croydon
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'Crofts constructs his alibi with immense elaboration...The story is highly successful, and Mr...
The Beautiful Indifference
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From the heathered fells and lowlands of Cumbria with their history of smouldering violence, to the...
LeftSideCut (3776 KP) rated Tammy and the T-Rex (1994) in Movies
Mar 19, 2021
It genuinely made me laugh, has some truly inspired gory moments, has a cast who are either hamming it up to the max, or playing things completely straight, either way, all of it is absolutely over the top and just sort of works.
Some of the special effects are sooooo awful, but that honestly just adds to the experience. The animatronic prop T-Rex is pretty great. The T-Rex uses a pay phone at one point. The plot is so absurd to the point that I wasn't even questioning any of it. Isaac from Children of the Corn has his head bitten off before his headless body runs away into a stack of boxes.
Will definitely be one of my comfort movies from now on.