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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2631 KP) rated As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (Flavia de Luce, #7) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
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As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (Flavia de Luce, #7)
Alan Bradley | 2015
8
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Flavia has been sent to Canada and Miss Bodycote’s Female Academy for the fall 1951 term. She is very upset about being sent away from her family in England, but things definitely start looking up when a dead body falls out of her chimney on her first morning there. Who was the corpse? And who at the school is a killer?

Since this book takes place away from Flavia’s normal stomping grounds, it is easy to miss the series regulars. However, this book is filled with wonderful new supporting players. The book starts a little slowly as we are introduced to everyone, but soon we are caught in quite an interesting web that also advances the storyline introduced in the last book.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2016/09/book-review-as-chimney-sweepers-come-to.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Laura lou (304 KP) rated Insatiable in TV

Dec 18, 2018  
Insatiable
Insatiable
2018 | Comedy, Drama
8
6.9 (16 Ratings)
TV Show Rating
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This show has had a lot of mixed reviews. Some people love it and some people don’t like the way that it represents body issues.

Personally I thought this was a great show. If you don’t think too much about how far fetched some of the story lines are and just take the show for what it is, a show, then it’s very entertaining, funny and a joy to watch.

I found it quite addicting and ended up watching the entire series over a few days. I enjoyed the witty dialogue, quirky characters and personally thought that they approached some touchy subjects in a way that people can relate to but also in a way that made the show fun.

Overall I thoroughly enjoyed watching insatiable and am looking forward to the next series.
  
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    Bantam

    Jackie Kay

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    Bantam brings three generations into sharp focus - Jackie Kay's own, her father's, and his own...

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Emma Watson recommended The Handmaid's Tale in Books (curated)

 
The Handmaid&#039;s Tale
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood | 1998 | Essays
8.3 (112 Ratings)
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"Margaret Atwood wrote The Handmaid’s Tale over thirty years ago now, but it is a book that has never stopped fascinating readers because it articulates so vividly what it feels like for a woman to lose power over her own body. Like George Orwell’s 1984 (a novel that Atwood was inspired by) its title alone summons up a whole set of ideas, even for those who haven’t read it…Atwood has called it ‘speculative fiction’, but also says that all the practises described in the novel are ‘drawn from the historical record’ – i.e. are things that have actually taken place in the past. Could any of Atwood’s speculations take place again, or are some of them taking place already? Are the women in the book powerless in their oppression or could they be doing more to fight it?"

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