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Subjected Subcontinent: Sectarian and Sexual Lines in Indian Writing in English

Eiko Ohira

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This book offers a new, complex understanding of Indian writing in English by focusing its analysis...

Bandits

Elmore Leonard

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An ex con, an ex nun and an ex cop form an unlikely dreamteam of bandits in this enthralling tale...

Raw Cakes

Caroline Fibaek

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Welcome to the sweet life! This book is for people who want to live healthily, but also love...

My Pregnancy Journal

Alison Mackonochie and Claire Garland

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Celebrate the ups and downs of your pregnancy with this interactive journal, which invites you to...

David McK (3425 KP) rated Foxtrot Hotel (Harriet Walsh #4) in Books

May 23, 2021

Entry #4 in Simon Haynes's 'Harriet Walsh' series; a series which I actually started reading after picking up Hal Spacejock (sometimes also known as A Robot Named Clunk) and was completely unaware that the two characters would cross-over in later books (I haven't reached that point yet in either series).

Unlike the previous entry in the series - Sierra Bravo - (which is pretty much a siege story), this is back to being more of a whodunnit, with Harriett and the Peace Force (what there is of them ... ) investigating when a dead body turns up at her favourite beauty spot, which just so happens to be about to face an important governmental vote on whether it can have an apartment complex built on it ...

Competent? Yes.
Enjoyable enough? Yes.
A few unforeseen twists and turns? Hmmm ... that depends upon how familiar with the genre you are!

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Kristina (502 KP) rated The Offer in Books

Dec 7, 2020

The Offer

Karina Halle | 2015 | Erotica, Humor & Comedy, Romance

6.0

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I liked the story. I haven't read many books that involve a single mother, so it was different and kind of refreshing. I loved that Karina used words that many mothers would use to describe their bodies - stretch marks, pouch, sagging. Even still, in my mind, Nicola is as beautiful as any other woman. Reading from Bram's point of view helped; he never once mentioned an imperfect mark on her body. And, while some of the things he said and thought were too obviously written by a female, I enjoyed his chapters nonetheless. Despite how I felt about the story, I wasn't irresistibly compelled to it. Two out of the 3 days it took me to read were actually spent NOT reading it, because I didn't feel that undeniable pull to keep reading. While I enjoyed the book, I wasn't desperate to finish it and find out what would happen next.

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Emma @ The Movies (1786 KP) rated Red Sparrow (2018) in Movies

Sep 25, 2019

Red Sparrow (2018)

2018 | Mystery, Thriller

6.8

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Ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited to 'Sparrow School,' a Russian intelligence service where she is forced to use her body as a weapon. Her first mission, targeting a C.I.A. agent, threatens to unravel the security of both nations.

It surprises me a little bit that this film is only rated 15. There's violence, sex, torture, nudity... so many things that make this one classic fodder for an 18 rating.

Red Sparrow was a good spy flick, gripping throughout but a little bit predictable at times. The more I think about this one the more I'm tempted to give it only two stars. While I found the story line interesting, there isn't much that made me enthusiastic.

People ask me what I've seen recently and this is the only one I can never remember. I don't think it's going to be one of this year's must see movies.