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Quick Change (1990)

7.3 (3 Ratings) Rate It

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The star of Caddyshack, Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day headlines and co-directs this uproarious Big...

Jon Watts recommended Leolo (1992) in Movies (curated)

Leolo (1992)

1992 | International, Comedy, Drama

9.0

(1 Ratings)

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"This is a really obscure one, but there’s a really weird French-Canadian movie called Leolo. Roger Ebert loved it. He gave it a four-star review when it came out. The filmmaker, Jean-Claude Lauzon… He made two movies and then he died. It’s a really tragic story. It’s this surreal, messed-up story about a kid whose family is going insane, and so he comes up with these fantastical stories to escape from his world. I saw that movie when I was in high school, and it just made such an impression on me because of the way it balanced humor and absurdity, and surrealism, and then just tragedy. It’s great. I should probably see it again. I haven’t seen it in a couple of years, so I want to make sure it still stands up. That movie is another very particularly strange coming-of-age movie that will always be a reference for me."

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Naught Reawakening

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Play with gravity to guide Naught through a mysterious underground world where darkness is a...

Sarah (7800 KP) rated Circe in Books

Feb 18, 2019

Circe

Madeline Miller | 2018 | Science Fiction/Fantasy

8.9

(18 Ratings)

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An unexpected gem

I decided to read this book purely based on the reviews on here and on Goodreads. It sounded so different to my usual reads that I thought it'd be worth trying, and I'm very thankful I did.

It started off a little unsure, but this could have been down to me getting used to the style of writing and language style used to represent the characters and gods. However it soon picks up and really draws you in. It's an epic tale spanning so many different aspects of Greek gods and mythology. I could barely believe so many mythological tales had been spun into this, and not only that but done brilliant well. It's such a comprehensive and intriguing tale of the goddess Circe, who is a well rounded and feisty female protagonist. I really struggled to put this book down, and my only disappointment is that it took so long to read, and that it ended too of course. I could have quite happily read on about many more tales of Greek gods and mythology woven into Circe's life.

For me this book was pure escapism. Well written and highly captivating, diving into a book about gods and goddesses is a fantastic way to escape the dreary realities of real life.

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Debbiereadsbook (1675 KP) rated The Accidental Baker in Books

May 30, 2019

The Accidental Baker

Clare London | 2019 | Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance

8.3

(3 Ratings)

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pure sugar!

Independent reviewer for Archaeolibrarian, I was gifted my copy of this book.

A short review for a short book, only 5 chapters, 64 pages, took me about 40 minutes to read.

Some chocolate eggs and bunnies escape and find their way into the lives for four men, who each find love.

This book is PURE sugar! It's so bloody SWEET, your teeth will rot but I LOVED it!

I will usually say that I prefer my books on the more explicit/sexy side, but this particular book is almost clean, just some kissing and some talk about what one character wants to do. CLEAN and I loved that it was!

I've only read another short by London, and loved that too, but now I want to read something longer, more in depth book. I like the way she spins her tales, I really do.

This book landed on my kindle at 9am. It was read by 10am. I hadn't moved out my pit, I'm full of a cold but this book made me feel a little better, about myself and the world.

So, thank you Ms London, this dollop of sugar set me up for the day!

4 solid stars.

**same worded review will appear elsewhere**

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ClareR (6106 KP) rated Tudor Dawn: Henry Tudor is ready to take the crown (The Tudor Series Book 1) in Books

Jul 2, 2019

A really interesting history!

I really liked this - I’ve not read much about Henry Tudor, and everyone is always much more interested in Henry VIII and his promiscuous love life! Henry Tudor isn’t like his son at all. He may well have enjoyed the company of women, but David Field doesn’t play on that fact. I learnt so much about the history of Henry’s upbringing and subsequent escape into exile - and it is a vey male dominated book. We don’t see much of what his mother would have been doing, but we do learn about her hard work on his behalf.
I hadn’t realised that he’d been such a sickly child and that some of these problems followed him in to adulthood, or that he actually seemed to love his queen (although that may well be fictionalised - but I’d like to know!). This first book in the series takes up to Henry VII’s death. I think I will be reading the next in the series.
What I really liked about this book was that it’s more history than fiction. It’s not dry, academic type history though, and that’s what really drew me in.
Many thanks to Sapere Books for my copy of this book to read and honestly review. I really enjoyed it.