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An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873

Benjamin Madley

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The first full account of the government-sanctioned genocide of California Indians under United...

The Scarlet Plague

Jack London and Matthew Battles

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Jack London's plague novel, in which the world's population has been reduced to a few scattered...

Awix (3310 KP) rated The Call Of The Wild (2020) in Movies

Feb 25, 2020

Rather too big-budget Jack London adaptation is long on CGI and short on grit, but remains engaging and dignified entertainment. Pampered house dog Buck is abducted from his California home and packed off to Alaska during the gold rush, slowly getting in touch with his wild side. Harrison Ford plays the main human part - there was something oddly familiar about seeing the star team up with a huge, hairy, almost totally non-verbal partner and then I remembered the Russian word for dog is sowbacca and it all made a bit more sense.

The harder edges of London's book have been sanded down considerably, and this does verge on the sentimental and cutesy in places - for one ghastly moment I thought the dogs were going to start talking to each other - and the fact it's made with a CGI dog (Terry Notary has been mo-capped) will probably put some people off. But it's solid, likeable stuff, lifted considerably by performances from Ford and Omar Sy. I still think it was madness to spend over $120 million on a film which will probably struggle to find an audience, but it has a definite charm to it.

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It's a new era for slot games! Get your free welcome bonus! Download NOW! Welcome to Lucky and...

Horizon Chase - World Tour

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HORIZON CHASE CELEBRATES ITS 1st ANNIVERSARY WITH HOT NEWS: - Australia Cup with 9 New Tracks!...

Whatchareadin (174 KP) rated Frog Music in Books

May 10, 2018

Frog Music

Emma Donoghue | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry

4.7

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**Received as a First Read for an honest review**
I was really excited to read this book. I have had [b:Room|7937843|Room|Emma Donoghue|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1344265419s/7937843.jpg|9585076] on my TBR list for a very long time, just haven't gotten my hands on it yet.

Blanche Beunon is a french burlesque dancer living in San Francisco in 1876. It's the end of the gold rush and smallpox is everywhere. Blanche is returning home one afternoon, when she literally runs into Jenny Bonnet and her riding machine. They quickly form a "friendship" and Blanche's life gets turned upside down.

During the week that Blanche has left her job and is trolling around town with Jenny, Jenny is murdered. Blanche is sure it's her "maques" Arthur and Ernest who have done it, since they have been so upset with her since becoming friends with Jenny.

This book just didn't do it for me. It was a very slow start and really didn't get interesting until the last 60 pages.