Search

Search only in certain items:

40x40

Alice (117 KP) rated Six of Crows in Books

Mar 3, 2021  
Six of Crows
Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo | 2016 | Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)
8
9.2 (45 Ratings)
Book Rating
Unpopular Opinion alert: I was so close to giving this three stars, I was literally about 75% of the way through this before I even remotely cared about anything that was going on and I was close to dnf-ing numerous times but it sort of redeemed itself enough at the end for me to boost it <i>just</i> into the four-star realm... I think. Maybe because I hadn't read the Grisha trilogy prior to this it hindered my enjoyment a bit but I'll probably read the next book anyway.
  
Touched (The Marnie Baranuik Files #1)
Touched (The Marnie Baranuik Files #1)
A.J. Aalto | 2011
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I really really really liked this.

The style was easy to get into and the storyline, though a little gory at times, was interesting and unique.

Between the two men in her life I have to say I'm all for Mark Batten . That's not to say I don't like Harry, he's nice and seems he'd do anything for her but Mark seems the same way and he's only human.

I'm very eager for the second book in the series so I can see what happens next between these three.
  
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
1984 | Action, Adventure

"Indiana Jones, that trilogy I just rewatched on a plane from a holiday I just took. I watched all three, and Temple of Doom just continues to win me over. I know; usually, people like The Last Crusade, and there’s a lot of love for Raiders, because it’s the original. But Temple of Doom is just, to me, so funny and entertaining and fun. And the kid from Goonies — Hot Shot? Short Round. He’s so funny, and I grew up with Goonies, but I prefer him in Indiana Jones."

Source
  
The Last Picture Show (1971)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
1971 | Classics, Drama
7.0 (3 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"Let me talk about Last Picture Show… that’s just popped into my mind. For me, that’s a movie that is kind of like no other movie, and no other movie is like it. It just kind of sits there by itself. I guess Peter Bogdonovich is to blame for that, and of course Larry McMurtry, the great writer. We had a chance, like Tron, where we got to do the sequel to Picture Show; twenty years later we shot Texasville. There are three more installments that Larry wrote, that I’m hoping will get made."

Source
  
Born This Way by Lady Gaga
Born This Way by Lady Gaga
2011 | Pop
7
7.5 (8 Ratings)
Album Rating
Rolling Stone's 484th greatest album of all time (2020)
Looking through the tracklist of this album in advance didn't really excite me, having only heard three songs before, but it was a decent album. Admittedly, at least two other songs sound almost exactly the same as Edge of Glory, but it is a decent pop album. A little annoyingly, she doesn't seem to know how to finish a song so a lot of times I reached for my phone thinking spotify had randomly stopped only to find the song had just finished.
  
40x40

Lauren Wolkstein recommended 3 Women (1977) in Movies (curated)

 
3 Women (1977)
3 Women (1977)
1977 | Classics, Drama
6.0 (2 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"Robert Altman really deserves his own number and section, so I am tying three of his films. He was one of the rare filmmakers experimenting with form within the Hollywood system. He infused his work with fluid zooms to easily enter in and out of spaces and made social interactions feel more organic. He also used sound in experimental ways, pushing the form with overlapping dialogue. It’s so impressive that a studio funded an entire film based on a fever dream he had, starring two of my favorite actresses, Shelley Duvall and Sissy Spacek."

Source
  
Shakespeare Songs by Deller Consort
Shakespeare Songs by Deller Consort
1967 | Vocal
(0 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"Probably the most famous countertenor of the 20th century – unless you count Frankie Valli – was the wonderful Alfred Deller, a major figure in the revival of original performance techniques for early and Baroque music. When I was a child we had this album,so I grew up thinking everyone knew and loved 'Where The Bee Sucks' and 'We Be Soldiers Three'. The liner notes, at least on the CD version, are woefully inadequate (who wrote what? when? for which play? Did Henry VIII really write 'Greensleeves'?) but the music is lovely. "

Source
  
40x40

Will Young recommended Songbird by Eva Cassidy in Music (curated)

 
Songbird by Eva Cassidy
Songbird by Eva Cassidy
1998 | Rock
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"I think Eva Cassidy falls more into the Enya category. When it first came out, I think the thing with Eva Cassidy - and I deliberately chose her - is that she was an amazing singer, and there's very few people who could sing like her. The songs on there - 'Autumn Leaves', 'Fields Of Gold' - it's an amazing covers record, and she really influenced me actually, as a singer. Her voice is so clean, and I'm quite a clean singer. I lived for that record for about two to three years."

Source