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Evil Apples: Dirty as ____.
Evil Apples: Dirty as ____.
Entertainment, Games, Stickers
8
8.0 (3 Ratings)
App Rating
Online Cards Against Humanity
Easy to get a game together. As you play you open up more and more cards and decks to play with. Nice way to pass an evening with friends both in the room and far from home.

A quick story: We had family in town. One of the nephews suggested we play Evil Apples. By the end of the night we had eight people playing in three different states. It was such a good family moment... based around horribly funny cards, thoughts and visual images that made some of us sleep badly - LOL.

Good job Evil Apples.
  
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Erika (17789 KP) rated The Staircase in TV

Jul 13, 2018 (Updated Jul 17, 2018)  
The Staircase
The Staircase
2018 | Crime, Documentary
9
8.0 (25 Ratings)
TV Show Rating
I try to go into these docu-series with a completely unbias perspective. A few episodes in, I didn't really know who to believe. I didn't care for the defendant, Michael Peterson, but that has nothing to do with whether he did it or not. The state's case was a mess and didn't prove crap to me. Maybe the jury didn't understand how the US justice system works?
My only gripe is that it's a little too drawn out. They could have condensed some of the episodes. I thought I was at the end, but nope, three more episode.
  
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The Flight of the Silvers (Silvers, #1)
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I was pleasantly surprised by this book. The beginning starts with a mystery that leaves you excited to discover what it means. I was worried that I wouldn't be satisfied with the solution or that the ending would disappoint me enough that the book wouldn't be enjoyable. I was wrong on all counts. The book delightfully sets up an alternate universe with interesting parallels to our own. The magic system is creative, novel, and well-explained. Finally, the characters are well-rounded, three-dimensional, and fun. I enjoyed every minute of it- couldn't put it down!
  
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Milleen (47 KP) rated The Party in Books

Nov 14, 2018 (Updated Nov 14, 2018)  
TP
The Party
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Day has won critical acclaim for her three previous novels and this latest offering is an astute thriller that will appeal to a wide audience. The story revolves around old friendships, social climbing and a secret that could change everything, all over the course of an evening. Day has skilfully recreated the societal norms of the twenty-first century with her profound characters, astute observations and wit, adding levity to the myriad of insecurities that plague our modern world. You do have to wait to find out exactly what happened, but Day's foray into loyalty, anxiety and friendship makes it a thrilling read.
  
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Feverborn (Fever, #8)
8
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Dani/Jada's story made three of these stars happen alone. Her story just tugged so much at my heart, and I need to hear more of this. The other star is for Lor and Jo. I really enjoy their few chapters! Mac and Barrons are becoming very repetitive. I loved them in the first 5 books, but now, I just feel like Mac repeats herself over and over and rambles about the same things over and over. But, overall, I feel this book is about to lead up to something big in the next one! Or maybe it was just that cliffhanger.
  
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KatyShubo (75 KP) rated Shark Tank in TV

Jan 10, 2019  
Shark Tank
Shark Tank
2009 | Documentary
9
7.3 (6 Ratings)
TV Show Rating
Crazy business ideas (2 more)
More dollars than you can imagine
Mind games
Hard to watch in the UK (0 more)
Compelling Viewing
Shark Tank takes some of the richest entrepreneurs known and they sit in judgement over peoples business and product ideas.
Joe Bloggs from the street presents his idea in hope a shark will invest.
Some of the biggest products of the time got a big break on Shark Tank.

It is fiercely compelling to watch people sell their passion projects. Once you start you can’t stop. I binged three season on Netflix in a matter of weeks.
  
Unravel Me (Shatter Me, #2)
Unravel Me (Shatter Me, #2)
Tahereh Mafi | 2013 | Dystopia, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)
8
8.9 (15 Ratings)
Book Rating
My allegiances are conflicted
Another great development from this second part of the trilogy. Juliette had moments of being incredibly flaky in this book, but then I gave myself the proverbial slap around the face and reminded myself that she has had an awful childhood, prolonged captivity and is very mixed up. Adam seemed to be a more back seat character in this book and Warner made everything look triangular. Warner did seem more human and vulnerable and I'm trying to keep an open mind about him. Who knows where it's all going to end in book three. Well narrated.
  
Wyrd Sisters (Discworld, #6; Witches #2)
Wyrd Sisters (Discworld, #6; Witches #2)
Terry Pratchett | 2001 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.4 (12 Ratings)
Book Rating
Well I have always had a soft spot for Terry Pratchett book and his stories about the discworld transport you to this amazing place.
He has a dark sense of humour that you can see throughout his books.
Wyrd sisters is one of my favourites of his Books. This is the first in a series of his books about three witches. It's funny right from the start and the complexity of his characters always amaze me.
If you like a book with good characters, funny jokes and a touch of magic then this is the books for you.
  
The fourth of Edgar Rice Burrough's <i>Barsoom</i> series that began with <i>A Princess of Mars</i>, this is actually the first book in the series that does not centre on the main protaganist of the first three novels (John Carter), as well as being the first story to be told in the third rather than first person.

As a consequence, I actually found this particular one to be a bit of a let-down from the previous, even if it does follow the same plot arc of those earlier stories (right down to yet another mysterious undiscovered race!).
  
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Aliens Omnibus, Vol. 2
2
2.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Collecting the plot arcs of 'Genocide', 'Harvest' and 'Colonial Marines' I'm sorry, but I found this to be a real slog to get through.

Which is a pity, as these stories are (meant to be) a spin-off from still-the-best of the Aliens movie (i.e. the second, the one with an 'S' at the end).

And those aliens themselves - described in the movies as 'the perfect killing machine' - are treated more as cannon fodder than anything else, with these three stories all concentrating on increasingly unlikeable characters in increasing desperate situation.

One for completionists only.