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Intelligent SMS

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Intelligent SMS protects your Text Messages (SMS) before sending them by using a password (and date...

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“A killer puzzle! 5/5 stars” - Touch Arcade Become Skullface, a psycho slasher bent on...

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Everyone loves to tell fun, engaging, and imaginative stories. Go ahead and make a social story or...

Merissa (11950 KP) rated Tigana in Books

Dec 17, 2018

Another stunner of a book by GGK although this one is a stand alone book and is based loosely on Italy in the 11th and 12th centuries.

In so many ways similar to The Fionavar Tapestry series but so different too. A brief synopsis is that there has been a major battle between 2 wizards in which one of the wizard's sons dies. In revenge the wizard removes the name "Tigana" from the memories and vocabularies of its inhabitants so that eventually the name will die, just like his son did.

This story is so intricate and involved and it is not a clear black/white, good/evil book which is what makes it such a superb read. Everything about is well written, from the villains to the locations to the history that you are given.

This book is bittersweet and poignant and I'll leave it to you to see if there is a happy ending.

Certainly classed as a classic by me and a firm favourite.

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David McK (3372 KP) rated The Hobbit in Books

Jan 28, 2019

The Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien | 1937 | Children

8.4

(144 Ratings)

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JRR Tolkiens classic children's(?) tale of Bilbo Baggins, and his journey to the Lonely Mountain in the company of Gandalf the Wizard and 12 Dwarves who are seeking to reclaim their inheritance from the dragon Smaug.

(According to the preface in the edition I read), this was written before his Magnum Opus of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, with Tolkien later going back and revising key portions of this - namely, the Riddles in the Dark sequence where Bilbo encounters Gollum, and finds the Ring of Power - to bring it more in line with those sequels.

Like The Lord of the Rings, while this may be (is) a good story, the prose can also be a little bit on the dry side - I did find myself occasionally skimming through some of the chapters. Not as dry, however, as I remember The Lord of the Rings to be!

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AJaneClark (3975 KP) rated Seventh Son (2015) in Movies

Dec 2, 2019

Seventh Son (2015)

2015 | Drama, Sci-Fi

5.6

(7 Ratings)

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Ageing master wizard John, played by Jeff Bridges, needs an apprentice when a malicious witch (Julianne Moore) escapes from her confines. After searching high and low, John finds Thomas (Ben Barnes), seventh son of the seventh son and hopes that he can learn the art and help the locals as the blood moon rises. Set in the 18th century the battle between good and evil, light and dark, see Tom and his visions undergo battle training quickly, learn the skills needed to be an “exorcist” and try not to fall in love with a witch from the other side played by Alicia Vikander. With great casting, including appearances from Kit Harrington and Olivia Williams; we see some good acting. The storyline was good, but had some holes, a lack of believability in places and some of the scripting was poor. But overall worth a watch