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Carrie Fisher recommended Middlemarch in Books (curated)

Middlemarch

Rosemary Ashton, George Eliot | 2003 | Fiction & Poetry

6.3

(4 Ratings)

Book Favorite

"One of the greatest books ever written by a woman, especially in those early days. Although Mary Anne Evans gave herself a male pen name, she showed incredible ambition and scope in her writing—the world she created, the characters she imagined. I love that line in the book that reads: “The really delightful marriage must be that where your husband was a sort of father, and could teach you Hebrew, if you wished it.” It was hard to be a woman in those days, but her storytelling was exceptional."

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Emma @ The Movies (1786 KP) rated Yesterday (2019) in Movies

Jun 24, 2019

Yesterday (2019)

2019 | Comedy, Fantasy, Music

7.3

(50 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Yesterday was a wonderfully uplifting film, just thinking about it while writing my review made me smile. Himesh Patel in the lead role is brilliant when it comes to performing the songs as well as bringing a light humour to the main role of Jack Malik. There are so many little bits throughout the film that keep rewarding you with nostalgia and surprises that were kept out of the trailer, I highly recommend going to see this as soon as you can.

(Full review: http://emmaatthemovies.blogspot.com/2019/06/yesterday-unlimited-screening-movie.html)

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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Die for Me (Revenants, #1) in Books

Sep 6, 2019

Hmm...well, maybe it was the style of writing but I found it quite hard to get into.

Add in a strange romance in which nothing romantic really happened until right at the end <i>and</i> we never really learned why he started following her in the first place.

Then add in the fact that it was 341 pages long and nothing <i>really</i> happened until the last 100 pages or so, though it got it exciting around then, and it was good but not great in my opinion

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Gisell Middleton (189 KP) rated The Passengers in Books

Sep 15, 2019

The Passengers

John Marrs | 2019 | Contemporary, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Thriller

9.4

(8 Ratings)

Book Rating

This novel is in every way original, thrilling and compelling. The issues of morality, ethics, politics and self-interest come across clearly and are thought about long after the book has been read. The fact that this novel can accomplish all that while delivering a truly interesting and plausible concept in a page turner is nothing short of genius. While the character development may be a little one dimensional and the writing stilted and trite at times the plot propels this story forward much like an uncontrollable self-driving car.

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Chloe (778 KP) rated Silent Scream (D.I. Kim Stone, #1) in Books

May 24, 2020

Exciting (2 more)

Plot twist

Dark

Excellent detective

The death of a woman in a bath tub starts the story off and it unravels from then. The secrets really dont stay buried.

Kim Stone is a phenomenal detective, very believable and this first case really hits home. The plot is dark and twisted, it has you on tenter hooks wondering who done it throughout. The list of suspects is long but the writing enables you to follow along well.

Really didnt see the twist at the end after all the drama.

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Ross (3284 KP) rated Quadrophenia by The Who in Music

May 28, 2020

Quadrophenia by The Who

1973 | Rock

4.5

(2 Ratings)

Album Rating

Rolling Stone's 267th greatest album of all time

I haven't seen Quadrophenia so this was a new experience for me. The soundtrack album had a bit of a Bat out of Hell feel to it, very "rock opera" in style. Great songs telling a story, which means at times the song gets a little abandoned for the sake of the story. But with Townsend writing it all, this was less of an issue here. Great songs well performed. A nice change to have Townsend on vocals at times.