Sam (74 KP) rated A Place Called Here in Books
Mar 27, 2019
This is one of Ahern’s more abstract novels, based on the idea that all lost things that people have stopped looking for end up in the same place – a little village called ‘Here’.
Sandy is a private investigator who has always had to find missing things since a girl from school went missing when she was younger. She was always losing things but always made a task out of trying to find every single one, hardly ever giving up. She finds herself in a strange place, surrounded by missing people and objects, and no knowledge of how to get home.
Jack’s brother is missing, and he enlists on Sandy’s help to find him. Only, Sandy never shows up when they arrange to meet.
Sandy is the person to go after the missing people, so who will look for her when she goes missing?
I loved reading this and loved the question it raised over what really happened to Sandy when she went missing. The book is based on such a unique idea and made an interesting read and one of my favourite books of 2017.
Unmaking Waste in Production and Consumption
Robert Crocker and Christopher Saint
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The legacies of a century of fossil-fuel based development and overconsumption, of treating the...
Emma (519 KP) rated Dark Winter in Books
Jun 13, 2019
I thought for a debut novel David Mark did a fantastic job of keeping the reader enthralled by the drama of the story, but also kept the story nice and concise, it didn't drag on too long. Also I managed to guess who the culprit was, but had to read all the way to the end to find out how he/she was connected with the whole case.
Overall a very good book and I will definitely be buying more from this author.
Postcards from the Cinema
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Postcards from the Cinema is the book Serge Daney, one of the greatest of film critics, never wrote....
Practical Zen: Meditation and Beyond
Julian Daizan Skinner and Miyamae Shinzan Gyokuryuji
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Zen master Julian Daizan Skinner guides the reader through a sequence of meditation techniques that...
Erika Kehlet (21 KP) rated Forsaken (Shadow Cove Saga #1) in Books
Feb 21, 2018
Forsaken is a book partially based on characters and events from the Salem witch trials. Some of these events find their way into the latest novel by best-selling novelist Thad McAlister.
Throughout the story, the author allows you glimpses into the past via excerpts from Clayton Stone's journal, showing you important events that happened in 1692. These journal entries give you just enough information to keep you guessing and add to the suspense when you are reading about the present. There were some good twists and a nice salute to Stephen King (one of my favorites) that made this even more fun to read. This was a great stay-up-all-night-reading type of spooky story, and I recommend this book to any fans of horror novels, witches, or things that go bump in the night. I will also be on the lookout for book #2 of the Shadow Cove Saga, to find out what happens to Ashley and Rachael!
Roxanne (13 KP) rated The Satanic Bible in Books
Nov 9, 2018
One look at the title and front cover of this book and one might be like 'ooooh shock horror'...but it's really not like that. This book isn't about worshipping Satan, or any deity, it is about worshipping yourself. It actually makes a really good self help book when it comes to accepting and believing in yourself. Instead of being spiritual based it focusing more on the physical being, the enjoyment of the flesh and the enjoyment of the here and now.
The only reason I dropped a star was because it contradicted itself about half way through. It was made clear that this wasn't about Satan worship but then it went on to give us pages of rituals, spells and numerous hail satans. Although I found these very interesting it lead the whole book into a different direction away from the self which I thought was the whole purpose.
I am not a religious person and I picked this one up due to curiousity, I'm glad I did.
Sustainable Food Futures: Multidisciplinary Solutions
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Securing sustainable food for everyone is one of the world's most pressing challenges, but research,...
Working with Children and Adolescents in Residential Care: A Strengths-Based Approach
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Working with Children and Adolescents in Residential Care: A Strengths-Based Approach is written for...
A Theory of Catholic Education
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Presenting a robust and philosophically based account of education from the Catholic point of view,...