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Whatchareadin (174 KP) rated Hum If You Don't Know The Words in Books

Apr 9, 2019  
Hum If You Don't Know The Words
Hum If You Don't Know The Words
Bianca Marais | 2019
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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Robin and Beauty. Robin is 10 years old and she is quite a curious little girl. She loves her parents and her twin sister Cat, but when tragedy strikes and she loses both her parents in one fell swoop, her world will be turned upside down. Beauty is a mother and a teacher in a remote village in South Africa. She has just received a letter from her brother that her daughter, Nomsa is in trouble. Beauty tries to get to Nomsa as quickly as she can, but will she be able to make it before it's too late? In both of their struggles these two are brought together to be a strength for the other.

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Putnam books for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Robin is white and Beauty is black. Its the late 70's in South Africa. Apartheid is rampant and Nelson Mandala has just been arrested for trying to secure freedom and equality for his people. Robin's father is a mine boss and he doesn't treat black people very well, thinking they are all far beneath him. Beauty is an educated black woman which is very rare to see at this time. This is a story of love that goes beyond the color of ones skin, to just the human nature of us all. We want to love and to be loved in return.

This book didn't immediately grab my attention. It starts of sad and keeps getting sadder. You have hope for the two of these ladies that they will be able to accomplish their goals and survive, but many times that seems as if it's impossible. I really enjoyed this book and one that I highly recommend. It's an important book to read at this day and time when we look so much to find the differences that can divide us, we need to find the similarities that can unite us.
  
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Gaz Coombes recommended track Copenhagen by Scott Walker in Scott 3 by Scott Walker in Music (curated)

 
Scott 3 by Scott Walker
Scott 3 by Scott Walker
1969 | Pop, Singer-Songwriter
7.0 (1 Ratings)
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"I was playing Scott 3 quite a lot at Christmas and there’s something about this song that’s more Christmassy than Christmas songs. It’s just kind of magical, that’s how I’d describe ‘Copenhagen’, it’s magical. “I think this song is my highlight from Scott 3, there’s something about ‘Copenhagen’ for me. I think it’s the instrumentation and the orchestration on it, it’s utterly gorgeous, the sound of it is really, really beautiful and then there’s his voice over the top, the lyrics and his delivery. I guess it’s rooted in that crooner area but there’s a tenderness to it. ‘Copenhagen’ has a delicacy to it and I’ve always loved the vulnerability of it as well, like there’s crack in his voice. I’m just in love with this song. “I think a lot of people like Scott Walker songs because they touch on stylistic elements that could be seen as more commercial or just normal or standard in some way, but they’re not. When you hear how he delivers this there’s an off-kilter feel to it, an oddness to it. It’s got a beauty but it’s not really an obvious beauty and he manages to walk that line really well, between darkness and beauty. “That’s another thing that I love about the whole album Scott 3, it is quite dark, but it’s dark and beautiful and those two things are something that I’m really in tune with, a sort of dark beauty and that’s what Scott Walker does really well."

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    Her World Việt Nam

    Her World Việt Nam

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    Her World là tạp chí phụ nữ bán chạy nhất của Singapore. Đến nay Her World đã...

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Heather Cranmer (2721 KP) created a post

Sep 19, 2022  
Author Melissa Koslin visits my blog with a fascinating interview. Make sure you check out her Christian romantic suspense novel DANGEROUS BEAUTY! Enter the giveaway for a chance to win a $25 BookShop gift card and print copies of Koslin's novels "Dangerous Beauty" and "Never Miss" - two winners!

https://alltheupsandowns.blogspot.com/2022/09/book-blog-tour-and-giveaway-dangerous.html

**BOOK SYNOPSIS FOR DANGEROUS BEAUTY**
What is the price of freedom?

Liliana Vela hates the term victim. She's not a victim, she's a fighter. Stubborn and strong with a quiet elegance, she's determined to take back her life after escaping the clutches of human traffickers. But she can't stay safely in America--unless the man who aided in her rescue is serious about his unconventional proposal to marry her.

Meric Toledan was just stopping at a service station for a bottle of water. Instead, he becomes the key to Liliana's rescue. If he can keep his secrets hidden, his wealth and position afford him many resources to help her. But the mysterious buyer who funded her capture will not sit idly by while his prize is stolen from him.
      
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Jenny Houle (24 KP) rated The Shack (2017) in Movies

Jan 13, 2018  
The Shack (2017)
The Shack (2017)
2017 | Drama
8
7.8 (6 Ratings)
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Having read, and been completely moved by, the book, this was definitely a movie I went into terrified I would hate. I couldn't imagine how they would capture both the beauty and pain of the story into film adaption. That being said, the movie was surprisingly good. Very little changes from the book, too.
  
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Emma Bradshaw (3 KP) rated As Old As Time in Books

Feb 4, 2018  
As Old As Time
As Old As Time
Liz Braswell | 2016 | Mystery
10
8.7 (7 Ratings)
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Brilliant
Brilliant read took a couple of chapters to get going, and does go back and forth (past and present). It is not as happy as the films. There are twists along the way, you won't see beauty and the beast in the same way again a must for disney fans.