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Michelle (114 KP) rated The Secret Life of Bees in Books
Mar 24, 2018
Read this book in our book group last year. about a young girl who wins her classes spelling bee and ends up taking part in other spelling bees outwith her class and cause she won those as well her father keeps her spelling more and more words and entering spelling bees all over to the extent the girl feel forced by her father to enter them and not just enter them but to win them as well that she feels pressurised all the time.
Awix (3310 KP) rated Tell It to the Bees (2019) in Movies
Jul 24, 2019 (Updated Jul 25, 2019)
Well-staged hats-and-ciggies period drama struggles to find anything new to say, or indeed to surprise or engage in any way. Much-put-upon single mum (Grainger) meets newly-arrived town doctor (Paquin) in a laborious cute-meet; what follows you can probably write for yourself, with the exception of a really weird climax involving bees (the bees are a sort of motif throughout, but it's still weird).
Reasonably good acting, although Paquin's attempt at a Scottish accent is not particularly easy on the ear. The problem is that the film is deeply predictable and not especially subtle (the girl-on-girl stuff is classily handled, though). I found it quite heavy going; the bit with the magic bees is a genuine 'You WHAT?' moment bafflingly at odds with the dour realism of much of the rest of the film.
Reasonably good acting, although Paquin's attempt at a Scottish accent is not particularly easy on the ear. The problem is that the film is deeply predictable and not especially subtle (the girl-on-girl stuff is classily handled, though). I found it quite heavy going; the bit with the magic bees is a genuine 'You WHAT?' moment bafflingly at odds with the dour realism of much of the rest of the film.
I’ll Bee Home for Christmas
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When former celebrity chef Jackie Norwood travels to Haymes, Oklahoma, for the annual Honey...