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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Crossing the Line (World Apart, 1) in Books

Jan 11, 2021

I'm working my way through a list of books found here: http://booklikes.com/apps/reading-lists/146/books-to-fall-in-love-with on BookLikes and that's the only reason I've read this.

It's also turned out to be the first on it of the seven I've read, that I haven't liked. DNF @ 39%.

I don't know if it had anything to do with my lack of love for NA books as of so many months ago but I didn't gel with the storyline or the characters, though I did like the hero's Aussie-isms (they remind me a lot of British lingo).

If I don't get into the story then I can't be arsed to read sex scenes between characters and these two couldn't seem to get enough of each other.

Not for me, this one.

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Autumn: An Anthology for the Changing Seasons

Melissa Harrison and The Wildlife Trusts

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Autumn is a time of transformation. Crisp, clear days mark summer's close and usher in a new season...

Dave D's Diary

Sue Morgan

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Welcome to the true diary of the loveable and handsome rescue collie, Dave Dog, written from his own...

ClareR (5911 KP) rated Girl, Woman, Other in Books

Aug 23, 2020

Girl, Woman, Other

Bernardine Evaristo | 2020 | Fiction & Poetry, LGBTQ+

10.0

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There is a reason why this book won the Man Booker Prize 2019 (jointly with Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments). It’s perfection, in my opinion.

This is written in 12 chapters, each featuring a named character. They’re Black (one unknowingly so), British (although one no longer lives in the UK and thinks of herself as American) and Female (and one no longer identifies as female). They’re all different ages and from different backgrounds, but some are linked, and these characters are linked in grouped chapters.

I loved the writing style - a kind of prose poetry - with a lack of capital letters and punctuation. After a couple of pages of acclimatisation, it became a really fluid read - like a thought process.

I really enjoyed reading about their different lifestyles, different origins and where their lives took them.

A really satisfying, thought provoking read.

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Barry Newman (204 KP) rated A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019) in Movies

Jun 12, 2020

It's unashamedly sentimental and certainly won't be to everyone's tastes but when the news is full of horrible depressing stuff like racism and the bloody virus sometimes you just want a big warm hug of a film and this certainly delivers on that. Being British I am not familiar with Mr Rogers and the film is not really a biopic of him, more so the influence his positivity has on other people and the story concerns his relationship with a cynical journalist tasked with interviewing him whose struggling with family issues. You can see how it's all going to end up but it's a journey worth taking. Hanks is as charming and likeable as ever and the film left with me a big smile on my face and in this day and age that is always something to be thankful for.