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Leah (: (569 KP) rated Bookbub in Apps

Sep 9, 2018  
Bookbub
Bookbub
Book
10
8.4 (32 Ratings)
App Rating
What could be better than free books??

I love getting by daily email of book bargains (: most days I end up downloading a free book, not quite sure I will get round to reading them all so I now have to be quite selective over my books.

Everyday there are some free recommendations and some which you have to pay for but are still a bargain. I only ever get the books which are free as there are that many books and not enough time to read them that I have to whittle down the list somehow.

I also only look at amazon as a retailer although there were most other common ebook sellers available to pick and you could pick multiple retailers. I always get a good selection so I assume the others are similar.

Overall just a brilliant idea and it saves me loads of time finding books to read as I get daily suggestions based on the genre preferences (: seriously if you read then sign up now!!
  
Office Space (1999)
Office Space (1999)
1999 | Comedy
story (0 more)
Yeah if you could just come on on Saturday that would be great
A look into the life of working in a office and the daily crap that people have to put up with. From the annoying boss to misfit cubical mate. It also shows off how work goes in other dead end jobs. For those of us think we have it bad at our jobs have a look into the lives of these people and see if your anything like them.
  
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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated The Unseen in Books

Jul 24, 2017  
The Unseen
The Unseen
Don Bartlett, Roy Jacobsen, Don Shaw | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Stark look at Norwegian rural life
A wonderful and bleak look into Norwegian farm life and the difficulties faced daily trying to adhere to modern life. There are plenty of tragedies in the Barroy family, but they seem to deal with the toil to the best of their abilities.

The translation may have obscured some of the dialogue, which seemed like it was set in Scotland rather than Scandinavia but the writing is sharp and descriptive without over cluttering the main plot.
  
Symptoms of Being Human
Symptoms of Being Human
Jeff Garvin | 2016 | LGBTQ+, Young Adult (YA)
9
9.3 (4 Ratings)
Book Rating
Very informative about a gender fluid teen and the daily struggles. (0 more)
No problems that I noticed (0 more)
Adorable! Highly recommend!!
Very well written, and is great to show people the gender fluid/ non-gender side of LGBT. ? it shows struggles and how they deal with it. Also there isn't a romance here, which most LGBT do have some kind of romance plot, but this book doesn't. Which is great for those who don't want mushy stuff or romance. ??? VERY highly recommend!!!
  
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Trish (4 KP) rated As You Wish in Books

Feb 8, 2018  
As You Wish
As You Wish
Chelsea Sedoti | 2018 | Young Adult (YA)
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
*Thanks to Netgalley and BookishFirst for the Advanced Reader's Copies*

I couldn't put this book down. It stuck with me while going about my daily chores. I had conversations about it with others. It really made me think and mull over the question - what if you only got one wish on your 18th birthday?

It only took me a few nights to finish and even now it's on my mind. I highly recommend this quick, light, and thought provoking read.
  
True Light (Restoration, #3)
True Light (Restoration, #3)
Terri Blackstock | 2007 | Mystery
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is the third book in a series set in a modern world were modern technology has failed. It's winter, which has made daily survival very hard. Yet things get worse when Mark Green is accused of murder. Can the Branning family clear him? Once again, I was pulled into this world. And the mystery was actually well developed here as well.

Read my full review by <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/04/book-review-true-light-by-terri.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
Disney Emoji Blitz
Disney Emoji Blitz
Games
Addicting!
I have been playing Disney Emoji Blitz for well over a year now and am still in love with it. I love that I can take the emojis I earn and use them in texts (nerd alert: I am a self-proclaimed Disneyholic)! And there are always new emojis being added and challenges that reset daily, so there's no sense of being stuck in one place to me. Through all my app-hunting, this is by far one of my favorites!
  
Escaping Reality (The Secret Life of Amy Bensen, #1)
8
7.7 (7 Ratings)
Book Rating
Characters (1 more)
Plot
Escape into your headspace!
If you want an escape from the daily grind with a little mystery, sexual chemistry and a surprise ending, that you won't see coming...read Escaping Reality! Definitely a page turner with spot on character interactions that give little risk and reward. Plus, this mystery will keep you guessing as you are pulled deeper into Amy Bensen's back ground story and uncover more about her and why she is running undercover for her life.
  
Mile 22 (2018)
Mile 22 (2018)
2018 | Action
You'd have to get up pretty early in the morning to find a more obnoxious film than Mile 22 (2018). #Review
“Mile 22” is a movie every bit as toxically moronic, tone-deaf and self-flagellating as a daily schedule which starts the day at 2:30am for literally no good reason. It’s a hateful, ignorant and needlessly, excessively profane geopolitical cartoon scrawled in crayon on the bathroom stall of cinema; a Neanderthal cave painting, rendered in excrement....

Full Review: bit.ly/CraggusMile22
  
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Roger Corman recommended 8 1/2 (1963) in Movies (curated)

 
8 1/2 (1963)
8 1/2 (1963)
1963 | International, Comedy, Drama
9.0 (2 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"Perhaps all directors only make films about themselves. If so, this film is the apex, the zenith, of all narcissistic or self-reflexive endeavors. It’s Freud gone Italian: alienation in autos and a screaming ascent into some rarified atmosphere, then, of course, what goes up must come crashing down. And then it peels another layer off to ask: what does a filmmaker do in midlife creative crisis? How does one reinvent authenticity? I think most directors ask themselves that daily."

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