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Digging for Victory: Gardens and Gardening in Wartime Britain

Twigs Way and Mike Brown

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Beans as bullets', 'Vegetables for Victory' and 'Cloches against Hitler': these slogans convey just...

Samueljhague (1250 KP) rated CVlizations in Tabletop Games

Nov 12, 2020 (Updated Nov 12, 2020)

CVlizations

2015 | Card Game, Civilization, Humor

4.5

(2 Ratings)

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Card Drafting, Quick gameplay, fun sense of humor, goofy art. (0 more)

Not really a Civilization game, but close. The game pieces leave something to be desired. (0 more)

Quick Tableau Builder

This is a quick game that is as close to a Civilization game can get in 30 minutes or so. Players could end up taking long turns, if they are overthinking their turns. Enjoy, the fast pace of the game and just play tactically, not strategically. There is quite a bit of luck in which cards show up, but it shouldn't matter. The game doesn't take itself too seriously, neither should you, just enjoy the short engaging brain tickle this game gives.

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Eleanor (1463 KP) rated Mother May I in Books

Apr 18, 2021

Mother May I

Joshilyn Jackson | 2021 | Contemporary, Thriller

9.3

(4 Ratings)

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Engaging Thriller

This book didn't waste any time getting going while still giving us a good feeling for the characters.

With the abduction of the youngest child of a content wealthy mother of three, Bree Cabbat, I did wonder if we were going to go down a path too frequently travelled in thrillers of late for me. But the twists hit early and hard leaving me gripped.

Jackson again demonstrates a writing style that gets me on board with characters I would usually have little regard for, making me desperate to find out their fate.

Many thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the copy.

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David Schwartz recommended Cleo From 5 to 7 (Cléo de 5 à 7) (1961) in Movies (curated)

Cleo From 5 to 7 (Cléo de 5 à 7) (1961)

1961 | International, Drama

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"Agnès Varda’s New Wave masterpiece about a famous singer/fashion model who abandons her blond wig and rediscovers her identity on the streets of Paris is jam-packed with vivid detail, an expressive graphic style, and an eye for urban chaos, and is at least as engaging and inventive as Breathless and The 400 Blows. While waiting for this film to enter its rightful place in the canon of great movies, buy it now and enjoy its distinctly up-to-date sensibility. More than forty years after it was made, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a perfect movie for our times, digging beneath the surface of fashion and celebrity culture."

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Colin Hanks recommended Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) in Movies (curated)

"I really, genuinely don’t like favorite lists because you always leave stuff out. So there are a lot of important films I could put in like The Godfather Part II, perhaps, or The Godfather Part I, but I’m going to go with The Empire Strikes Back for number three only because it’s Empire Strikes Back! I don’t think I need to say why. It’s so good. It takes what arguably could be just a simple science fiction movie and really takes it to this other place that is just so engaging and so believable and dramatic as well. Not overly dramatic, but dramatic. I love that film a great deal."

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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated The Hunt is On (The Patroness, #2) in Books

Sep 6, 2019

The Patroness' story continues in this one and we see the return of Kylian. The heat is still there between them and we have a few hot scenes. I'm loving the build up between them and cant wait for book three because I've heard some good things from the author in relation to these two.

The plotline was just as engaging in this as the first and we see more characters join and some of our favourites return as we go on another exciting journey through the streets of Paris.

This is a must if you want to find a new name in urban fantasy.