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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated The Star Thief (Star Thief Chronicles, #1) in Books

Jan 7, 2021  
The Star Thief (Star Thief Chronicles, #1)
The Star Thief (Star Thief Chronicles, #1)
Jamie Grey | 2014
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
3.25 stars.

I'm not the biggest fan of sci-fi stories, I'll admit, but the cover has been taunting me for a while, both on Amazon and on here, so when the price was only 77p I thought, "Why not?

We were thrown straight into Renna's world as jumped straight into her first job of the book and it was a whirlwind of escapes, fighting and pulling off what seems impossible from there until the end.

I loved the tension between Renna and Finn! Even from the start you could tell something was brewing and I really enjoyed reading about it.

As for the rest of the crew, I grew to like them, even the Pirate :)

The ending has left me wanting to jump straight into the next book just to see if Renna and the crew can kick bad guy arse!
  
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Yoko Ono recommended Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide in Books (curated)

 
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Nicholas D. Kristof | 2009
4.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"This is a very important book. It is the only book about oppression of WOMEN in Asia and Africa, so far that I have read, that gives the work of women turning the oppression into opportunity for them to create economic independence for them and for all women of the region. Every book on the same subject I’ve read just described the horrors. But this is about the women fighting back successfully without bloodshed! The title, taken from a Chinese proverb, says it all: ‘Women hold up half the sky.’ This book is different from others about gender oppression: It illustrates how women in Africa and Asia are leading a courageous, strong crusade. It is a story of empowerment. We can learn from their wisdom. This book takes a sad song and makes it better, so to speak."

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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Immoral: Tales of a Vampire Hunter (#1) in Books

Jan 12, 2021  
Immoral: Tales of a Vampire Hunter (#1)
Immoral: Tales of a Vampire Hunter (#1)
Zander Vyne | 2013
1
1.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
DNF at 39%

When I saw this advertised on one of the many e-book discount emails I get, I thought it sounded really good and I downloaded it straight away. When I started it, I still thought it was pretty good. It just kinda went a bit downhill from there.

There was no build up to any of the sex. It was like meet, say a few words, go back to the hotel and have sex. I didn't get it.

Then came the second vampire. There was just an instant connection and instead of fighting it because you're mortal enemies, you run off together...? I gave up after that.

I didn't feel a connection to the characters or for their "relationship". Not for me at all. I like to read the romance and I couldn't find it in this.