Search
Search results
The Food and Cooking of Greece: A Classic Mediterranean Cuisine: History, Traditions, Ingredients and Over 160 Recipes
Book
This title helps you create the evocative tastes and traditions of Greek cuisine easily and simply...
Cheats and Deceits: How Animals and Plants Exploit and Mislead
Book
In nature, trickery and deception are widespread. Animals and plants mimic other objects or species...
Stardew Valley: The Board Game
Tabletop Game
A cooperative board game of farming and friendship based on the Stardew Valley video game by Eric...
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2165 KP) rated McElligot’s Pool in Books
Sep 29, 2021
You Never Know What You’ll Find in McElligot’s Pool
The book opens with Marco, the protagonist from To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, fishing in a pond on the McElligot’s farm. He’s warned that there’s nothing in the pond but junk that people have thrown away. Marco, however, takes a more fanciful outlook on the pool. After all, maybe it’s connected to the sea but a tunnel no one knows about. And, if that’s the case, you never know exactly what you could catch.
This early book from Dr. Seuss is imagination on display. The heart of the book is Marco’s fish stories, which go from the plausible to the outlandish and back again. It’s fun. The rhymes could be a bit better, and the book does feel a bit repetitive, but I remember enjoying this one as a kid, and it still has charm rereading it as an adult. This is early Dr. Seuss, so the illustrations are very detailed pen and ink, some in color and some not. Yes, this is one of the recently banned books. It is banned takes to one page that features Marco’s imaginative take on Eskimo fish. Yes, the drawings on that page are caricatures, but the entire book is filled with caricatures. They fit right in. While this isn’t one of Dr. Seuss’s best books, it is a shame that it won’t be around to spark the imagination of future generations.
This early book from Dr. Seuss is imagination on display. The heart of the book is Marco’s fish stories, which go from the plausible to the outlandish and back again. It’s fun. The rhymes could be a bit better, and the book does feel a bit repetitive, but I remember enjoying this one as a kid, and it still has charm rereading it as an adult. This is early Dr. Seuss, so the illustrations are very detailed pen and ink, some in color and some not. Yes, this is one of the recently banned books. It is banned takes to one page that features Marco’s imaginative take on Eskimo fish. Yes, the drawings on that page are caricatures, but the entire book is filled with caricatures. They fit right in. While this isn’t one of Dr. Seuss’s best books, it is a shame that it won’t be around to spark the imagination of future generations.
Trooper20 (1 KP) rated Subnautica in Video Games
Apr 23, 2019
I haven’t put as much time into the game as I would like but from the 30some odd hrs I have it’s a pretty solid games. Collect, scan, build, and survive. It is at some times tedious but then you fine something new or can dive deeper to get what ya need to build something. It is a little annoying no weapons of the sort but it’s not as horrible as it sounds. Controls get confused at times and aim is off when trying to catch a fish but for most part it’s fun and if I was able to get kore hrs it would have been rated higher as I probably would have been addicted.
Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated The Guardian (2006) in Movies
Feb 7, 2018
Swim for it
A master diver/rescuer for the coast guard Ben Randall (Costner) has an accident at sea and is asked to teach A school cadets (Coast Guard enlistees) the right and wrong ways to save someone and survival skills. A cadet Jake Fischer (Kutcher) has a troubled past from a small town and is a world class swim champ is arrogant and is put to the test by Randall. Will he have to swim for it or be a fish out of water.
A good look into the way Coast Guard divers/rescuers are trained and what they have to endure. The story line is pretty good and the movie dosen't have a dull moment
A good look into the way Coast Guard divers/rescuers are trained and what they have to endure. The story line is pretty good and the movie dosen't have a dull moment
Claire (8 KP) rated Dial M for Merde in Books
Feb 17, 2018
Kind of suspenseful in a Clouseau way! (1 more)
Great witty sarcastic humour
In the south of France, Paul West has a licence to thrill..he's just received an offer he can't refuse..2 weeks in the sun with a beautiful blonde called Gloria Monday
M, as Gloria likes to be called, is producing a report on caviar trafficking - but she's interested in something far more fishy than caviar..
When Paul's best friend Elodie enlists him to do the catering for her wedding..meet her crazy inlaws-to-be..and her ever spaced out fiancé Valery..events start spiralling out of control..the merde is really about to hit the fan
Gaffes, commandos, big fish!
M, as Gloria likes to be called, is producing a report on caviar trafficking - but she's interested in something far more fishy than caviar..
When Paul's best friend Elodie enlists him to do the catering for her wedding..meet her crazy inlaws-to-be..and her ever spaced out fiancé Valery..events start spiralling out of control..the merde is really about to hit the fan
Gaffes, commandos, big fish!
Sarah Betts (103 KP) rated Curse of the Dead-Eyed Doll in Books
Dec 31, 2019
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
I wanted to read this book because the title reminded me of a John Bellairs book and then i found out it was based on the Robert doll!
So thanks, Jolly Fish Press, because it was an absolute delight!
Al for some reason taunts a doll in a museum and starts to see spooky things. Nothing too nefarious, thought, because this is a middle grade book.
The atmosphere is wonderfully creepy as Al wonders if he's really being haunted or losing his mind.
I really liked the illustrations. I feel they added a lot to the atmosphere of the story.
I wanted to read this book because the title reminded me of a John Bellairs book and then i found out it was based on the Robert doll!
So thanks, Jolly Fish Press, because it was an absolute delight!
Al for some reason taunts a doll in a museum and starts to see spooky things. Nothing too nefarious, thought, because this is a middle grade book.
The atmosphere is wonderfully creepy as Al wonders if he's really being haunted or losing his mind.
I really liked the illustrations. I feel they added a lot to the atmosphere of the story.
150 Slow Cooker Recipes: Inspired Ideas for Everyday Cooking
Book
The 150 Recipes series is a must-have in your kitchen! Check out these simple, quick, home-cook...
Argentinian Street Food
Enrique Zanoni and Gaston Stivelmaher
Book
Bringing you authentic recipes that sit at the heart of the Argentina's cuisine, Argentinian Street...