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Lumos (380 KP) rated Redwall in Books

Jan 9, 2018  
Redwall
Redwall
Brian Jacques | 2006 | Children
8
7.7 (7 Ratings)
Book Rating
Great Vocabulary. Action packed (0 more)
Mild violence and language. (0 more)
Engaging!
I have read this book as a read-aloud to my class (5th graders) for two years now. Their reactions are always the same.. A very unexcited groan when I announce that I will be reading it to them for the foreseeable future... and then excited talking and cheering when it is time to read again. This book quickly becomes my class's favorite every year. It is filled with action, a lovable main character (who couldn't love a little warrior mouse in flip-flops that are way too big), and a grungy antagonist that we all love to hate. This book has sparked many "non-readers" to explore more books in this genre. It is wonderful to see them excited in reading and this book helps many of them. There is some mild language, however and many scenes that are a bit gruesome (but that's probably what draws them in to begin with- ha!) so just be warned about that. My brother read this when he was younger and it sticks with him, to this day, as one of his favorites.
  
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ArecRain (8 KP) rated 27 Days to Midnight in Books

Jan 18, 2018  
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27 Days to Midnight
Kristine Kruppa
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This novel far exceeding any expectations I had. The description was more than enough to interest me but I was hooked from day one. I typically don’t like young adult, But Kruppa has a distinct voice that it didn’t feel like young adult. Not to mention it was steampunk. I am a sucker for steampunk although I find that very few authors can pull it off well. Kruppa is among those.

27 Days to Midnight is a fast paced novel filled with wonder and adventure. It has such an interesting concept, although not the first of its find, and Kruppa is a great storyteller. Her easy style makes it a quick read as I was hungry for every word, turning pages before I even realized I had read them. I was so caught up in the story, it wasn’t difficult forget the real world.

Sometimes there are good novels. And then there are novel like this where you can read all the blood, sweat, and tears put into every word. If this sounds like a novel you would be interested in, I implore to not pass it up. Become caught up in Kruppa’s extraordinarily fantasy.
  
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Andy K (10823 KP) rated Night Moves (2014) in Movies

Sep 7, 2019  
Night Moves (2014)
Night Moves (2014)
2014 | Drama
6
7.5 (2 Ratings)
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Not very exciting
The premise of this film sounded interesting, but really was quite boring. The acting and visual landscape shots were good and kept me interested, but a lot of the movie is waiting for things to happen and then waiting after certain things happen.

Two environmentalist partner with an ex military marine to devise a plan to blow up a hydroelectric plant that they believe is harming nature in an act of sabotage. They meet up, iron out the details, then procure the necessary materials they need to get the job done.

Their scheme goes mostly the way they thought with one big exception they find out about the day after the deed is done.

The three handle the news in different ways and with a varied emotional reaction. They then start doubting each other will be able to keep the secret of what they have done and tensions begin to mount.

I hoping was hoping for more going on and there were long sequences where not much actually happened. I found myself checking the time every 20 minutes which is never a good sign.

  
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Erika (17789 KP) Sep 7, 2019

I've been debating watching this movie for a long time, but it does sound super boring.
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Andy K (10823 KP) Sep 7, 2019

Yeah it was kind of a snoozer.
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2482 KP) rated Secrets in the Stacks in Books

Nov 4, 2022  
Secrets in the Stacks
Secrets in the Stacks
Lynn Cahoon | 2022 | Mystery
5
5.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
What Secret Led to Murder?
The newest member of the Survivors’ Book Club is Darcy, who has survived breast cancer as a young adult. While she is finishing up her college degree, she is living with her grandmother and working part time for Rarity Cole at Rarity’s bookstore. Returning home from work one day, Darcy finds her grandmother murdered in their home, and she turns to the book club for help in figuring out what happened. Can they do it?

I was a bit surprised that the characters weren’t reintroduced. Since it had been several months since I read the first in the series, it took me a bit to remember who everyone was. Once I did, I fell under their spell again. I really do like the cast. The story was entertaining, although the ending was weak. While it did answer the big questions, it raised a few more that aren’t addressed. There were some timeline glitches and other editing errors that should have been caught. Hopefully they were addressed between the ARC I read and the finished version. While the characters draw you in, the story should have been better.