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Dana Gisser (4 KP) rated Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp in Apps

Dec 26, 2017  
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
Games
8
7.4 (27 Ratings)
App Rating Watch
decorating (2 more)
friendship
reward system
repetitive (0 more)
I'm on level 24 now and I absolutely enjoy this game and all the animals, new ones become available each level which is fun. I was worried I'd start playing and then not be able to get very far without spending real money on in-app purchases but it's really easy to gain coins and tickets. I wish that in addition to new animals there were new places on the map unlocked after certain levels or that locations switched the way animals do? Sometimes the animals say the same thing over and over or repeat the dialogue others use which can get sort of monotonous but it's still a lot of fun. I think more friends that played would make it more fun for me personally but even so I really enjoy it.
  
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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated The Wicked Cometh in Books

Jan 1, 2018  
The Wicked Cometh
The Wicked Cometh
Laura Carlin | 2018 | Mystery, Romance
8
9.3 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
Enjoyable, easy read
Rich in atmosphere, characterisation and vocabulary, this historical fiction follows the character of Hester White, an 18-year-old living in squalid conditions in 19th century London. A carriage accident may well prove her salvation - passenger, the charismatic Calder Brock, seems determined to rescue her from the gutter, his sister Rebekah to be entrusted with her education.

Following closely in Sarah Waters' footsteps, this is a Victorian pastiche that returns to those perennials of murder, identity, prostitution and female survival. Carlin writes with fluency and conjures up a grim, dank, seedy London where the only sanctuary for our heroine is in female friendship

While this is an enjoyable read, it does feel more generic than original, and there are some clumsy tricks such as the extended death-bed confession/life-story at the end. Great for fans of Victoriana.
  
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ArecRain (8 KP) rated Taran Wanderer (The Chronicles of Prydain #4) in Books

Jan 18, 2018  
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Taran Wanderer (The Chronicles of Prydain #4)
Lloyd Alexander | 1967 | Science Fiction/Fantasy
10
9.0 (4 Ratings)
Book Rating
If the third of the series is my favorite, I love this novel infinitely more. I forgot what it was like to read such great literature that each pages inspires you to think and wonder. No body writes literature like this anymore, such thought provoking, enthralling books that bring you so close to the characters that you almost don't want to finish the novel for fear of losing such a friendship. You share their pains, triumphs, frustrations, and joys that it's almost heartbreaking to finish.

Taran Wanderer starts out with Taran setting out to search for his lineage so that he will have no doubts about asking Eilonway to marry him. Instead, he creates one of the greatest tales about finding ones self. If Taran existed here and now, I would demand that we be friends.
  
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Andy K (10827 KP) rated Very Good Girls (2014) in Movies

Jul 22, 2018  
Very Good Girls (2014)
Very Good Girls (2014)
2014 | Drama
7
8.0 (2 Ratings)
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Surprisingly sweet
I usually don't have much hope for original Netflix or Amazon Prime movies figuring if they were good a studio would have purchased them or they would have played in theatres; however, I thought this one was sweet. I do enjoy both Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen so I thought I would give it a try.

Two friends decide they want to have sex before going to college. Unfortunately, they decide on the same guy as their companion without telling the other. Relationships get complicated for sure.

Certainly not going to win any awards, but I thought the acting was solid all around including supporting performances by Ellen Barkin, Clark Gregg, Demi Moore and Richard Dreyfuss.

The dialogue was touching in spots and when things get complicated, you are really rooting for the friendship to ensure.
  
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CKD (37 KP) rated Home Front in Books

Dec 7, 2018  
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Home Front
Kristin Hannah | 2012
10
10.0 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
This book was great! I won it through the Goodreads pre-release program and received it in the mail just a few days prior to its release to the public. The story focuses on Jolene, her family and her friendship with Tami and her family. Jolene and Tami are helicopter pilots in the Guard, raising their families on the West Coast and neighbors. Jolene's husband is an attorney and they have two daughters. Jolene's husband does not approve of the war and thinks it's something that is happening "over there" and not something that affects us here in America. Until Jolene and Tami get deployed and he has to reconfigure his entire life to be a single parent while Jolene is gone. This is a wonderful story that is beautifully told and I highly recommend it.