America 51: A Probe into the Realities That are Hiding Inside the Greatest Country in the World
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The always-outspoken hard rock vocalist Corey Taylor begins America 51 with a reflection on what his...
The Rose Society
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Adelina Amouteru’s heart has suffered at the hands of both family and friends, turning her down...
Jolly Foul Play
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This is the fantastic new mystery from the author of Murder Most Unladylike. Daisy Wells and Hazel...
The Family
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THE FAMILY by Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Martina Cole gets right to the core of family life and...
Funeral Rites
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Jean Genet began to write his third novel in late 1943, but the piece was to be changed utterly by...
KyleQ (267 KP) rated The Host (2006) in Movies
Jul 22, 2020
Directed by Bon Joon Ho (Parasite, Okja, Snowpiercer), The Host blends horror, drama, and comedy seamlessly together.
When it was released in the USA, The Host was dubbed over, oddly enough. Generally, I hate dubbed live-action movies because they're always so cheesy, but the cheese really fits into this movie, making it more fun.
The films lead is Kang-ho Song (Parasite) who does a great job, he is believable, likable, and humorous. I empathized with him, surprisingly.
I did wish that the pace was a little quicker and that the monster would've been in the film more. But in general, I enjoyed the movie. I would recommend it to fans of monster movies, but really I'll recommend it to everyone.
Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body
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Sometimes I confuse myself. I get wildly and pointlessly jealous. I spend too much time hating my...
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Hate F*@k: Part 1 (The Horus Group, #1) in Books
Jan 6, 2021
I have no idea where the name came from for this because there isn't much hate going on or f*@king for that matter. There's a lot of tension and few sexual interactions but not too much--which is good as far as I'm concerned. Too much puts me off.
Another thing I liked was there was actually a plot to this book--with the name you can never be too sure--and I enjoyed it. The tension was brilliant and I couldn't wait for it to peak which it did right at the end.
As for the other part of the story, the family issue and Cole's secrets I am very intrigued by that ending. What the hell happened?!
I think I'll have to get the second part just to find out.
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1) in Books
Jan 6, 2021
The first bit bored me, the middle bit was interesting and the end was a bit of a disappointment but considering the second part takes up most of the book, I'm giving it three stars.
I didn't like Clary either, to me she came across as really annoying and whiney--maybe it was her age--while I liked Jace from the start. Isabelle took a bit of warming up to and Alec never really said much but his actions spoke well enough for him.
It took me a long time to read this which is unusual for me with books, I normally devour them in a day or two and this took me a good weeks worth of reading or so.