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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1) in Books

Jan 6, 2021

City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)

Cassandra Clare | 2007 | Paranormal, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)

8.0

(18 Ratings)

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To say this seemed like a love it or hate it book, I'm one who doesn't lean either way. I liked it but I didn't love it.

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.

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Andy Gill recommended Dread Locks Dread by Big Youth in Music (curated)

"The pre-dub stuff, which basically was called ska, was a bit faster: you've got Desmond Dekker, Dave & Ansell Collins, Jimmy Cliff. So skinheads loved that in the early 70s and rock fans looked up their nose at it. There were lots of silly lyrics. Rock fans who were into Clapton and Hendrix thought, ""What is this shit?"" That's probably part of the reason I loved it so much. Dread Locks Dread is an awesome, awesome record. I used to hate the way white rock bands would occasionally throw in a reggae number. But the whole reggae thing, the whole thing of instruments dropping out with dub reggae: suddenly the guitar will disappear and it's just the drums and bass, or the drums and bass will drop out and it's just the guitar. That kind of stuff. That awesome spaciousness. That's definitely something that very strongly influenced Gang Of Four."

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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated The Great Ex-Scape in Books

Sep 3, 2019

The Great Ex-Scape

Jo Watson | 2019 | Romance

9.0

(1 Ratings)

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So this is my third book by the author and joint favourite with Love to Hate You and my second read in the Destination Love series. I liked this one more than After the Rain because they got up to so much stuff and the romance was pretty cute. Slow going but inevitable because they were so great for each other. I absolutely loved the journey around Reunion Island--it sounds like an amazing place and I could easily imagine the characters getting up to the mischief they did on such a lovely setting.

I also loved the bits of humour that were thrown in here and there and I did have to bite back laughter a few times at the craziness of what was going on.

I will definitely be keeping my eyes open for more of this authors books in the future.