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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon | 2012 | Fiction & Poetry
8.3 (7 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"Before that, I read a book called The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. I go to bookstores when I’m in London or America. I get a coffee and keep browsing for hours—something I can’t do in India. I come back home with a bagful of books. I’m always stopped at customs as they think I’m carrying some heavy electronic items!"

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Natalie Mering recommended Caramel by Connan Mockasin in Music (curated)

 
Caramel by Connan Mockasin
Caramel by Connan Mockasin
2013 | Alternative, Indie
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Album Favorite

"This record is a gift that keeps on giving. I listened to the CD on a loop for months in my car. It’s unsuspecting: On first listen, it just sounded like one long song, but upon closer inspection, there’s a whole universe of small, strange moments, peaks and valleys. It’s a progressive concept album—both extremely heavy and lighthearted—with some beautiful sadness sprinkled in between."

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Cori June (3033 KP) rated The Inferno in Books

Jul 14, 2021  
The Inferno
The Inferno
Dante Alighieri, John Lotherington | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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Abandon all hope ye who enter here
A very influential book that has in ways I didn't realize has made references and framed how I think of things before I ever read the book.
It is a heavy read and as you progress down the circles of hell the descriptions get more and more gruesome. I think everyone should read this at least once.
  
Detroit (2017)
Detroit (2017)
2017 | Drama, History, Thriller
Fascinatingly horrific
A film that follows the horrific events of what happened in Detroit in 1967 that reflects not only what society was like then but what it is still like today. It's thought-provoking and gut-wrenching and you leave the cinema with a heavy feeling in your gut. It's a little too long, bits can definitely be trimmed off here and there. It's a film everyone needs to see.
  
Think and Grow Rich
Think and Grow Rich
Napoleon Hill | 1937 | Business & Finance, History & Politics, Mind, Body & Spiritual
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8.5 (2 Ratings)
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One of your must reads
It maybe an old book (mentioning the great American depression more than once) but the information will never go out of date. As I stated it's not a light read but you get a history lesson, a self help and business book all rolled into one. It should be on the list of must read books in your lifetime.
  
Shadow and Bone (The Grisha #1)
Shadow and Bone (The Grisha #1)
Leigh Bardugo | 2012 | Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)
Give me more Darkling
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Amazing writing, complex storyline but not hard to follow with deep and wonderfully developed characters. This was quickly absorbing and totally unpredictable. The description was perfectly pitched, not too heavy but I was able to paint the world easily in my mind. I listened on audio and the narration was superb.

I favour the Darkling. Does that make me dark?