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LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Outlaw King (2018) in Movies
Nov 20, 2020
Opens with the threat of sweeping, gorgeous spectacle but not long after just sort of settles for a collection of watchable action scenes - and that's fine I guess. You've still got Taylor-Johnson in tasty nut mode (complete with peculiar accent) and some dirty, brute violence that doesn't fully satisfy but comes closer than a lot of these outings usually do. Nothing special whatsoever and actually made me retroactively second-guess how good 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 actually was but you could do worse. I'm just tired of this rote historical B.S.
Liberty Boston (93 KP) rated Kristina: The Girl King, Sweden, 1638 in Books
Mar 15, 2021
Yes! I HAVE A COPY! Thank the Lord for my awesome stepmom!
I finished this one really quickly thanks to some sleepless nights and I really enjoyed it. I don't get why Kristina's mother hated Sweden so much the mental images the descriptions conjured were beautiful. I love the historical details and how tomboyish Kristina is.
I just don't know what else to say about this book.
It was such a joy to read and I'll probably keep re-reading it like the others I own.
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Still fun
I finished this one really quickly thanks to some sleepless nights and I really enjoyed it. I don't get why Kristina's mother hated Sweden so much the mental images the descriptions conjured were beautiful. I love the historical details and how tomboyish Kristina is.
I just don't know what else to say about this book.
It was such a joy to read and I'll probably keep re-reading it like the others I own.
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Still fun
Meghan Udell recommended Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting in Books (curated)
Andrew Solomon recommended Poems: The Centenary Edition in Books (curated)
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Oct 5, 2020
The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated A Light of Her Own in Books
Oct 5, 2020 (Updated Oct 5, 2020)
Judith Leyster was a painter who lived in 17th Century Holland, and one of the first females to be admitted to the famed Haarlem Guild of St. Luke. You can read my #bookreview of “A Light of Her Own” by Carrie Callaghan on my blog now, which is part of the Historical Fiction Virtual Blog Tours, where you can enter to win a copy of this fascinating book here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2018/11/17/book-review-and-giveaway-blog-tour-a-light-of-her-own-by-carrie-callaghan/
The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Becoming Bonnie in Books
Oct 5, 2020
Probably the most famous of criminal duos is Bonnie and Clyde. Their spree of murder and theft ended up with a shoot-out that ended their young lives in the spring of 1934. In her debut novel, Jenni Walsh attempts to paint a fictional portrait of the woman who made up half of this team, from the sketchy information available, and no small amount of innovative flights of fancy on Walsh's part. Read my review of this historical fiction novel in my review here.
https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2017/05/31/constructing-a-criminal/
https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2017/05/31/constructing-a-criminal/
The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Ecstasy in Books
Oct 5, 2020
Most people may have heard of the names Gustav Mahler and Gustav Klimt, but the names Alma Mahler and Alma Maria Schindler probably mean nothing to you. Admittedly they didn’t to me either. However, with Mary Sharratt’s newest novel, I’m glad to have finally had the chance to learn something about one very interesting woman. If you read my review of this book on my blog here, you’ll find out where all these names, and more, come together in one historical fiction novel.
https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2018/07/07/an-eve-or-a-lilith/
https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2018/07/07/an-eve-or-a-lilith/
The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Mistress of the Ritz in Books
Oct 5, 2020
When it comes to the French Resistance of WWII, the names Blanche and Claude Auzello aren’t all that well-known. Thankfully, Melanie Benjamin has just written a biographical, historical fiction novel about them, and especially about Blanche, who during the Nazi occupation of Paris, was known as the “Mistress of the Ritz” and she was the wife of the hotel’s manager, Claude. You can find my review of this amazing book on my blog here (Thanks for the free book, @PRHGlobal/@prhinternational.) https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2019/05/24/puttin-on-the-resistance/
The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated A Well-Behaved Woman in Books
Oct 6, 2020
During the Gilded Age, New York’s high-society shunned the “Nuevo Riche” no matter how much wealth they had. This was true until Alva Smith decided to turn around both her own fortunes and the standing of the Vanderbilt family by marrying their last eligible son, William. Author Therese Anne Fowler tells this story in her latest book “A Well-Behaved Woman,” and you can find my review of this historical fiction novel, on my blog now.
https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2018/10/06/the-gilding-of-a-lady/
https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2018/10/06/the-gilding-of-a-lady/