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Dear Daughter

Elizabeth Little

9.0 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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Gone Girl meets Mean Girls in this sharp and clever thriller from the publishers of The Never List....

Talia Jackson recommended Night Hawk in Books (curated)

Night Hawk

Beverly Jenkins | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics, Romance

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"Captured used to be my favourite Jenkins romance, but Night Hawk recently took the top spot because its lead couple is just so brilliant. This historical romance follows an infamous Wild West gunslinger turned US Marshall as he transports a feisty prisoner. They prove her innocence, fall in love, thwart various nefarious plots on their journey home, and generally run around being badass. I especially fell in love with the plucky, witty heroine and her completely relatable thirst for revenge."

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Historia de un clan

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The Puccio are apparently a family like any other: Archimedes, the father has a plan in hand, for...

Hazel (2934 KP) rated Game Players in Books

Jul 22, 2018

Game Players

Anita Waller | 2018 | Crime, Thriller

8.4

(8 Ratings)

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This is an intense and enthralling read with sharp contrasts between the innocence of youth and the dark underbelly of society. It is unique in that it centres around a group of 6 young children enjoying the freedom of childhood until they naively become embroiled in something that will change their lives forever.

Well written, great pace, fantastic characters and a complex plot makes this book a must read.

Thanks to the publisher, Bloodhound Books, via NetGalley for my copy in return for an honest review.

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Just Cause (1995)

5.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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Bobby Earl is facing the electric chair for the murder of a young girl. Eight years after the crime...

Christopher Hobbs recommended The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde inseglet) (1957) in Movies (curated)

The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde inseglet) (1957)

1957 | Action, International, Classics

7.8

(4 Ratings)

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"An old myth retold by Ingmar Bergman: the story of the knight who cheats Death, one of the loss of faith, of redemption, of the triumph of innocence in the person of the holy fool and his young family. Although one might expect doom and gloom, there is comedy and great beauty, but mixed with a feeling of relentless fate. The shot of the dead reeling across the horizon in a macabre dance, though seen only briefly, must be one of the most famous images on film."

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A Spell of Winter

Helen Dunmore

9.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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The inaugural winner of England's prestigious Orange Prize, A Spell of Winter is a compelling...

Veronica Pena (690 KP) rated The Perks of Being a Wallflower in Books

Jan 6, 2020 (Updated Feb 10, 2020)

I am hopelessly in love with this novel. I remember reading it for the first time when I was in middle school at some point - I'm thinking 8th grade. I remember crying my eyes out at the end and then having to go downstairs for dinner and being unable to think about anything else other than Charlie and his story and everything that he'd been through and how I related and understood and just wanted to give him a hug. I have that same feeling now.

When I read this book initially, I was in a really bad place - probably one of the worst places I have ever been in my life and I remember how much I wanted to feel like Charlie did at the end of the novel. Now, almost 9 years later, I am working to get to that place, to heal and take care of myself and put pieces back together that I forgot about or pushed away or that just didn't really fit right in the first place. Coincidentally, my therapist told me that this is the perfect book for me to read right now with everything I have going on in my life and I couldn't agree more.

I love all of these characters, I love the plot, I love that Charlie's innocence just radiates off the page but it's not a boyish innocence that is underwhelming and sometimes frustrating like it is in other novels, but it's pure and he's just doing his best and he fiercely loves and protects those he cares about. It's like his innocence is his love and he loves so well.

I think this book will be one that I tell my kids about, urge them to read, and hope they tell their kids and they tell theirs. I love this book that much.