The Bloody Chorus
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Two empires...one in decline, the other ascendant and hungry for conquest... Upon his father’s...
Lost Shores of Thonis
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A year ago, Azizi's island home abruptly sank into the Mediterranean, drowning her family, culture,...
Historical Mystery Ancient Egypt
Ghosting Academy (The Limerent Series #4)
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It’s been years since Amelie abandoned her home to become an elite agent of the Academy. In its...
Contemporary Urban Fantasy Psychological Suspense Thriller
Hearts of Stone
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1938. A perfect summer on the Greek island of Lefkas for three young people untroubled by the...
Eye of the Dolphin (2006)
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Alyssa is a troubled 14-year old, suspended from school a year after her mother has drowned. Her...
David McK (3798 KP) rated The Rock (1996) in Movies
Jul 12, 2023
We're talking the likes of National Treasure, Con-Air, Face/Off. And this, his first entry in that mold from 1996.
Also starring Sean Connery in a Bind-in-all-but-name role, this sees Cage playing the part of an FBI chemical expert who has to accompany Connery and US Marines on a mission to infiltrate Alcatraz (Connery's role being as the only man to ever escape from said prison) after a group of disillusioned Marines - led by Ed Harris - seize control of the island and have chemical weapons pointing at San Francisco.
I think this may be the first Michael Bay film I ever saw; looking back on it now I can see that, even back then, it has all the hallmarks of one of his films!
David McK (3798 KP) rated The Suicide Squad (2021) in Movies
May 27, 2023
Like Aliens and not Alien.
A sort-of sequel to the earlier movie (here, Suicide Squad), with some of the same characters - most noticeably, Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn - although it is by no means necessary to have watched that earlier movie.
This is also a fair bit bloodier/messier than I remember said earlier movie being, and has absolutely no mention of either Batman or the Joker (unless you count Quinn's aversion to personalised number plates? See The Jokers car ...) to distract from the plot here, which sees the group of super-villains (all with a tracker and bomb implanted in their head) all sent on a mission to the island of Corto Maltese to destroy a Nazi-era prison and laboratory.
Of the 2 movies, I think this is the better.
It's definitely a James Gunn film through and through!
Isle of Skye: 2016
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Are you planning a visit to the Isle of Skye? Do you enjoy a walk in the country or a leisurely...
50 Beaches to Blow Your Mind
Lonely Planet and Ben Handicott
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From the people who have been delivering trustworthy guidebooks to every destination in the world...
Christina Haynes (148 KP) rated The Book Jumper in Books
Sep 18, 2018
Amy learns how to be one through lessons with the other students who to can Book Jump. She learns the history of the two families and how a manuscript 100's of years ago was destroyed. She is then given her first book to jump into and protect - The Jungle Book.
Whilst Amy is in the world of books she meets some great allies and experiences some great stories. But whilst she is in one book with a friend of hers, she hears that someone or something has been stealing ideas from the stories. They are stealing the thing that makes that story, the thing that starts that story off...
But who is stealing these ideas, on the island she lives there is only around 6 people. But is the thief from the island or is there more to who is stealing and why?
This book was so good and I loved every moment of it.
☕☕☕☕ 4 – I REALLY LIKED IT
Love,
Christina xx
