Starfish
Book
Kiko Himura has always had a hard time saying exactly what she’s thinking. With a mother who makes...
The Kindness of Women
Book
The fascinating, and largely autobiographical, sequel to J G Ballard’s prize-winning ‘Empire of...
David McK (3372 KP) rated Ready Player One in Books
Sep 19, 2021
Have also seen the movie mentioned below. It was just OK; not great.
<original 2016 review>
Prior to reading this, I'd heard good things about it, and was aware that - like seemingly nearly all of the current Young Adult Dystopian novels - there was a movie for it in the pipeline, by none other than Spielberg himself.
Set in the near-future, I found this to be like a cross between the Bruce Willis movie Surrogates (in that nearly everybody seems to live their life vicariously through other means), The Matrix (cyber reality) and maybe even a bit of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the MacGuffin that gets the plot rolling). it probably helps that - unlike the characters - I actually *was* a kid in the 80s, and so get plenty of the various pop-culture references made.
Plenty, but not all - this, remember, is set in America, so leans more towards the American or Japanese spectrum of popular culture than European.
Chris Sawin (602 KP) rated Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021) in Movies
Sep 21, 2021
Full review: https://hubpages.com/entertainment/Prisoners-of-the-Ghostland-2021-Review-An-Oddball-Samurai-Infused-Jambalaya
okletmereviewit (4 KP) rated Shin Godzilla (2016) in Movies
May 11, 2018
Translate Pro - Dictionary & Translator - Photo and Voice translation in 80+ languages
Business and Utilities
App
Translate is a powerful tool that will help to break down language barriers. It gathers together,...
Translate - Dictionary & free Translator - Photo and Voice translation in 80+ languages
Business and Utilities
App
Translate is a powerful tool that will help to break down language barriers. It gathers together,...
KatieLouCreate (162 KP) rated Memrise: learn languages in Apps
Feb 27, 2018
However, after using it for a while, I noticed it was harder for me to learn how to construct larger sentences. It was just a case of remembering what kanji was used instead of actually learning how to say/write the sentences. So the app is only great for learning words and short phrases.
Then my card details were updated and I lost my pro-member benefits. I found out that they now want to to pay for things that were previously free such as the difficult words which saved words you were struggling with and help you learn them separately. So now the only thing you can really do on the app is learn new words and recap old ones. 4 out of the 7 games now need subscriptions which seems unfair.
It is also hard to add new people who actually play on the app as well. (You need to pay to use this as well now, I believe) but it allowed you to compete with other players on a weekly score board. Only problem with that is you couldn't search for anyone. You had to know someone who played the game as well and add their user name. The alternative was to type in a random name in the search bar and see who came up and hope they were still active.
This app is good for learning basics words, and phrases, and kanji if you study Chinese or Japanese. But it will not help you with fluency. And you basically have to buy it to seek all the other features which make the app what it is.
Fuji Xerox Print Utility
Productivity and Utilities
App
Print Utility for iOS is a free printing and scanning application for iPad/iPhone/iPod touch. You...
Live Translator - Instant Voice & Text Translator
Reference and Travel
App
Translator Live is a simple yet powerful tool to translate text, speech and even to have real-time...