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"This is when I first started taking my bass seriously. This was this was a when I got hungry to understand what it meant to play bass. I thank God that there was a Stanley Clarke as a frame of reference to what to what is possible with the bass, along with Jaco [Pastorious] and Marcus Miller. There was a period where I stopped liking the practice, I was like 'uh I don't wanna practice', and my mom was really clever about it. She offered to pay me to transcribe Stanley Clarke's School Days. And of course, I'm like, 'I want to buy comic books and Marvel cards', so of course I transcribed School Days. Journey to Love and School Days became really personal to me. It was just like, I felt like this was my n**, and I felt like this was who I am; I identified with those two albums. I didn't even discover the self-titled album until later in life; I was very much married to School Days and Journey to Love. I think that Journey to Love is still very much a story to me that I feel resonates in my mind and body. I don't know what you would call it musically, but I paraphrased the album on my very first album, sonically."

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Gun Island

Amitav Ghosh

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Bundook. Gun. A common word, but one which turns Deen Datta's world upside down. A dealer of rare...

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Myrtle Mae and the Mirror in the Attic: Book One of the Mae Chronicles (Volume 1)

Joe Egly

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Myrtle Mae and her family have inherited a house on Roseberry Hill from her great aunt Gertrude, a...

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Sensitivemuse (246 KP) rated The Way to London in Books

Feb 8, 2018

The Way to London

Alix Rickloff | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

8.0

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Great self discovery journey for Lucy

So what I was expecting from this book is a typical journey of a young woman and a boy she finds along the way. I was expecting a serious journey, perhaps with a few tear jerker scenes along and a bit of romance to lighten the mood. I was happy to be wrong about it when I finally finished the book.

Besides the obvious journey to London, it’s also more of Lucy’s road to developing her true self and coming to terms with it. She comes across characters that have had a hand in impacting her life and assisting Lucy in finding self finding journey.

The plot here was steady and flowing, there were some lulls here and there but it’s pretty much cut and clear. I did like reading Lucy’s character development throughout the novel. She went from spoiled entitled brat to someone who really did have a soft caring heart. It was great to see her develop into a more caring loving person of not others but also of herself. No matter how much she tries to go back to her selfish ways something always gets her back on track to show her true caring nature and that it is more rewarding helping and caring for others.

Lucy’s chemistry with Bill and Michael make the book more enjoyable to read. Bill because he brought out the caring aspect in Lucy, Michael because he challenged her and made her see things in a different light (plus, well he managed to wriggle under Lucy’s skin which was nice and fun to read as he had caught her speechless in some moments)

What I didn’t expect from the book was the funny light hearted moments. I found myself laughing here and there with Bill’s behavior and his uncanny ability to involve himself and Lucy into potentially hairy situations, or the times where Lucy fights with Michael, and it seems Michael is the only one that can render Lucy speechless and flabbergasted. Those were great moments in the book and it kept the reading at a light hearted mood despite what was happening around them.

I enjoyed this book a lot and I do recommend it if you’re in the mood for something light despite the dark setting of WWII London.

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Lindsay (1774 KP) rated The Choice in Books

Feb 15, 2018

The Choice

Nicholas Sparks | 2007 | Romance

8.6

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Review: The Choice This book is about a man named Travis. He has a job as a vet. He meets his neighbor when she hear him and his buddy are making noise. His neighbor storms over to tell him about his dog running the neighborhood.Gabby seem to always have a chip on her shoulder. She a little worried about her dog. There are quite a journey that they go about. Travis tries to be neighborly toward her. Gabby seem to give him a hard time when they meet.Travis invites her to have some fun with him and friends. Though they do go about a journey that has twist and turns that lead to you wanting to know what happens next. Will they be able to keep love alive? They seem to go though some arguments and but heads. Will they work it out or will they walk away from each other.