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Bird (1702 KP) rated Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) in Movies

May 4, 2017  
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
1975 | Comedy
10
8.9 (48 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
You can watch it 20 times (I have) and still find new gems of comedy genius (5 more)
The writing, quite unsurprisingly, is brutally intelligent
It manages to tickle your ribs at every opportunity
If you don't normally like Python, you can just remember bits of dialogue and sound like the master of wit in front of your friends.
Roger the shrubber, the Black Knight, coconuts, French insults and African Swallows. It's all in there!
Will distort your view of Arthurian legend forever
Makes Ben Hur Look Like An Epic!
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2206 KP) rated Slay It with Flowers (A Flower Shop Mystery, #2) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
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Slay It with Flowers (A Flower Shop Mystery, #2)
Kate Collins | 2005
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Florist Abby Knight is not only in her cousin's wedding, but she's providing the flowers. So she has a vested interest in making sure it goes off without a hitch. Unfortunately, one of the groomsmen goes missing. Can she find him? This is a light but fun book. Most of the characters are a bit flat, but I love Abby. And the plot and humor kept me entertained.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-slay-it-with-flowers-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Caffeinated Fae (464 KP) rated Rules for a Knight in Books

Jul 12, 2018  
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Rules for a Knight
Ethan Hawke | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
So, I picked this book up for book club. I was told that it was a "feel good" book that was short and sweet. That is definitely not how I would describe this. "Rules for a Knight" is a small book of fables. One of the fables is almost word for word (might actually be an infringement on copyright) of the two wolves parable.


I'm not sure what I was expecting (possibly a true plot) but the novella was okay. The fables were okay, nothing more, nothing less.
  
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B (62 KP) rated The Canterbury Tales in Books

Oct 13, 2018  
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The Canterbury Tales
Geraldine McCaughrean, Geoffrey Chaucer
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I read this book in preparation for teaching my 7th graders and was extremely pleased. I remember reading parts of the original while at uni and feeling absolutely bored as I had to translate the Middle English before making any sense of it. McCaughrean's adaptation, while I'm not sure how accurate, is extremely enjoyable. I especially like the stories told by the Knight and the Wife of Bath. I recommend this text to anyone who has ever wanted to read the classic book but just doesn't have the time and patience to suffer through translation.