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Goodreads: Book Reviews
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8.8 (453 Ratings)
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User interface, reccomendations (0 more)
Great for info on authors and helpful to find similar books
This is a great app for book lovers as it provides a wealth of knowledge on books, authors and has some very in depth reviews, it provides wonderful reccomendations of authors and books similar to ones I've read
I use it regularly and I'd say it's a great tool for any bookworm
  
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Tom Turner (388 KP) rated Saving Danny in Books

Apr 30, 2021  
Saving Danny
Saving Danny
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9.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
This has been on my to read list for over three years. I'm so glad I read it, I have some knowledge of people on the autistic spectrum, though I'm by no means an expert. Cathy brings her warmth, kindness and understanding to Danny and his parents as she does all of those she works with, and the results she gets are spot on!
  
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Emily Wilson recommended The Penelopiad in Books (curated)

 
The Penelopiad
The Penelopiad
Margaret Atwood | 2005 | Fiction & Poetry
9.0 (5 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"I love Margaret Atwood's sequence, “The Penelopiad,” which shows us a side of Penelope that is always veiled in Homer. Atwood's Penelope struggles with the knowledge that she herself colluded with the deaths of the slave women, hanged by her son Telemachus. The theme of women's collusion with the abuse of women is an important theme, essential in our age of intersectional feminism and #MeToo."

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Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
2017 | Action, Sci-Fi
Everything about this movie answered and added more questions. A epic movie to watch. (0 more)
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The force is strong
From the start you are drawn into the force where anger and fear are tested to its max. A battle of wits and brute force conflicting the knowledge of becoming a Jedi and becoming a part of the rebellion to save the universe has everyone at the edge.
  
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Mekkin B. (122 KP) is asking for a recommendation

Sep 14, 2017 (Updated Sep 14, 2017)  
Recommend Me
I got to see the original Rosetta stone the other day. It's truly an amazing artifact that unlocked so much knowledge that might otherwise have been lost.

In that spirit, I'd love to hear from you: What is your favorite book/movie/TV show that has been translated from another language? (Dubbing and subtitles are both acceptable).

Mine are currently One Hundred Years of Solitude and Njáls saga.
     
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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) Sep 14, 2017

Books are altogether another behemoth as most have been translated into other languages. Authors such as Albert Camus, Franz Kafka, Jean Paul Sartre, Dostoevsky, Gunther Grass, Han Kang, Rousseau, Christine de Pizan...it's endless ?

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Goddess in the Stacks (553 KP) Sep 14, 2017 (Updated Sep 14, 2017)

The Hangman's Daughter series, by Oliver Pötzsch, is one of my favorite translations. Originally published in German, I believe. I read them a few years ago - the first one here: https://goddessinthestacks.wordpress.com/2013/10/21/the-hangmans-daughter-by-oliver-potzsch/
and the next three several months later: https://goddessinthestacks.wordpress.com/2014/01/17/book-review-the-dark-monk-the-beggar-king-and-the-poisoned-pilgrim/

The Watchmaker's Daughter
The Watchmaker's Daughter
C.J. Archer | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry, Mystery, Young Adult (YA)
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9.0 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
Mysterious situations and Characters (1 more)
Smooth Story Plot
This book was on my TBR list and I finally read it. I am glad I did. I enjoyed the mystery and suspense of the story. Though I can't picture some of the things described due to my lack of knowledge on the London layout, I find this to be a thrilling and exciting story and can't wait for book two
  
Rebecca's Lost Journals, Volume 1: The Seduction (Inside Out, #1.1)
Rebecca's Lost Journals, Volume 1: The Seduction (Inside Out, #1.1)
Lisa Renee Jones | 2013 | Erotica, Fiction & Poetry, Romance
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8.0 (4 Ratings)
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While the "Lost Journals" are not needed to read the "Inside Out" series, they definitely add more depth and knowledge to everything that is going on in the series. It expands on Rebecca's relationship with Mark, the world he lives in, and her feelings for him and this world that he wants her to be a part of. It is amazing and something I was not able to put down easily.
  
Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
2018 | Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Great creatures (1 more)
Expands the Potter universe
Not a great deal of action (0 more)
In some ways I preferred this to the first film. The story was more interesting and revealed a fair bit more info on certain characters from the Potter films. It's definitely darker in tone with a lot less humour than the first film. If you have knowledge of the other Harry Potter films you're more likely to enjoy it.
  
England's Queens: From Boudica to Elizabeth of York
England's Queens: From Boudica to Elizabeth of York
Elizabeth Norton | 2015 | Biography
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6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Interesting overview from the early and mythical queens right up to Elizabeth of York.

Overall I enjoyed it, but the later chapters I found disappointing. Probably because my own historical knowledge is stronger there, but I thought the later chapters were a rehash of something from books a few years out of date and a few things were plain wrong (e.g. Elizabeth Woodville did not have a big funeral).
  
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Amy Tan recommended The Liars' Club in Books (curated)

 
The Liars' Club
The Liars' Club
Mary Karr | 1995
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"I remember reading this memoir some twenty years ago and thinking I had found a long lost childhood friend. With the language of a poet—both incandescent and glaringly fluorescent—Karr recounts sexual abuse, the charm and unreliability of her alcoholic father, and the emotional chaos of her brilliant, beautiful, and mentally ill mother. What emerges in memory is a meditation on truth found in love and self-knowledge."

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