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Anne (15117 KP) rated Meddling Kids: A Novel in Books
Nov 4, 2019
Sara Cox (1845 KP) rated Like a Girl: Astronaut in Books
Mar 15, 2020
I thought this book was really nice. The language was simple for children to understand and it had loads of really good images. I think that this series is meant to be encouraging girls to be whatever they want - which is great! - but it was unclear that the astronaut was female and this might deter girls a bit....maybe.
Rashad Ernesto recommended Black Orpheus (1959) in Movies (curated)
Bret Easton Ellis recommended The Kid with a Bike (2011) in Movies (curated)
Betty Fussell recommended Metamorphoses in Books (curated)
Paige (428 KP) rated The Lord of the Rings in Books
Jul 29, 2017
A good core story (2 more)
Some of the characters
World-building
The songs (2 more)
The overfocus and over wordiness of the battle scenes
Writing style left me cold
A classic, but not my favorite fantasy by a long shot.
I have reread these and enjoyed them more the second time around, mostly because I felt justified in skipping bits about battle details and the songs (and most of anything to do with the humans, really)
I know that Tolkien was a linguist, and even made up a usable language for the elves, so it rather baffles me that the writing seems so flat. I can only conjecture that it is matter of perfecting language rather than using it as a tool for evoking something in the reader. I am guessing it is just a difference of preferences.
I know that Tolkien was a linguist, and even made up a usable language for the elves, so it rather baffles me that the writing seems so flat. I can only conjecture that it is matter of perfecting language rather than using it as a tool for evoking something in the reader. I am guessing it is just a difference of preferences.
Sam (74 KP) rated A Thousand Perfect Notes in Books
Mar 27, 2019
I was so excited to start this. To begin with, I liked Beck and I loved August and I really felt for both of the characters.
But overall, the book just didn’t feel right. The language used was very poetic, almost as if C.G. Drews was just trying to make Instagram-worthy quotes. The language seemed really forced and really out of context. I can’t understand how a story about an abused teen would use very romanticised and literary language.
In any other context, I think I would quite like her writing style, but I feel that it really didn’t fit in at all here.
And then there’s the way that every few pages the lines
are
like
this
For absolutely no reason at all, and then for about fifty pages you see no use of this writing style almost as if the author has forgotten that she was trying to use this as a feature.
I get that this is a debut, but it just seemed really amateurish and didn’t flow at all. I started off liking the characters, and I finished hating them.
The only reason that this is two stars instead of one is that I did actually manage to finish it.
But overall, the book just didn’t feel right. The language used was very poetic, almost as if C.G. Drews was just trying to make Instagram-worthy quotes. The language seemed really forced and really out of context. I can’t understand how a story about an abused teen would use very romanticised and literary language.
In any other context, I think I would quite like her writing style, but I feel that it really didn’t fit in at all here.
And then there’s the way that every few pages the lines
are
like
this
For absolutely no reason at all, and then for about fifty pages you see no use of this writing style almost as if the author has forgotten that she was trying to use this as a feature.
I get that this is a debut, but it just seemed really amateurish and didn’t flow at all. I started off liking the characters, and I finished hating them.
The only reason that this is two stars instead of one is that I did actually manage to finish it.
KatieLouCreate (162 KP) rated Duolingo in Apps
Jan 18, 2018 (Updated Jan 18, 2018)
This is a pretty good app to use for beginning the study of a new language. I used it to help me with Japanese. The great thing about this app is that it encourages you to think for yourself more than other apps I've used. Because Japanese follows a different syntax order than English, you have to put in the words individually therefore you have to remember the sentence order. This is more beneficial than other apps where they just let you memorise a sentence and that's it. It's more active learning than passive. Plus, you can speak and the activities are varies so you do not get bored.
You can even join clubs and compete with other players to motivate you. There is a daily goal so you can see what streak you are on and you can also earn badges to keep you feeling encouraged.
However, there is only one course per language as far as I can tell so it is mainly beneficial for those who have just started learning a language. Once you finish that course, that's it. (From what I can see). You can either learn the basics of other languages or take your learning elsewhere.
You can even join clubs and compete with other players to motivate you. There is a daily goal so you can see what streak you are on and you can also earn badges to keep you feeling encouraged.
However, there is only one course per language as far as I can tell so it is mainly beneficial for those who have just started learning a language. Once you finish that course, that's it. (From what I can see). You can either learn the basics of other languages or take your learning elsewhere.
Dean (6925 KP) rated WhatsApp Messenger in Apps
Nov 10, 2017
Free! (1 more)
Constant innovation
Who texts? Just WhatsApp me
Probably the most used app on all phones. Texts are pretty much unused these days because of this... Unless you don't have a WiFi or signal connection. It's now part of the language. Sending pictures, videos, emojis, make calls, group messages, status and video calls. Does everything you need it to... And now it's free!
MissCagey (2652 KP) rated Thor (2011) in Movies
Dec 17, 2017
A pleasant surprise
Comic book heroes are far from being my thing but I found this film very entertaining. I liked it when Thor landed on the earth and the comedy that came with this, smashing the coffee cup on the floor and the language he uses. To me it stuck the right balance of comedy, romance, cgi and drama.