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Cori June (3033 KP) rated Skinwalker (Jane Yellowrock #1) in Books

Dec 3, 2018 (Updated Nov 8, 2019)

Skinwalker (Jane Yellowrock #1)

Faith Hunter | 2009 | Science Fiction/Fantasy

8.3

(8 Ratings)

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This is a good series. The main character is a little different. not only because Jane Yellowrock is a Cherokee shinkwalker. She is a walking contradiction that is socially awkward. For a sexually charged series (seriously, what kind of Vampire book isn't?) Jane is a bit of a prude; in the first book she does blush a lot and while the author does have slightly small not quite choppy sentences throughout the series, there it's a point to it.

Slight Spoiler:

The sentences get smaller/choppy when Beast is at the fore and/or when there is a lot if action.

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Dean (6927 KP) rated Open House (2010) in Movies

Dec 24, 2018

Well I spotted this was directed by Anna Paquin's brother and also had Stephen Moyer from True Blood on the cover, unfortunately they are not the main stars of the film. Rachel Blanchard of the TV series Clueless is the main lead.
This falls into the category of weird films, there isn't a lot of back story or explanation really into the why or what of what is going on. Reminded me a lot of Funny Games. Quite bloody and brutal, ok for a low budget film but a bit more plot would have be nice....and Anna Paquin!

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Sarah Betts (103 KP) rated A Fool There Was (Sukey Reynolds, #10) in Books

Dec 31, 2019

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

I liked this book need a teensy bit less than #9 but i can't really put my finger on why.

Sukey and Vicky see a suspicious man passing off an envelope and then he dies in a car crash that seems very suspicious.

A head found on the beach is connected and our friends s and V are on the case .

I don't know, this one just seemed a lot more slow going for me.

I like it a lot, though!

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Sarah Betts (103 KP) rated These Wicked Waters in Books

Dec 31, 2019

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
I thought this was a really cool take on the little mermaid story. I have no idea if that was intentional because this book is about sirens not mermaids but there are definitely parallels.

I really like Annie's family issues. They informed a lot of her character and explained a lot.

It was a bit slow at first but once it gets going it does not stop. This could easily be a stand alone but I'm really hoping for a sequel!

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Dave Mustaine recommended Presence by Led Zeppelin in Music (curated)

Presence by Led Zeppelin

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"“For what it’s worth, it’s hard to put my finger on just one record. Diamond Head was such a great band for me. The same goes for a lot of the Mercyful Fate stuff. I remember driving up the highway with Hetfield, listening to Venom and Motörhead all the time. Those were two bands we liked a lot. But if you put a gun to my head, I’d have to pick Led Zeppelin. Presence is the one that came out when I was becoming a fan, because I was too young when the earlier records came out.”"

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DJ Muggs recommended Step in the Arena by Gang Starr in Music (curated)

Step in the Arena by Gang Starr

1991 | Hip-hop, Rock

5.5

(2 Ratings)

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"Fucking loved that record, man. I met Premier and Guru early, before the first album; they were still on Wild Pitch. I was down at their video for Word I Manifest, before Cypress came out, in like ‘89. That was a good time in New York man; I loved New York in the late eighties. It was incredible. The creativity and the culture of the city was so raw. That’s where a lot of subcultures came out of, that rawness. You didn’t see a lot of shit come out of Beverly Hills… there’s a reason for that."

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Genesis P-Orridge recommended H.P. Lovecraft by HP Lovecraft in Music (curated)

H.P. Lovecraft by HP Lovecraft

1967 | Folk, Psychedelic, Rock

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"Wonderful! Brilliant! It’s very different to everybody else, and it’s all men singing who sound like women. It sounds like Jefferson Airplane at times, and you think, “Who’s that woman?” and then you realise it’s a man. And now that singer does TV commercials and plays accordion in coffee shops. They were quite big. In England, quite a lot of people bought their records. We DJ-ed a lot with our original one, and somebody stole it from a club. We’ll find one again! H.P. Lovecraft were really underrated in terms of the sixties bands from the West Coast."

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