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Frank Black recommended Link Wray by Link Wray in Music (curated)

 
Link Wray by Link Wray
Link Wray by Link Wray
2014 | Rock
(0 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"When the Pixies were going, Joey and I got really into surf music. We would buy a lot of different tapes at truck stops. At some point we discovered Link Wray – that was pretty important. He wasn't an influence on us so much as a confirmation of what we already were: rough and loud and minimalist. With Link Wray it was like, Oh yeah, I totally get this. I am cut from the same cloth."

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Birth of the Fae: Locked Out of Heaven
Birth of the Fae: Locked Out of Heaven
Danielle Orsino | 2020 | Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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The protagonists in this book would be Aurora – the Queen of The Court of Light, and Jarvok – the King of The Court of Dark, but the novel was told from multiple perspectives. There are a lot of characters in this novel, of all the species you can imagine. We have fallen angels, mermaids, pixies, various animals, dragons and many more. My favourite characters would be Aurora and a little dragon called Los.
  
My Counterfeit Self
My Counterfeit Self
Jane Davis | 2016
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
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What does poetry have to do with social activism? A whole lot, actually, as you'll find out in Jane Davis's novel "My Counterfeit Self" and through my #bookreview of this historical, contemporary, women's literary fiction novel on my blog now. (I think this has just become my favorite of her books, as it just edged out "Smash All the Windows" by a whisker!)<br/>https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2019/05/11/a-poetically-explosive-story/<br/>;
  
Rule Breaker (Mixed Messages, #1)
Rule Breaker (Mixed Messages, #1)
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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Enjoyed this as much as Gabe aggravated me at times

I chuckled a few times, I cried a little, I willed them to stop being so stupid and just get together...and when they finally gave in, it was beautiful! But Gabe up to that point annoyed me a lot. I guess he had his reasons for being how he was, but he wasn't helping me like him any!

Nevertheless, I did enjoy reading this.
  
I enjoyed this a lot more than i expected

Initially, it took a little getting into with its slow start but once it kicked into gear I was hooked. It had everything I love in a book. Some action, some romance, a bit of attitude from the female lead... I'm really surprised by how much I enjoyed it after several failed YA Paranormal reads before this.

I cannot wait for book 2!
  
Eternal Darkness (The Amagarians, #1)
Eternal Darkness (The Amagarians, #1)
Stacy Reid | 2015
4
4.0 (1 Ratings)
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DNF@51%

When I bought this, I thought it was paranormal but its actually very much a fantasy from the writing style, which I couldn't get into, to the world building and the characters. I'm not a very big fantasy reader at all but if the style had been a lot more modern I might have managed to finish this because Drac seemed like quite the character though the Princess did nothing for me.
  
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Bill Gates recommended These Truths in Books (curated)

 
These Truths
These Truths
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"Lepore has pulled off the seemingly impossible in her latest book: covering the entire history of the United States in just 800 pages. She’s made a deliberate choice to make diverse points of view central to the narrative, and the result is the most honest and unflinching account of the American story I’ve ever read. Even if you’ve read a lot about U.S. history, I’m confident you will learn something new from These Truths".

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Jing wu ying xiong (Fist of Legend) (2008)
Jing wu ying xiong (Fist of Legend) (2008)
2008 | Action, International, Drama
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Movie Favorite

"Let’s go to Fist of Legend. Yuen Woo-ping directing [choreography for] Jet Li. I was shown that film by the Wachowskis before shooting The Matrix, and that was like, “This is amazing.” The storytelling and the fights are what I really like. It’s just good, hard, Yuen Woo-ping choreography; Jet Li’s awesome; there’s a lot of fighting… yeah, I’m definitely gonna say that one. A good, clean, awesome fight movie."

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Peppermint (2018)
Peppermint (2018)
2018 | Action, Drama, Thriller
Jennifer garner (0 more)
Finally watched this Jennifer garner is so badass in this movie her character reminds me a lot of her most famous badass characters Sydney birstow from alias and electra I was used to love watching alias in the noughties. Theres plenty of action and violence which I would expect from kind of movie. But for me Jennifer is back doing the kind of role that made her famous which makes me glad
  
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
Games
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6.0 (33 Ratings)
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The art work on it is really good. (0 more)
It's another pay to win app (0 more)
I'm not loving it.
So this has been anticipated for some time but it hasn't lived up to the hype. There isn't enough inns in some places to allow the game play to flow. Essentially some people will have to pay to play no matter how far they walk. The beasts are a lot of the same over and over again.