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Millie (22 KP) rated Duck the Halls (Meg Langslow, #16) in Books

Jan 27, 2020

So, I started this book around Christmas and am just now finishing it. I think that was a result not so much of the book itself - it wasn't poorly written or anything, I just kept picking up other books instead. Overall, it was a nice, fluffy, cozy mystery that I probably would have enjoyed more if I had read the whole thing at Christmastime. Yes, there were a lot of religious undertones, but I sort of expected that with a Christmas book. I would recommend this one to anyone looking for a book to get into the Chistmas mood.

*Although I did receive this book for free through Goodreads First Reads, all of my thoughts and opinions are my own.

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Millie (22 KP) rated ttyl (Internet Girls #1) in Books

Jan 27, 2020

This was a fun,text-messenging style that took me back to high school. I wish I had known about it when it came out in 2004 and I do wonder how much of it was updated in this latest 2014 edition with technology's ever-changing trends. Yes, it was a bit melodramatic, but I expected nothing less than a book written about three teenage girls. I think a lot of the themes of this book - friendship, loyalty, forgiveness, etc. are important for young people out there. Also, I'm not going to lie, I am curious to read YOLO when it comes out.

*Although I did receive this book for free Goodreads First Reads, all of my thoughts and opinions are my own

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Kirk Bage (1775 KP) rated About Time (2013) in Movies

Mar 3, 2020

About Time (2013)

2013 | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

7.8

(17 Ratings)

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I have gone on quite a bit about this one recently. I just think it is wonderful, and by far the best and least mawkishly sentimental work from Richard Curtis, of Love, Actually infamy. It makes me laugh so hard; the perfect awkwardness of Domhnal Gleason against the cute intelligence of Rachel McAdams; the exquisite turn by Bill Nighy as the time travelling father; and every small character and very British nuance in-between – it is such a pleasure. It also makes me cry… a lot! What I like about it is that it feels exactly like being in love. Exactly! There will be regret and pain, but in the end there is that one person that gets you and always will. And that idea… feels good!

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Dean (6927 KP) rated Fantasy Island (2020) in Movies

Mar 13, 2020

Fantasy Island (2020)

2020 | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

5.7

(19 Ratings)

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Nice location (0 more)

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Average Island

Well I don't really know anything about the old TV series apart from the actors. There are a few little nods to it but this is very different. The location looks nice and the start of the various fantasies coming to life is fun to see. Once things turn more sinister though the film becomes quite slow and rather dull than amazing. A few twists as to what is really going on with the island, but by then you really won't care about the characters that much. A shame as there was a lot of potential here to be creative but it ends in typical, predictable fashion. I had low expectations and they were met.

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saheffernan (157 KP) rated City of Girls in Books

Apr 11, 2020

City of Girls

Elizabeth Gilbert | 2019 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry

10.0

(1 Ratings)

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This book starts with 19 year old Vivan writing to women about how she came to know and what she possibly was to this womens father. It takes us on her journey of 1940s New York through the war and after how the world changed. Vivian does focus a lot on Vivian but the story is hers to tell, and she isn't shy about her faults. I loved her and I have to say there were things she did, said and felt that I feel came directly out of me. Elizabeth Gilbert worte a beautiful story that took at times a slow pace but still felt as though my time was valuable in experiencing the whole story. Now were are my pearls and a good cocktail ...