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Scott Glenn recommended The African Queen (1951) in Movies (curated)

The African Queen (1951)

1951 | Drama, Romance, War

8.5

(11 Ratings)

Movie Favorite

"This is a continuing theme, because it’s the same lead actor [Humphrey Bogart]. For me, this is the best love story ever, ever, ever shot. You could make an exciting, complicated, hot, sexy relationship between a pot-bellied alcoholic and a dried up, skinny spinster… Well, what it really tells you about is Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn, and what f—ing monsters they were."

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Nia Vardalos recommended Tell Me Again About The Night I Was Born in Books (curated)

Tell Me Again About The Night I Was Born

Jamie Lee Curtis | 2000 | Children, Fiction & Poetry

(0 Ratings)

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"As I watched my daughter’s delighted face as I read her this book, I would send a silent “thank you” to the brain and heart of Jamie Lee Curtis. This is a story that celebrates the excitement an adoption brings to a family, while still normalizing the experience for all children who love to know about the moment they arrived to make a family whole."

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Ursula K. Le Guin recommended Mansfield Park in Books (curated)

"Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park is the least popular of her works. The heroine, Fanny Price, isn’t feisty, fiery, and likable — she’s poor, shy, insecure, introverted, and awfully law-abiding. But I love her for her courage. Despite shame and contempt, she holds to what she thinks is right. Her story, like the others here, has given me deep pleasure and a whole lot to think about."

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Lisa Yuskavage recommended Anna Karenina in Books (curated)

Anna Karenina

Rosamund Bartlett, Leo Tolstoy | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry

6.4

(5 Ratings)

Book Favorite

"I genuinely grieved for Anna for days after I finished reading it. That’s what reading Tolstoy is like…the best and purest realism. I also love that a man wrote a story that so perfectly portrays the misogyny that this woman was subjected to: punished for loving another man, torn apart from her son, isolated and addicted to drugs and suffering postpartum depression. Super sad and beautiful."

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Kristina (502 KP) rated Pucked (Pucked, #1) in Books

Dec 7, 2020

I LOVED Pucked! No other book has made me laugh so hard or so much! The story was great and I immediately fell in love the quirkiness of the characters. Violet was so easy to relate to and Alex was perfect - in a perfectly imperfect way. I loved how realistic Helena made their situations and reactions. Hands down, one of my favorite books EVER.

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BookInspector (124 KP) rated Ava (2020) in Movies

Dec 13, 2020

Ava (2020)

2020 | Action, Crime, Drama

6.2

(13 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Very good acting.

I loved the actors chosen for this film. They very different and I loved watching their interactions. I think the plot was quite rushed though. I would love to know more about Ava and her life story, her life seems very traumatising, and the whole picture could be done only from snippets shared by other characters. I thoroughly enjoyed the fight scenes.

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Merissa (12934 KP) created a post

May 13, 2020

TOUR, EXCERPT & #GIVEAWAY - The Pinebox Vendetta by Jeff Bond - @partnersincr1me (@PICVirtualTours - FB), @Archaeolibrary, @jeffABond, #Political #Suspense

From the author of The Winner Maker and Blackquest 40 comes The Pinebox Vendetta: a genre-bending thriller that combines a love story, cold-case murder mystery, and political blood feud — told over the course of a single breathless weekend.

https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/the-pinebox-vendetta-by-jeff-bond