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Animoji™ - Free Animated Texting [Patent Pending]

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Clair (5 KP) rated Moonrise in Books

Sep 29, 2017

Moonrise

Sarah Crossan | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry, Young Adult (YA)

7.5

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Moonrise by Sarah Crossan

Having discovered Sarah Crossan and the style of writing in verse earlier this year, I was keen to read her latest book. Moonrise is told from the point of view of Joe. His brother Ed is on death row in Texas for murdering a policeman and the story starts as the date of execution is set.
I love the medium of verse as a writing tool – Crossan is able to convey emotions and tell a story in far less words than a conventional novel. The topic of the death penalty is interesting and thought provoking and its perfectly pitched for the young adult audience it is aimed at (but is also of interest to adults too).
If you fancy something a bit different, I would recommend this or any of Crossan’s books wholeheartedly.

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Peter Shephard (2822 KP) rated Google Home Mini Smart Speaker in Tech

May 28, 2019

Google Home Mini Smart Speaker

Home Audio & Theater > Speakers

7.8

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Fun and useful

We've had the Mini speaker for about 18 months, with a Google music pass. It's been a great addition, and has been really useful for small-to-medium parties (say up to 10 people) as a good background music player, or for smaller parties as the main music.

Being able to link your phone to Broadcast is nice, and sometimes a great way to get the kids to actually listen when it's time for bed! Also, being able to control the song and volume from the phone app is very useful.

We have tried it a couple of times, but there are also games and really cringeworthy dad-jokes abound.

It would be great if the games were a little more interactive, but that would obviously be something for the future development.

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Ande Thomas (69 KP) rated Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art in Books

May 30, 2019

This is a great book that honestly changed how I felt about comics completely. I had never really been exposed to comics outside of the weekly newspaper. Of course I knew the titles that were out there, and I did more than my fair share of watching cartoons and movies based on comic characters, but I didn't "get it." The medium was not mine. McCloud's book gave me the tools I needed to really understand the art of comics. How comics use the blending of art and written word to really present ideas in a unique way that no other art form can really do.
Reading this book opened my mind to a broad range of stories that I never would have read or even known about, some of which are among my most cherished books now.