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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2377 KP) rated A Case of Hometown Blues in Books
Mar 9, 2018
Mitch Malone has returned to his hometown to teach a seminar on investigative reporting. But that also means facing the ghosts of his past, including several tragic deaths. The murder of his high school crush forces him into facing things he's been running from for a long time. I enjoyed the mystery, which was very fast moving. I felt like the characters outside of Mitch could have used more development.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/06/book-review-case-of-hometown-blues-by-w.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/06/book-review-case-of-hometown-blues-by-w.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
MrsSkefton (3 KP) rated The Reason I Jump: One Boy's Voice from the Silence of Autism in Books
Jul 26, 2018
Easy read - each chapter is relative to a trait or “issue” with concise thoughts and insights that can be really useful if living or working with autistic people. (2 more)
Thought provoking and moving in ways I hadn’t anticipated.
A book I can share with my eldest daughter and other family members in the hope they can make connections or learn how to better interact with my youngest autistic daughter.
Insightful!
Ross (3284 KP) rated Sharp Objects in TV
Aug 28, 2018
Gripping, moving and thought-provoking, this short series follows a troubled journalist who returns to her childhood hometown to chronicle the investigation into a recent death and new disappearance of young girls. The series covers her issues, her family troubles, the town's history and the underlying layer of grime beneath the Southern hospitality. There are a number of strands to this series, all of which could have filled a series on their own, and are seamlessly intertwined to one complete storyline.
Excellently acted, written and directed, this series does not put a foot wrong.
Excellently acted, written and directed, this series does not put a foot wrong.
Cassie Osbourne (6 KP) rated Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in Books
Nov 9, 2018
I read this for the first time only a month after reading the whimsical romp that was ‘The Prisoner of Azkaban’. It was lovely and funny....that is until the World Cup, at which point I thought ‘well that escalated quickly’.
Another reason that I am grateful to my sister for keeping on at me for trying HP again. Funny, exciting and very moving. Loving this series immensely.
Btw Amos Diggory is a p**k and is it bad that I kind of agree with Barty Crouch for what he did to Winky?
Another reason that I am grateful to my sister for keeping on at me for trying HP again. Funny, exciting and very moving. Loving this series immensely.
Btw Amos Diggory is a p**k and is it bad that I kind of agree with Barty Crouch for what he did to Winky?
Sarah Betts (103 KP) rated Maid Mary Anne (The Baby-Sitters Club, #66) in Books
Dec 31, 2019
Mary Anne only stops being a doormat because she fears the wrath of K. Ron Hubbard. Check.
An older woman, who presumably has been living by herself for quite a while, breaks her ankle and just...lays around waiting for someone to hear her yelling? I'm going to pretend that she just passed out from the pain, woke up and figured she'd call out before moving her ass so a neighboring cat wouldn't eat her face.
The sexism b-plot with Nicky and Buddy was kinda nice, though.
An older woman, who presumably has been living by herself for quite a while, breaks her ankle and just...lays around waiting for someone to hear her yelling? I'm going to pretend that she just passed out from the pain, woke up and figured she'd call out before moving her ass so a neighboring cat wouldn't eat her face.
The sexism b-plot with Nicky and Buddy was kinda nice, though.
Sarah Betts (103 KP) rated Catfishing on CatNet in Books
Dec 31, 2019
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
I loved this book so much and I am so glad I got read it.
The story revolves around Steph and the AI she befriends.
Steph's had a lonely life moving from place to place to escape her abusive father. Her only friends are on the social media sites CatNet.
This is a wonderful story about friendship, loyalty and a kind-hearted AI who just wants to look at kitty pics.
I loved this book so much and I am so glad I got read it.
The story revolves around Steph and the AI she befriends.
Steph's had a lonely life moving from place to place to escape her abusive father. Her only friends are on the social media sites CatNet.
This is a wonderful story about friendship, loyalty and a kind-hearted AI who just wants to look at kitty pics.
David McK (3576 KP) rated Beauty and the Beast (2017) in Movies
Dec 31, 2019
Live-action remake of the 1994 Disney film which (from what I remember) sticks almost exactly to that source material, with Emma Watson's Belle perhaps given a bit more independence than before.
Mostly the same songs as before (although I'm not sure about Hermione - sorry, sorry, Emma Watson - vocals), with maybe one or two new additions, with those songs serving more as time fillers than for moving the plot along (compare these to those in Aladdin and you'll see what I mean) - that's not a criticism, as such, just an observation!
Mostly the same songs as before (although I'm not sure about Hermione - sorry, sorry, Emma Watson - vocals), with maybe one or two new additions, with those songs serving more as time fillers than for moving the plot along (compare these to those in Aladdin and you'll see what I mean) - that's not a criticism, as such, just an observation!
Jacob peers (0 KP) rated What Do You Meme? in Tabletop Games
Jul 29, 2019
It's a very quick game (3 more)
The pictures are hilarious
No 2 games are the same
You will laugh
Can get lost with people who dont fully understand (1 more)
Can be lost on children
Quick, Easy, Fun
This is a game we enjoy playing on both side of my family and it is a go to for a quick easy we can play with the kids before moving to other games. Kids and adults welcome, you will enjoy this and find with different people you will get very different results
But You Did Not Come Back
Marceline Loridan-Ivens and Sandra Smith
Book
In 1944, at the age of fifteen, Marceline Loridan-Ivens was arrested in occupied France, along with...
Joseph Roth: A Life in Letters
Joseph Roth and Michael Hofmann
Book
The legendary Austro-Hungarian novelist and essayist, Joseph Roth, was born in Ukraine in 1894 and...