Sign up
Search
Advanced search settings

Search only in certain items:

Search results
All (3195)
Content
People
Apps
Books
Orbs
Movies
Music
Podcasts
Shows
Tabletop Games
Tech
TV
Video Games
YouTube Channels
Videos
40x40

Charlotte (184 KP) rated The Gatekeeper of Pericael in Books

Feb 26, 2021  
The Gatekeeper of Pericael
The Gatekeeper of Pericael
Hayley Reese Chow | 2021 | Science Fiction/Fantasy
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
A well written story that pulls you into another world..... literally.

To say the book focuses on and around teenagers it's anything but aimed purely at young folk. If it hadn't have been for references to age I would have spent most of the book thinking I was reading about early twenty-something's.

There's plenty of magic and fraught situations that had me almost holding my breath and wishing that I could perform magic.
    I enjoyed journeying with Porter (The Gatekeeper's son/future Gatekeeper) and his cousin Ames. It was nice seeing how each of them grew throughout and gained a better understanding of each other and themselves. Especially learning self belief and trusting their new friends.

A good fantasy that will keep you and your mini mes entertained and enthusiastic for an adventure.
  
40x40

Tom Turner (388 KP) rated The Children of Hurin in Books

Jun 3, 2021  
The Children of Hurin
The Children of Hurin
J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry
8
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
It's hard to know what to write about this book. Set in the first age of Middle Earth, it is part of Tolkien's mythos building alongside The Silmarilian and other works. Indeed, I believe part of this tale does feature in the other tome. I guess the best way of looking at this work is similar to the way theologians look at the Old Testament to the New Testament. Tales passed down as opposed to first hand experiences (Given The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings are 'written' by Bilbo and Frodo, I think this analogy is fitting.) with all the 'What the....' moments you get from reading singer if the Old Testament passages. Is this as good as the classics in Middle Earth, no. But can I see what Tolkien was trying for? Yes!
  
    Poems

    Poems

    Octavio Paz

    (0 Ratings) Rate It

    Book

    The Poems of Octavio Paz is the first retrospective collection of Paz's poetry to span his entire...

40x40

David McK (3600 KP) rated Hornblower during the crisis in Books

Jun 20, 2024 (Updated Jun 20, 2024)  
Hornblower during the crisis
Hornblower during the crisis
C.S. Forester | 1967
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
The final - and incomplete - Hornblower story, set back just before Trafalgar.

And I say incomplete deliberately, as C.S. Forester died before he could complete this work, although he left notes over where it was heading

What we have is, thus, more or less the opening act to the story: Hornblower, heading back to England for a new posting after handing over command of the Hotspur, finds himself engaged in a boarding action against a French vessel and, subsequently, in possession of some very important piece of information that may answer the age-old question of just why Trafalgar was fought when the French and Spanish fleet had no need to at all ...

it's just a pity that Forester never got the chance to finish the story.
  
    My Town : Museum

    My Town : Museum

    Games and Education

    (0 Ratings) Rate It

    App

    At My Town's Museum, there is something fun and exciting in every room and something to play with...