Como agua para chocolate, the novel and film version - Critical Guides to Spanish and Latin American Texts and Films, 74
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Covering both the novel and the film, Nathanial Gardner provides a fascinating introduction to Laura...
David McK (3485 KP) rated The Furthest Station (Peter Grant, #5.5) in Books
Feb 19, 2019
It was an OK read, but didn't really grab me enough to want to go out and pick up others in the series.
However, this novella was recently on sale on Amazon Kindle a while back for something like 99 pence, so I thought I would give it another go. And what is immediately obvious is just how much I've missed by skipping those full-length novels in-between Rivers of London (#1) and this (# 5.5).
Which is probably why I struggled to get into this: as before, I found this an OK read (once I got past the initial "who's s/he now? What're they talking about?" confusion, but nothing that would pull me back into the world of PC Grant
Cyn Armistead (14 KP) rated Wild Thing (Includes: Warriors of Poseidon, #1.5; Guardians, #1.5) in Books
Mar 1, 2018
The other three novellas didn't suck as much as most romance-centered works do. Maggie Shayne's "Animal Magnetism" was working for me, but then a mention of a dog seeing a color brought my suspension of disbelief crashing down around me. "Paradise" by Meljean Brook was, eh, okay, I guess. I just couldn't really get excited, and the "plot" seemed a lame excuse to bring the man and woman together. Alyssa Day's "Wild Hearts in Atlantis" would have been much, much better without the all-too-common "Oh, I'm so unattractive!" crap from the female lead. I suppose it would be fine for romance fans.
Caffeinated Zombie (3374 KP) rated How Green This Land, How Blue This Sea in Books
Jan 9, 2019
This novella is part of the newsflesh trilogy and explores how Australia would deal with a zombie outbreak. The answer is they would not bat an eyelid. This book is hilarious, well written and we get more of an insight into Mahir as he investigate's a story in Australia.
Phil Leader (619 KP) rated Holiday for Skins (Bongo Fury #2) in Books
Nov 11, 2019
As with the first book the charm of this sequel is in the leading character. Wry, witty, foul mouthed with an eye for the darkly humorous observation, having Jimmy once again show us his world is very welcome. Together with the twists and turns of the plot (a little less straightforward than the first novel) this makes a cracking quick read that combines noir thriller and laugh out loud humour.
The Silent War
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While loyalist and traitor forces clash on a thousand battlefields across the galaxy, a very...
Describing the Past
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When he was seven years old, Palestinian poet Ghassan Zaqtan moved with his family to a Karameh...
Curvy and the Canid: A Wolf Shifter Fairy Tale Retelling
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He is my muse. My dream man. My entire career as an artist has him at its heart. He’s been my...
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The Great God Pan
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The Great God Pan" is a novella written by Arthur Machen. A version of the story was published in...
Hellbound Hearts
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Clive Barker's iconic masterpiece The Hellbound Heart, the novella adapted into the film Hellraiser,...