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Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) in Movies

Jan 6, 2018

What an sad but enlighting movie

One of Jim Carey's best films ever that isn't a comedy. This movie has look at life as if we could erase what we don't want to remember. However once we get a better view at what we want to lose sometimes we want it even more. This is what happens when the girl he is seeing wants all the memories of him and her erased and when he wants the same treatment so he can't feel the pain that's when he see things in a whole new light you may say and sees how much better his life is with her and wants to love her more and be with her. Carey rarely plays dark and emotional roles but, maybe he should have done this more because he hits it out of the park.

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Paige (428 KP) rated The Alchemist in Books

Aug 19, 2017

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho | 1993 | Fiction & Poetry

7.2

(35 Ratings)

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A book for a particular audience

If someone tells me they love this book, I pretty immediately assume that they don't read for pleasure. This book was really made for people who think reading is like medicine, and it strives to be the best-tasting medicine. It is short, vaguely inspirational, uses simple language, and tailored to make you feel wiser after reading it.

In this way, the book is a success.

For readers who are more well-read, all this comes across as a not unpleasant, but not groundbreaking attempt at making capital L literature. It kind of drones, and seems a bit twee and trite.

If you think of books as vitamins (good for you, but a pain to procure and consume) then this book is the most delicious version of that.

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Ashley Catron (66 KP) rated The Life Intended in Books

Mar 7, 2018

The Life Intended, by the talented Kristin Harmel, is a real page turner. The premise of the book covers Kate Waithman's life after her husband is tragically killed in a car accident shortly after they were married. What Kate doesn't realize though is her life is far from being complete. The book encompasses the pain a widow feels after their spouse has been taken from them, and how to still find happiness after that.

I seriously could not put this book down for anything and I just wanted to keep reading to find out what happened. Just when you think you know the direction the book is going to go, there's still a little twist that you don't see coming that still makes this book quite enjoyable. At the end tears may be shed, so you may want to have some tissues ready.

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Lindsay (1760 KP) rated Elite (The Satellite Trilogy #2) in Books

Feb 15, 2018

Elite by Lee Davidson The story of Grant Bradley continues in the book Elite. After they solve his first set of problems. He seems to be having trouble with an another set of problems. Grant wants to prove to the Elite team that he can protect the life of a woman on Earth. Though he has tried to code, he starts to feel pain though his scar when he codes. He then finds out his friends are hiding something from him. What will happen to him and his friends? Grant and his buddies seem to have lost a skill. They can not seem to be able to do the one thing that requires of them. There is one event that he shows up and not expecting it. Jonathan does not know about the one thing that took them to do theirs job.

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Gail (4 KP) rated Break Away (The Baltimore Banners, #5) in Books

Jun 4, 2018

Breakaway by Lisa B Kamps

Four Stars

What a beautiful story. The author had me in my feelings while reading this book. Babies are so precious and to lose one before they had a fighting chance just breaks your heart. The characters were well written and balanced each other out. Jean-Pierre was beautifully flawed. He accent perfect his sometimes shy and confused mannerisms. Not knowing what he wanted but knew that it began and ended with Emily. Her role was just heartbreaking. Always living with the knowledge of what she lost and the pain of doing it alone. The uncertainty she felt about JP and what his coming back meant. This second chance book is one to definitely pick up. It read quick and they moved fast but in the end it was worth and they ended well.