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Leah (: (569 KP) created a post in Smashbomb Feedback

Jul 27, 2018  
Is it possible to add more categories to the books section? I have just added a book and found it very hard to classify it, all that fit was fiction and poetry which is not the most helpful classification. Perhaps a way to classify the book as adult or for mature audiences as well as dark romance would be helpful as just using the romance option feels very misleading. Thanks (:
   
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ClareR (5950 KP) Jul 31, 2018

I agree that fiction and poetry should be separate, and Sci-Fi and Fantasy. Historical fiction should also be a category, and there should be some sort of differentiation between the different kinds of Romance (erotica? If you don’t read it, I doubt you’d want to accidentally read about it!). I’ll have a think about others.
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Leah (: (569 KP) Jul 31, 2018

I don’t know what you would call this but perhaps some way to know if a book is a complete story or not. I know quite often in a series each book is about a different character within the same world, therefore each book is a complete story and you don’t necessarily need to have read the other books to still enjoy that one. I hope this makes sense (:
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Eilidh G Clark (177 KP) rated Strong Words: Modern Poets on Modern Poetry in Books

Jul 2, 2019  
Strong Words: Modern Poets on Modern Poetry
Strong Words: Modern Poets on Modern Poetry
by W. N. Herbert (Editor), W.N. Herbert (Editor) | 2001 | Education, Essays, Fiction & Poetry
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
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A book of why I write by people who write
A book of short essays from poets writing about the art of poetry. Look out for Kathleen Jamie's essay on truth, very insightful. Some of the book was like a massive tongue twister whilst others where thought provoking. Worth a read if you want an insiders view.
  
    Pagan Tea Break

    Pagan Tea Break

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    The Bookshelf

    The Bookshelf

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    The Bookshelf features authors from around New Hampshire and the region, as well as books about New...

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Marcus Samuelsson recommended I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings in Books (curated)

 
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou | 1984 | Biography
9.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"It was hard to choose which Maya Angelou work I wanted to include in this list, but I ultimately decided I wanted the one that her most definitive. This is the book that made her a voice to be heard. I was also tempted to include her book of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie, for which she was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize."

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Roger Corman recommended On the Waterfront (1954) in Movies (curated)

 
On the Waterfront (1954)
On the Waterfront (1954)
1954 | Classics, Drama, Romance
7.5 (4 Ratings)
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"Brando and Kazan. If there is some pearly gates studio, many of the films being shown at the Angelic Cinematheques will have these heavyweights working together. Urban poetry, raw and unrestrained masculinity, a heightened method of “real” acting. The kind of picture that really pulls you in, forces all the senses to work in tandem. Hypnotic and earthy, the real stuff of cinema, electrolysis of the rough and the holy."

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Michelle Dockery recommended New and Selected Poems, Volume One in Books (curated)

 
New and Selected Poems, Volume One
New and Selected Poems, Volume One
Mary Oliver | 2004 | Fiction & Poetry, Romance
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"I have three of her poetry books, and will often pick one of them up to dip back into her work. I find it very calming, and each time I read one of her poems it has some relation to something that I am doing or feeling at the time. It’s the way I feel about Joni Mitchell’s lyrics. They seem to correspond to whatever is going on in my life."

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Lena Dunham recommended There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé in Books (curated)

 
There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé
There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé
Morgan Parker | 2017 | Gender Studies
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"Parker is, quite simply, our best working poet, and she just blinds me with her skill. She somehow makes a book about deep psychic pain (also a meditation on a broken society, no biggie) into something that feels celebratory and joyous. I’m nominating her for the best pop references in poetry award! She is also the funniest on twitter and echoes my judge-y, agoraphobic general mind state, only with pizazz."

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk in Books

Oct 5, 2020  
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
Kathleen Rooney | 2017
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
According to Publisher's Weekly, to develop the character of Lillian Boxfish, Kathleen Rooney took inspiration from real-life poet and Macy's ad-writer Margaret Fishback, who gained fame for her clever ads and humorous poetry in the 1930s. Read my review of this delightful book of fiction that brings an essentially unknown woman into the limelight at last.
https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2017/04/08/a-life-in-steps/