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starwarsluvr (236 KP) rated They Tell Me You Are Wicked in Books

Jan 30, 2018

This wasn't a bad book.. not really my thing and some spots seemed a bit odd for me but overall I enjoyed the mystery and murder to it.. I enjoyed seeing how the politics played into the mystery of this story. I am not a bit political person so that might have been part of my not being as into it as I normally would be.. however the murder mystery part of it kept me interested and invested. the writing did have some amazing feelings and emotions.. I felt with duncan on his daughters death... I felt his confusion and fear and pain. I am glad i got to review this one

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Dana (24 KP) rated A Serious Proposal to the Ladies in Books

Mar 23, 2018

This was a very interesting read. It is a compilation of, primarily, two essays directed at the women of the Restoration and Revolution period in London, England. While it mainly speaks to women to be more free in their religions, it also talks about women's political freedoms. This seems to be an early feminist essay which calls to give women more power over their lives.

I did enjoy the first essay more than I did the second because the second got a lot more religious and quite repetitive. But it was still interesting.

If you are interested in early feminist lit or in religious literature, check this book out. I think you would thoroughly enjoy it.

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Booksnthreads (19 KP) rated Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood in Books

Jun 14, 2018

As a white, middle class American, most of my education about colonialism and the resulting systemic and institutionalized racism and poverty have come from my own efforts to broaden my understanding. The more I learn, the more I am appalled not only by the realities themselves but also by the huge missing gap in my American education.

Trevor Noah's Born a Crime provides incredible insight into apartheid in South Africa as well as it's lasting effect, even after it "ended." I was already a bit of a fan of Noah's humor and political commentary, and his memoir is not a disappointment. He tackles big issues with a sense of humor that does not in any way minimize those issues.

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Anna Steele (111 KP) rated Scythe (Arc of a Scythe #1) in Books

Jun 15, 2018

Scythe (Arc of a Scythe #1)

Neal Shusterman | 2016 | Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)

9.0

(22 Ratings)

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Not feeling Deadish

I rarely give out 10/10 ratings
But Neal Shusterman deserves it
He has formed so many different worlds
Slightly different from our own
And wholely different from each other
He has brought me into Everlost
Shown me life after the Second Civil War
And now I have expirence a world
That has conquered mortality.
Two young people
Must learn how to kill people
The Sycthedom
Is the only political body standing
And it’s splitting
At its core
Massacrists
And compassionate killers
Must fight for the moral code
That will rule the only killers in the world.

This story is thrilling
And has left me not feeling so deadish.

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Anna Steele (111 KP) Jun 15, 2018

When I am in a state of hightened emotion I cannot tamper myself by writing in prose. This is how I journal, and how I write really emo finsta posts

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Gaiaroo (9 KP) rated Down Under: Travels in a Sunburned Country in Books

Jun 20, 2019

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The Perfect Travelling Companion

This book is laugh out loud funny filled with interesting historical stories as well as up to date information with personal quirky stories thrown into the mix. A well-written travel guide mixing personal adventures with information about places, things to do and see (or not) and gives a true impression of the expanse of this enormous country!

As a traveller with a 3 week trip booked later this year, this truly was a fantastic read to offer insight into a unknown world (for me!). Who knew their political system was so complex? Or their history so diverse? Let the adventures commence !