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Bete

Adam Roberts

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A man is about to kill a cow. He discusses life and death and his right to kill with the compliant...

BookwormLea (3034 KP) rated The Alphas Pack (Kit Davenport #6) in Books

Jul 18, 2020

The Alphas Pack (Kit Davenport #6)

Tate James | 2020 | Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy

9.5

(2 Ratings)

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Amazing RH!

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This was a fantastic ending to a beautiful series! Kick ass female lead, a hot group of guys, supernatural powers and romance! What more could you want?
It was nice to see Kit confront her demons, and her mother. And she gained a father figure in return. And its amazing to see the group really come together and defeat evil, as cliche as that sounds. And Lucy!!! Plot twist of the century! I could never have seen that coming if her halo hit me in the face! The whole series was a rollercoaster and I literally didn't put my kindle down for 3 straight days! Work be damned! You get so enthralled in her life and you want to know what happens next, even now I need to know about kids and life after!

Tate is a fabulous author and an amazing person (I've met her, so i know its true!) I love all of her books. Check them out!

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Fire

Oivind Berg

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In this beautifully illustrated book, Oivind Berg traces the use of fire as a heat source, a stove...

Rodney Barnes (472 KP) rated the PlayStation 4 version of Control in Video Games

Nov 16, 2020

Control

2019 | Action/Adventure

7.1

(11 Ratings)

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Creative Masterpiece

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I was not expecting to enjoy playing this game as much as I have. I have played through twice in month's time. People find the story is weird and strange but I think its very creative and very good. Jesse Faden, through a series of strange encounters, becomes the director of the Fedeal Bureau of Control (FBC). They investigate out of the ordinary events and items. Jesse is the main hero and she has special telekinetic powers that help her battle the Hiss. Entities in the Astral Plane that have invaded our world through the actions of the previous director. They take over people and are drawn to Objects of Power in our world. Objects of Power are things like traffic signals, floppy discs, things that have power in certain situations. Jesse was not at the FBC to become director but to look for her brother. Great game and great story. I recommend this game to any gamer.

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Travis Knight recommended The Grandmaster (2013) in Movies (curated)

The Grandmaster (2013)

2013 | Action, Biography, Drama

10.0

(1 Ratings)

Movie Favorite

"A visual genius working at the height of his powers. For emotional heft, this film can’t compete with Wong Kar Wai’s heartbreaking In the Mood for Love, but just try keeping The Grandmaster’s gorgeous imagery from being seared into your brain. The cinematography and choreography are exquisite. They’re just poetry. I was absolutely transfixed watching this film during the early stages of Kubo’s production cycle. After I picked my jaw off the floor I completely reconsidered all of Kubo’s action scenes. We had to step up our game. Wong Kar Wai had raised the bar to soaring, impossible new heights. The terrific filmmaker Zhang Yimou — who himself made two flawless action epics (Hero and House of Flying Daggers) — once said that every boy wants either a train set or to make a martial arts movie. I never had a train set. After seeing The Grandmaster, I have a feeling Wong Kar Wai didn’t either."

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Cori June (3033 KP) rated The Blood King (Inferno Rising #2) in Books

Jun 12, 2021

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The flying & use of powers

Sky fights

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Too stubborn on the wrong things

This is the second book of the series. I have not read the first, but was able to follow along fairly well while realizing that this wasn't the first part if the story. I didn't get lost and was able to piece together most of the missing information. The few gaps I still had that book one probably filled didn't detract me from enjoying the story.
Stubborn characters are great, mostly.
The characters where fun and there are a lot of humorous bits, as well as, steamy ones.
I won't be buying this series (unless I get it secondhand cheap) but I would check it out at the library. And can see how others would love it.
It has a bit more romance than I usually like and I did know this so I didn't (tried not to) over bias myself.

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Awix (3310 KP) rated Dracula Untold (2014) in Movies

Jan 10, 2021

Dracula Untold (2014)

2014 | Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

7.0

(26 Ratings)

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Untold, uninspired, and underwhelming take on a Dracula origin story, very much in the style of a comic book movie. Historians look away: Vlad Tepes is a client king of the Turks, who is forced to rebel against them and seeks out demonic, blood-sucking powers to help him defeat his opponents. (Charles Dance, playing his mentor in evil, is the best thing in the movie.)

Mildly diverting as an empty spectacle (gasp as Superdrac uses his FIST OF BATS power to squish the Turks!) but essentially useless: the film fails to engage with either the historical Vlad the Impaler or the iconic Dracula. Luke Evans fails to communicate any essential darkness lurking in his character, just coming across as a nice guy who makes a bad decision under pressure. If Dracula's not going to be a properly evil monster, what's the point of him? Good effects and reasonable art direction, but misses the point in every narrative sense.