Smashbomb

David McK (3233 KP) rated Star Wars: The Truce at Bakura in Books

Jan 30, 2019

One of the earliest official Star Wars tie-in novels, I remember reading this when it first came out in about '94.

What's interesting is how perception changes: at the time, I remember thinking it was one of the best books I'd read, but now (with time behind me) it's not quite as good as I remember. Still worth a read, though!

Kudos

Cindy P (12 KP) rated Goodreads: Book Reviews in Apps

Feb 7, 2018

Goodreads: Book Reviews

Book, Social Networking

9

8.8

(453 Ratings)

App Rating

easy to track books read every year (4 more)

fun way to find new books and authors

lists lists lists! (I like lists)

nice to challenge yourself to read more

socialize with other book people

my to-read list grows daily and is now in the thousands! (1 more)

the app makes a loud noise when I scan a book and it scares my dog.

Kudos

Pam Gould (2 KP) rated The Christmasaurus in Books

Mar 13, 2018

The Christmasaurus

Tom Fletcher | 2016 | Children

10

10.0

(2 Ratings)

Book Rating

A book we just can’t put down! (0 more)

Me and my 9 year old boy absolutely love this book! Just couldn’t put it down. I’m hoping he will be more inspired to read from now on!

Kudos

Louise (64 KP) rated Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in Books

Jul 2, 2018

I loved this book as a child and still love it as an adult, the truly wonderful thing is I got yo read it to my daughter who loved and after reflecting on the book she now knows good things come to good children

Kudos

Michelle Kelly (88 KP) rated The Seven Deaths Of Evelyn Hardcastle in Books

Feb 4, 2020

The Seven Deaths Of Evelyn Hardcastle

Stuart Turton | 2018 | Mystery, Science Fiction/Fantasy

10

7.9

(24 Ratings)

Book Rating

The idea for this story is second to none (1 more)

Twists in the storyline you never see coming

Fantastic

My friends and I read this for book club and we all adored it. It is now being kept as a book I will never part with!

Kudos

MyBookObsession (29 KP) rated The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) in Movies

Sep 6, 2017

Again. I love it.
I watched film in my early years of high school not knowing it was based on a book.
So, now I am going to read the book and I am scared it won't be the same as the film, but will be even better! Fingers crossed ?

Kudos

Cynthia Erivo recommended The Color Purple (1985) in Movies (curated)

"Next is The Color Purple, for obvious reasons. The first way I came to it was the film, a bit before I read the book. And it has some of my favorite people in it. And I think I’ve met them now, strangely enough, most of those people from the film."

Source

Kudos

Vegemite Girl (284 KP) rated The Night Circus in Books

Mar 1, 2018

The Night Circus

Erin Morgenstern | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry

5

8.1

(106 Ratings)

Book Rating

I went into this book with high expectations from all the hype and the synopsis sounded awesome. I didn’t love it but I also didn’t hate it. It was a bit slow getting into it and some parts got a little confusing throughout the book but it also had a good chunk of parts that had me not wanting to put the book down just because I wanted to see how certain parts played out. It is not a book I will likely read again but now I have read it.

Kudos

Andrew Solomon recommended The Towers of Trebizond in Books (curated)

The Towers of Trebizond

Rose Macaulay | 1995 | Fiction & Poetry

(0 Ratings)

Book Favorite

"This is, without exception, the funniest book I’ve ever read. The phrasebook scene (which I won’t delineate further in case you haven’t yet read the book and might enjoy doing so) has made me laugh every time I’ve read it, and I’ve now read it several hundred times. Macauley has a great gentleness, and though she keeps up her wry take on the absurd, she is also engaged in moral inquiry, in the attempt to know and understand what is right and what is the opposite of right."

Source

Kudos