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Heather Cranmer (2721 KP) rated Back to the Garden in Books

Jun 7, 2018  
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Back to the Garden
Erica Obey | 2013
4
4.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I received this book for free through the Goodreads First Reads program.

Right, I could not finish this book. When reading a book becomes more like a chore I dread doing, I have to stop unfortunately or I'd never end up reading any other book until I finished this one.

I just found the pacing to be a bit too slow for my liking, and I just felt confused about who's who in the book. Laura felt more like a male character than a female character...I don't know, it just felt all wrong to me.

However, this could just be me. I'd recommend others to read it because they may end up liking it.
  
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David McK (3848 KP) rated Under Enemy Colours: Charles Hayden Book 1 in Books

Jan 30, 2019  
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Under Enemy Colours: Charles Hayden Book 1
Sean Thomas Russell | 2009
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Apparently the first in a new series, and (for once) the comparison on the back of the book - which reads something like "in the tradition of Patrick O'Brian and Bernard Cornwell" - is actually pretty accurate!

Having said that, I would've replaced O'Brian reference with CS Forester: some of the events contained in the book have more than a passing resemblance to some of those in the Hornblower novels! The Cornwell reference, though, is pretty much spot on: an outsider officer (naval, in this case) who must contend with both his own immediate superiors as well as the enemy ... sound familiar at all?

Still, I'll be keeping an eye out for the sequel!
  
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EmersonRose (320 KP) rated The Scarlet Letter in Books

Nov 20, 2019  
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne | 1850 | Fiction & Poetry
9
6.8 (24 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is one of those books that I feel like everyone reads in high school but my English teacher never had us read it. I will admit that I have been interested in reading it ever since I saw Easy A starring Emma Stone (Such a fun movie). I found myself really enjoying the story. It was deeper than I anticipated, and I loved the language and characters, especially Hester and Pearl. My only real struggle with the book was the first two hours were the author rambling before the story even started! But this book also gets bonus points because Hawthorne was friends with Ralph Waldo Emerson, a writer and transcendentalist, who I was named after.
  
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Millie (22 KP) rated Rebecca Powder And The Werewolves Of Stone County (Book #2 Born To Be Mine) in Books

Jan 27, 2020  
Rebecca Powder And The Werewolves Of Stone County (Book #2 Born To Be Mine)
Rebecca Powder And The Werewolves Of Stone County (Book #2 Born To Be Mine)
Jade Cooper | 2013
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This was a very quick, easy-to-read story that crossed over a lot of different genres. Not to be taken seriously as the author has mentioned, it's still enjoyabale. I feel like Jade Cooper has a lot of potential with her storytelling; however, there were a lot of grammar errors in the copy I was given. I also saw elements of fanfiction (which isn't surprising given that it features werewolves and vampires with some erotica mixed in.) I would recommend this to mature adults who need a fast novella to get out of a reading slump.


*Although I did receive this book for free through Goodreads First Reads, all of my thoughts and opinions are my own.
  
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David McK (3848 KP) rated The NeverEnding Story (1984) in Movies

Jan 8, 2021  
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
1984 | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
6
8.0 (127 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
1984. I was all of 5.

I think I first saw this in the later 80s,round about Primary 5 or 6 or thereabouts.

I've been traumatised by the swamp of despair and what happened to Artrax ever since.

Framed as a story within a story (see also: 'The Princess Bride'), this follows Bastian who takes refuge in a bookstore when he is chased by bullies: a bookstore in which he encounters the book 'The Neverending Story': a book in which the land of Fantasia is threatened by the nothingness and which seemingly talks directly to him as he reads it whilst hiding in a school attic.

Maybe a bit dated now, but for its time? Enjoyable enough.