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The First Phone Call from Heaven
The First Phone Call from Heaven
Mitch Albom | 2013 | Fiction & Poetry
10
8.7 (3 Ratings)
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I have always loved the writing of Mitch Albom. I have not been very religious or spiritual but in the past year I have been trying to expand and understand this level of beliefs. The writing had me hoping that Heaven existed rather than what it just being a human created reality.
  
Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
Adam Kay | 2019 | Biography, Health & Fitness, Humor & Comedy, Medical & Veterinary
7
7.6 (9 Ratings)
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For a sequel this micro-sized book packs a lot of laughs and a lot of truths inside. It show the reality of human beings, which can be humorous as well as the seriousness of jobs taken as a given. (0 more)
I wanted more. (0 more)
A sequel which is as good as the first
  
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Kathy Griffin recommended Dear Madam President in Books (curated)

 
Dear Madam President
Dear Madam President
Jennifer Palmieri | 2018 | Biography, Essays, Gender Studies, History & Politics
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When I saw Palmieri interviewed on the Rachel Maddow Show, I started crying. This book doesn’t take the sting off November 8, 2016, but Palmieri lays out a very touching, emotional, and informative road map to get us back to the mindset where we believed our first female President will become a reality.

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Kathy Griffin recommended Dear Madam President in Books (curated)

 
Dear Madam President
Dear Madam President
Jennifer Palmieri | 2018 | Biography, Essays, Gender Studies, History & Politics
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"When I saw Palmieri interviewed on the Rachel Maddow Show, I started crying. This book doesn’t take the sting off November 8, 2016, but Palmieri lays out a very touching, emotional, and informative road map to get us back to the mindset where we believed our first female President will become a reality."

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Joshua Z Weinstein recommended Salesman (1969) in Movies (curated)

 
Salesman (1969)
Salesman (1969)
1969 | Documentary
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"This might have been the first film that made me realize what type of filmmaker I was going to be. The faces and personalities are so vivid. I always wonder if people would care about this simply observed masterpiece if it were produced today, after the advent of reality TV and YouTube."

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Lisa Ling recommended Midnight's Children in Books (curated)

 
Midnight's Children
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
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"Rushdie combines historical reality and mythical fiction to deliver a magnificent and magical account of India’s transition to independence and partition. It tells the story of a young man born along with hundreds of others at the very moment India becomes independent and through these new lives come hopes, dreams, curses and complication."

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Taissa Farmiga recommended Inception (2010) in Movies (curated)

 
Inception (2010)
Inception (2010)
2010 | Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller

"Another movie with layers of deception and truth and dreams and reality, and everything is just so interwoven. The plot was intricate, but intricate in an amazing way. You can’t just sit there and watch this movie. You have to be engrossed, sort of taken with it. I love those kinds of movies."

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The Author and Me
The Author and Me
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6.0 (1 Ratings)
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In an attempt to prove that characters are not necessarily the mouthpieces of their authors, Eric Chevillard takes us on a highly controversial journey, where the lines of reality and fiction are constantly blurred. Read my review of this unusual novel here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2014/09/03/cauliflower-gratin-vs-trout-amandine/
  
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Dean (6925 KP) rated Killer Camp in TV

Nov 3, 2019  
Killer Camp
Killer Camp
2019 | Horror
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6.5 (4 Ratings)
TV Show Rating
Good ideas (1 more)
Mix of genre's
Some silly games (0 more)
Original Horror reality gameshow
A very short 5 part Horror themed game show. 11 contestants spend 5 days at camp pleasant, which is more like Crystal Lake. They must complete various tasks to win money. What they don't win goes to the Killer fund. They can also compete to win clues to the killers identity and immunity from meeting a grisly end. Will they figure who the Killer is amongst them and win the money?
An original gameshow from the same people behind @Release the Hounds it also feels a bit like an old show called The Mole mixed with Big Brother. In between camp competitions can the contestants work out together who the Killer is? Some of the games are a bit silly and I'm not a fan of Big Brother style reality shows on the whole. However the aim of trying to guess who the Killer is and if they can remain undetected while the others try to figure it out is intriguing. So one for Whodunit fans, who don't remind a slight reality TV angle will enjoy this.
  
Black Mirror - Season 4
Black Mirror - Season 4
2017 | Sci-Fi
Each episode is so vastly different in an intriguing way. You never know what to expect from each episode. (1 more)
The virtual reality simulator episode gave me the best kind of irrational anxiety of any show or movie I have ever watched.
The very first episode was so off-putting that I almost stopped watching entirely. (0 more)