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Self-Reliance and Other Essays
Self-Reliance and Other Essays
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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"I read “Self-Reliance” when I was 17 as an undergraduate at UC Berkeley in the ‘50s. In this short essay, Emerson takes a stance against conformity and insists on trusting your own judgement, on finding your own path, on living in the present and augmenting what is unique to your own character. These are the principles that have shaped my life and work."

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Vintage Munro
Vintage Munro
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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Alice Munro made history when she won a Nobel Prize for Literature, and became the first author of short stories to receive this prestigious award. After reading this collection, while I cannot fault the Swedish Academy for their choice, I can't say this collection should be your introduction to her work. Find out why in my review here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2016/01/05/a-nobel-introduction/
  
Maid for It
Maid for It
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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Short, slightly unbelievable, erotic romance.

I found the whole concept just a little odd. A company that forces you to have sex with the clients they have while you keep cleaning their house or risk deportation back to whatever country you came from??

The romance was kinda sweet when it got into it and though story was a little unrealistic for me, I liked it.
  
Bridges (Bridges, #1)
Bridges (Bridges, #1)
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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It was short and sweet.

An enemies to lovers sort of thing that started when they were just kids at school and ending when they were waiting to go to college. They both changed a lot in those intervening years and realised the other wasn't so bad and that they actually did like each other which slowly progressed into a relationship.

It was cute :)
  
Sinister (2012)
Sinister (2012)
2012 | Horror
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7.1 (24 Ratings)
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Ok
This horror movie wasn't too bad as horror movies go. The acting was ok. The cinematography could've been a little better but it worked for what this was. The storyline was weird but ok. Overall I can't say it's great or anything. Just ok. But if you're short on horror movies to check out and haven't seein this one yet, it'll entertain. Worth a watch.
  
Bulletproof - Season 2
Bulletproof - Season 2
2020 |
Plenty of action (1 more)
Good plot
Better than the 1st Series
I liked the 1st Series of Bulletproof although it was a little bit short. This second series is more of the same formula but with a better plot and and 2 episodes longer. Lots of action, shootouts, car chases largely against a South East London backdrop. Not really any UK shows like this around.