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    Arlington

    Enda Walsh

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    A strange, tender love story from the author of Disco Pigs and The Walworth Farce. In a waiting...

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Jennifer Reeder recommended Safe (2012) in Movies (curated)

 
Safe (2012)
Safe (2012)
2012 | Action, Drama
7.0 (5 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"This is the first film I purchased on DVD, and it’s the film I recommend most often. Though I consider Todd Haynes a feminist filmmaker, he has a tendency to leave his female protagonists much worse off than they were before as the end credits roll. His character arcs are vicious downward spirals, and they’re utterly compelling. When I teach this film in my class at the University of Illinois, I pair it with “The Yellow Wallpaper,” a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman that is also about a wife and mother slowly unraveling under the pressure of her own femininity. At the end of a hard day, I often find comfort knowing that at least I am not Carol White."

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Joe Goodhart (27 KP) rated Life in the Sloth Lane: Slow Down and Smell the Hibiscus in Books

Nov 30, 2020  
Life in the Sloth Lane: Slow Down and Smell the Hibiscus
Life in the Sloth Lane: Slow Down and Smell the Hibiscus
Lucy Cooke | 2018 | Natural World
8
8.3 (4 Ratings)
Book Rating
Long story short (and really, it's sloths, fer Pete's sake! They are as chill as the Dude! No need for long, drawn-out reviews!): Ms. Cooke knows sloths! Seriously!! In addition to all her work she has done at the Sloth Sanctuary, working with rescued sloths, she has found time to share some ridiculously cute sloth photos, along with some inspirational words of wisdom from the likes of folks like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Harper Lee.

It was very difficult for me to not finish this in one sitting. However, like an exquisite meal, each "morsel" I read was to be savored! Do yourself a favor and get this book! Your heart, and your Soul, will be most grateful indeed!
  
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David McK (3576 KP) rated Biggles Learns to Fly in Books

Dec 23, 2020  
Biggles Learns to Fly
Biggles Learns to Fly
W.E. Johns | 1935 | Children
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I was going to start this by saying this was the earliest set of the Biggles stories, back in The First World War.

Then I did a bit of research, and discovered that it depends upon how (and what) you are counting as a Biggles story/book - see http://www.biggles.info/

Perhaps, then, it would be better to say that this is the earliest set of any I have read.

Published in 1935, this is (apparently) a collection of 12 separate short stories, all of which are loosely linked together and follows some of Biggles earlier exploits.

I realise I'm not the target audience for these (I'm now too old). I don't care: sometimes it's nice just to re-live your childhood!
  
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Dean (6927 KP) rated The Queen's Gambit in TV

Jan 20, 2021  
The Queen's Gambit
The Queen's Gambit
2020 | Drama
8
8.8 (14 Ratings)
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Anya Taylor-Joy (2 more)
Cinematography
Very stylish
Little predictable (0 more)
Check.... Mate
Thought I'd check this out, pun intended. Heard very good things about this, everyone seems to be watching this. I was a bit dubious how a short series about a Chess prodigy would make interesting viewing. I happen to like Chess as well.
The story follows Beth a young girl sent to an orphanage and discovers a natural ability for Chess and an addiction.
The show is very stylish, with the 60's fashion, Cars and Music. Anya Taylor-Joy has a look that just grabs your attention with her striking red hair. It's interesting, especially if you do play yourself, although it does progress as you would expect.
You'll breeze through it in no time.