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Ivana A. | Diary of Difference (1171 KP) rated Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) in Movies

Jun 23, 2020

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I cannot believe I have never watched this movie before. I really loved every single thing about it. It made me giggle so often, especially the last scene, when the little Groot is dancing to the music.

The storyline was predictable, but it was enjoyable to watch. I will definitely be watching the second movie soon!

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Elif Shafak recommended Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches in Books (curated)

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Audre Lorde | 1984 | Fiction & Poetry, Gender Studies, LGBTQ+

(0 Ratings)

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"A remarkable collection of essays by a remarkable woman. Lorde’s views on race, gender, homophobia, xenophobia, class discrimination… To me this book is a manifesto of multiplicity. In an age in which we are all reduced to single identities and pushed into artificial tribes, Lorde’s intersectional and touchingly human approach is like a balm. It is a book about love, resilience and sisterhood."

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Erik Larson recommended The Maltese Falcon in Books (curated)

"My all-time personal favorite. I love this book, all of it: the plot, the characters, the dialogue, much of which was lifted verbatim by John Huston for his screenplay for the beloved movie of the same name. The single best monologue in fiction appears toward the end, when Sam Spade tells Brigid O’Shaughnessy why he’s giving her to the police."

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Michael Cunningham recommended White Noise in Books (curated)

White Noise

Don DeLillo | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry

4.0

(1 Ratings)

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"Don DeLillo is my sentence god. His sentences are more nuanced and forceful and beautiful than any sentences I know. If, upon departing for this hypothetical island, I were to be told I had to shed some weight, I could (though I’d be sorry to) just take a single DeLillo sentence with me, and read it over and over again."

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Sarah (7800 KP) created a post

Sep 28, 2019

Does anyone else ever struggle to find something you’re in the mind to watch?

I find that despite having all the streaming platforms and on demand services, and there being a lot of films and shows I’m interested in seeing, a lot of evenings I can’t find a single thing I actually feel like watching. Is it just me? 😕

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Andy K (10823 KP) Sep 28, 2019

Another reason I like physical media. Streaming makes it too easy to change your mind. Once you put in a disk, you instantly become too lazy to get up and change it if it's horrible! I suppose you wouldn't buy something unless you really liked it though.

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Kristy H (1252 KP) Oct 2, 2019

Yes, all the time! I wind up scrolling through a bunch of platforms and then just watching something I've seen a hundred times instead.

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Samantha Berg (213 KP) rated Dark in Death in Books

Sep 5, 2019

Dark in Death

J.D. Robb | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry, Mystery

9.0

(7 Ratings)

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Love story

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Fantastic series

Love the entire In Death series. JD Robb is the alternate pen name for Nora Roberts because the series really follows a single chatacter as she solves murders in the mid 21st century. Completely different feel from her Nora Roberts books which, while I love them, can sometimes be predictable and saccharine at times.