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Li Hughes (285 KP) rated The Firebird (Slains #2) in Books
Aug 9, 2017
This is a sequel to The Winter Sea and follows Anna, the child from that book as the second plot line. I'm kind of torn: I enjoyed Kearsley's writing style as much as in the first book, and it was good to see what had happened "off camera" with Anna. But some of the plot devices really felt like a stretch: like Dickens' multitude of coincidences in A Tale of Two Cities but without the benefit of actually being AToTC. I mean, I know we're talking about psychometry here but still.
Still a quick, fun read, but I simply didn't enjoy it quite as much as The Winter Sea.
Still a quick, fun read, but I simply didn't enjoy it quite as much as The Winter Sea.
Whatchareadin (174 KP) rated Decoded in Books
May 10, 2018
After reading Decoded, I can honestly say that I learned something. I have always been a fan of rap music. Not necessarily all of it, but most of it and definitely a fan of Jay-Z. I liked the in-depth look at his music and what it was exactly that he was talking about in each song. The thing that I didn't like about the book and the reason why I gave it three stars is that the parts of the book when he wasn't dissecting his music, made me feel like i was reading a rap song instead of a book about rap music.
Donna C (199 KP) rated Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster in Podcasts
Apr 14, 2019 (Updated Apr 14, 2019)
Love it
I love this podcast. Ed and James are quite the foodies. They’ve both travelled a lot and visited a lot of different restaurants around the world. I also like the fact that Ed doesn’t mind talking about his type 1 diabetes, and he also doesn’t let it limit his culinary choices. (Refreshing for fellow type 1s like me!).
As for their guests - they are generally fellow comedians but not necessarily. They are asked what their dream meal would be and why. There are some surprising choices. The funniest for me so far has been Victoria Coren-Mitchell. Not what I expected at all ?.
As for their guests - they are generally fellow comedians but not necessarily. They are asked what their dream meal would be and why. There are some surprising choices. The funniest for me so far has been Victoria Coren-Mitchell. Not what I expected at all ?.
Awix (3310 KP) rated The Mountain Between Us (2017) in Movies
Feb 13, 2018
Strangers thrown together must endure a gruelling and interminable ordeal - I'm not talking about Idris Elba and Kate Winslet, but cinema audiences who unsuspectingly sit down to watch The Mountain Between Us.
Reasonably competent, I suppose, as a piece of storytelling, but really, really dull and predictable - takes a while to get going, and then another while to conclude once the actual story is finished. Also contains the leading candidate for Worst Sex Scene of the year - although who knows, maybe frostbite, malnutrition and incipient gangrene is just the thing to get most people in the mood, I don't know (it's been a while). Not actively bad, just very undistinguished.
Reasonably competent, I suppose, as a piece of storytelling, but really, really dull and predictable - takes a while to get going, and then another while to conclude once the actual story is finished. Also contains the leading candidate for Worst Sex Scene of the year - although who knows, maybe frostbite, malnutrition and incipient gangrene is just the thing to get most people in the mood, I don't know (it's been a while). Not actively bad, just very undistinguished.
Lindsay (1793 KP) rated Missing (The Secrets of Crittenden County #1) in Books
Feb 15, 2018
There mysterious murder that brings about some things. It bring out some secrets from a few folks. The biggest one in this book is how Perry died and also about Lydia. Lydia find out something and has a hard time accepting it. She starts talking to Walker Anderson.
Walker Anderson is having trouble with what happen and what he seen. There detective that comes to town and people start becoming closed mouthed and things do look strange. The detective also is struggling with some things as well. Though he want wants to got back to Chicago, he starting to fit into this little commuitty that has this mysterious murder.
Walker Anderson is having trouble with what happen and what he seen. There detective that comes to town and people start becoming closed mouthed and things do look strange. The detective also is struggling with some things as well. Though he want wants to got back to Chicago, he starting to fit into this little commuitty that has this mysterious murder.
Kelsica (4 KP) rated Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People in Podcasts
Mar 15, 2018
The host (1 more)
The length
Such an interesting podcast
I really love listening to this podcast it is completely different every single episode, pretty much the guest that appears on the show decides where it’s going to go and what that episode is going to be like. This show is amazing because it just shows how meaningful human connection is and how much each of us are wanting to have a connection. Each of the guests have never talked to the host before and the host doesn’t know exactly what they’re going to be talking about so it leads for an interesting show every time.
Jcadden76 (64 KP) rated You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes in Podcasts
Jun 19, 2018
Love me some Pete Holmes
Pete Holmes puts out one of the best long form podcast on the interwebs. There is something about a comedian with the gift of gab having the ability to get people talking. You would assume with this podcast being helmed by funny man Pete Holmes that the whole show is going to be a laugh riot, but the interesting thing is that these conversations get deep and they do in fact get weird.
If you aren't sure about this podcast, give it the 3 episode challenge and see what you think. My belief is that you might just dig it.
If you aren't sure about this podcast, give it the 3 episode challenge and see what you think. My belief is that you might just dig it.
Kevin Wilson (179 KP) rated Sabotage (2014) in Movies
Jul 23, 2018
Predictable ending (1 more)
Not enough action
A movie that lacks so much
A pretty disappointing movie. Watched it expecting something like the Expendables but this was worse.
Not enough action, long drawn out talking scenes and an ending I saw coming a mile off.
I wasn't a fan of the characters or the dialogue but I did like some of the actors.
What action the did have, I liked but that's as far as is goes. It needed non stop action. Gore effects were done well and Arnold Schwarzeneggers character could have been played by anyone else like Sylvester Stallone or someone.
Not enough action, long drawn out talking scenes and an ending I saw coming a mile off.
I wasn't a fan of the characters or the dialogue but I did like some of the actors.
What action the did have, I liked but that's as far as is goes. It needed non stop action. Gore effects were done well and Arnold Schwarzeneggers character could have been played by anyone else like Sylvester Stallone or someone.
The Craggus (360 KP) rated Venom (2018) in Movies
Oct 3, 2018
I guess you just can't polish a turd, no matter how windy it is... Venom (2018) #Review
The most puzzling thing about “Venom” is that if Sony was determined to make this film, this exact story, they already had a movie they could call it a sequel to without pissing away yet another of their Marvel IPs that look increasingly like hostages rather than assets. I’m talking about “Life”, and it would have provided a better foundation for the story than this clumsy and inept attempt which sees Sony's would-be Spider-Man-less Spider-Verse telling Universal’s Dark Universe to hold its beer....
FULL REVIEW: http://bit.ly/CraggusVenom
FULL REVIEW: http://bit.ly/CraggusVenom
graveyardgremlin (7194 KP) rated All the Books! in Podcasts
Nov 23, 2018
Like books? Need new recommendations?
This is a great podcast to listen to to hear a wide variety of new books coming out from a wide variety of genres. The hosts are great and know what they're talking about, while being fun to listen to. It's only a half an hour, so that can be both a good and bad thing, depending on how long you like your podasts, but hey, there are 185 shows to listen to! (as of 11/23/2018) Good listening. :)