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Review of 'All of Our Demise'
For the first time in this ancient, bloodstained story, the tournament is breaking. The boundaries between the city of Ilvernath and the arena have fallen. Reporters swarm the historic battlegrounds. A dead boy now lives again. And a new champion has entered the fray, one who seeks to break the curse for good... no matter how many lives are sacrificed in the process. As the curse teeters closer and closer to collapse, the surviving champions each face a choice: dismantle the tournament piece by piece, or fight to the death as this story was always intended. Long-held alliances will be severed. Hearts will break. Lives will end. Because a tale as wicked as this one was never destined for happily ever after.
By Cyn's Workshop4 years ago in Geeks
The Midnight Club - A Netflix Series Review
The sound of stories are the sounds of lives. The Midnight Club aired on Netflix in 2022. Based on the 1994 novel written by Christopher Pike, the events center around a group of terminally ill teenagers living in a hospice house. Sneaking out of their rooms, they tell each other scary stories in the library at midnight.
By Marielle Sabbag4 years ago in Geeks
Reading The World: Top 5
Near the beginning of the year, I decided to sign up to the Reading The World Challenge on Storygraph, where the aim is to read a book from every country in the world by an author from that country. So far I have read books from 32 different countries and am 16% of my way through the challenge, which for only 9 months worth of books I’d say was pretty good going. I’d like to start doing wrap ups every three months to let you know what progress I’m making, but to get you up to speed with where I am so far I thought I’d do a top five of the books I’ve read for this challenge so far.
By Jeanna Reads Books4 years ago in Geeks
Review of 'Cackle'
All her life, Annie has played it nice and safe. After being unceremoniously dumped by her longtime boyfriend, Annie seeks a fresh start. She accepts a teaching position that moves her from Manhattan to a small village upstate. She’s stunned by how perfect and picturesque the town is. The people are all friendly and warm. Her new apartment is dreamy too, minus the oddly persistent spider infestation. Then Annie meets Sophie. Beautiful, charming, magnetic Sophie, who takes a special interest in Annie, who wants to be her friend. More importantly, she wants Annie to stop apologizing and start living for herself. That’s how Sophie lives. Annie can’t help but gravitate toward the self-possessed Sophie, wanting to spend more and more time with her, despite the fact that the rest of the townsfolk seem…a little afraid of her. And like, okay. There are some things. Sophie’s appearance is uncanny and ageless, her mansion in the middle of the woods feels a little unearthly, and she does seem to wield a certain power…but she couldn’t be…could she?
By Cyn's Workshop4 years ago in Geeks
Bringing success to life
Everyone always wants to win. Everyone will do whatever it takes to win. Everyone has decided in their life that they are willing to do anything and have a goal to win in life. It is any person who likes to win and behaves in a meaningless way for the sake of winning.
By Barnabas Payam4 years ago in Geeks
Cleopatra Queen of Egypt
No doubt you’ve heard of the infamous Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt and perhaps the most famous female ruler in all of history. But what you might not know about this legendary woman is that she was actually more than just a cunning politician with amazing powers of seduction and manipulation. In fact, her life story reads like an epic romance novel! Here are 10 surprising facts about Cleopatra, Egypt's last pharaoh.
By joyce njaji4 years ago in Geeks
The Glass Hotel - Emily St. John Mandel
When I decided to reserve this book on my library app, I only knew 2 things about it. One: it was by the same author as Sea of Tranquility, which I absolutely devoured in 24 hours and wouldn't shut up about for weeks. Two: that many people who have read that book recommend reading this one first as, although it is in no way a sequel, amongst Sea of Tranquility's rather large cast of characters we find three characters from The Glass Hotel two years after their story there has ended. Had I known that there were no sci-fi elements and that the main storyline was centred around the 2008 financial crash, there is absolutely no way I would have picked it up. But god, I'm so glad I did.
By Jeanna Reads Books4 years ago in Geeks
To enjoy life happily
It is possible for few to experience life happily. Because those who find it will find it. In the New Testament of the Bible, Jesus Christ said like this - the way of life is narrow and few will find it and only they will enter it. It is said that the way of death is wide and all who enter it will die.
By Barnabas Payam4 years ago in Geeks
