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The Blade Artist

Irvine Welsh

10.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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Jim Francis has finally found the perfect life - and is now unrecognisable, even to himself. A...

Broken World (Broken World, #1)

Kate L. Mary

8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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When a deadly virus sweeps the country, Vivian Thomas sets out for California in hopes of seeing the...

Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2273 KP) rated A Deadly Bone to Pick in Books

Feb 23, 2022

Unfortunately, I Have a Bone to Pick with This Debut

Molly Madison and her dog have relocated to Pier Point, California, and she is looking forward to starting all over. However, she has not completely unpacked before a dog she is dog sitting uncovered a hand in the sand of a nearby beach. With the police looking at Molly as a suspect because of a scandal in her past, she has to figure out what is going on. But if she doesn’t even know her neighbors, can she do that?

I picked up this book because of the Southern California setting, and I loved that. Even though Pier Point is fictional, I could easily picture it. I also enjoyed meeting Molly and the rest of her neighbors. They are slightly eccentric, but not so over the top that they didn’t still feel real. There are plenty of dogs, and they are equally charming. Unfortunately, the pacing of the book is very off. It was slow in the beginning, focusing on Molly settling into her new life. The ending, while logical, was rushed. That kept me from fully enjoying what was a promising debut.

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Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated The Birds (1963) in Movies

Feb 9, 2018

The Birds (1963)

1963 | Classics, Horror, Mystery

8.1

(41 Ratings)

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Death from above

A rich woman (hedren) who is really in love with her beau (taylor) follows him to a remote town in California where out of no where all kinds of birds from small to large begin to attack and reek havoc on the towns people.

Out of the mind of Hitchcock comes one of his more scarier tales. From what I have read that after the first screening of the movie a lot of the viewers screamed when a flock of birds happened to fly over them

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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2273 KP) rated Docketful of Poesy (Poetic Death Mystery, #4) in Books

Mar 9, 2018

Grace is back in California wrapping up things to move to England when she gets involved in a movie based on her life. But the production seems strange, even to an outsider. Meanwhile, someone is trying to kill Peter back in England. It was great to get a new chapter in the life of these characters after several years off. Doesn't quite live up to the earlier books, but I hardly cared.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-docketful-of-poesy-by-diana.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.

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Suswatibasu (1702 KP) rated Lady Bird (2017) in Movies

Mar 12, 2018 (Updated Mar 12, 2018)

Lady Bird (2017)

2017 | Comedy, Drama

7.7

(53 Ratings)

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Another teen angst coming-of-age film

I was rather disappointed with this film, mostly because it definitely didn't live up to the hype.

There has been a spate of films that capture and showcase a city, and then casually layer it with a superficial story. In this case, it was Sacramento, California.

Here we see nothing particular new - a young teenager, played by the wonderful Saoirse Ronan, who insists on being called Lady Bird, hates her parents and wants to leave the nest desperately. Again nothing to see here. Beautifully shot, but shrug-worthy.

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Russ Troutt (291 KP) rated Hell Fest (2018) in Movies

Jul 2, 2019

Hell Fest (2018)

2018 | Horror

7.2

(17 Ratings)

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Hell Fest was hella fun! Hell Fest is the perfect horror movie to kick off the Halloween season. While I was able to really get into it as I was only weeks away from meeting up with my friends in California for some hellish festivities of our own, I really think anyone that watches this movie will feel like it's your friends that you're hanging out and trying to survive with. Get your RIP front of line pass to Hell Fest and prepare for a killer good time.