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Dianne Robbins (1738 KP) rated The Last Movie Star (2017) in Movies

Mar 31, 2021  
The Last Movie Star (2017)
The Last Movie Star (2017)
2017 | Drama
9
9.0 (2 Ratings)
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I wept.
I saw all of the Smokey and the Bandit movies when I was a kid, at the drive-in, no less. And Burt Reynold's was pretty hot stuff both in his looks and as box office gold back in the day. I didn't think much of him from the mid-to-late '80s until 1997 when he popped up in Boogie Nights. He was great in that role, but I didn't give him much thought after that until I saw this movie, even when he died. Now, I don't think I'll forget or dismiss him so easily. There is a great undercurrent of regret and sadness in this movie and of Reynold's wanting to relive simpler times, reminisce, and make amends to those hurt and forgotten along the way. There is a depth I was not expecting and I felt things I did not expect to feel. My boyfriend and I both cried gently at the beauty and pain of this film. I usually try to hide my tears in embarrassment when I am moved by a film but I didn't hide them here. The emotions were palpable and you'd have had to have been a marble statue not to be moved by this movie.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2171 KP) rated Do or Diner (A Comfort Food Mystery, #1) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
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Do or Diner (A Comfort Food Mystery, #1)
Christine Wenger | 2013
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Needing a new start, Trixie Matkowski has bought her aunt’s diner in upstate New York. Her first day at the new owner, someone poisons the health inspector by adding mushrooms to a family recipe. Who is trying to drive Trixie out of business?

This was a fun debut with a plot that grew as the book progressed. The characters were distinct, although they could be a bit better developed. I had some nitpicks with timing and how little sleep Trixie got, but they were minor. This was a fun series debut.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2014/09/book-review-do-or-diner-by-christine.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2171 KP) rated Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle (Mrs Pollifax #8) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
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Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle (Mrs Pollifax #8)
Dorothy Gilman | 1989
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Mrs. Pollifax and her husband Cyrus are hours away from a vacation to Thailand when Bishop shows up asking if they could possibly make one small detour for the CIA. Of course, things go wildly wrong when Cyrus is kidnapped and Mrs. Pollifax has to hunt for him with a man she doesn't trust. The plot to this one is a little different. The scenes with Bishop and Carstairs drive it more than Mrs. Pollifax's action does. As a result, it's not as good as the classic books in the series, but it's still fun.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/07/book-review-mrs-pollifax-and-golden.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Cyn Armistead (14 KP) rated The Nymphos of Rocky Flats (Felix Gomez, #1) in Books

Mar 1, 2018  
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The Nymphos of Rocky Flats (Felix Gomez, #1)
Mario Acevedo | 2006
2
5.3 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
I read several rave reviews about Acevedo's work, so I gave this book a try. One thing in its favor is that it is NOT a romance! Yay!

On the other hand, Felix Gomez is just a little too annoyingly prickly for me to give a damn about him. And the plot? Let's just say that as soon as I learned what "EBE" stood for, any chance of liking the book was gone. Too many clich&eacute;s! Certain plot points were never adequately explained, leaving holes big enough to drive a semi through without scraping the sides.

I'm taking the other books off my to-read shelf. Life is too short to read boring novels.