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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2346 KP) rated The Real Macaw (Meg Langslow, #13) in Books

Mar 9, 2018

With four month old twins, Meg is finding life unpredictable and crazy. And that's before her father and grandfather show up with a bunch of animals rescued from the local shelter. When their "get away" driver is found killed, Meg keeps finding more information that leads to some shocking discoveries. I found the plot of this book very interesting, and I can't wait to see how it plays out in further volumes. The usual cast of characters are present, but they don't provide the laughs they used to. They are still amusing, and fun to be around, which will keep fans of the series happy.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/06/book-review-real-macaw-by-donna-andrews.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.

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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2346 KP) rated Space Case (Moon Base Alpha #1) in Books

Mar 9, 2018

Dashiell Gibson is one of the first people living on the Moon colony, and he’s found life for the kids to be rather boring. All that changes when one of the residents is found dead outside the base. While everyone thinks it was an accident, Dash is certain it was murder. But can he prove it?

This is a great combination of mystery and science fiction. The setting is realistically done and really adds to the story. The target middle grade audience will love the characters and the humor. Personally, I never saw the ending coming. I can’t wait for the sequel.

You can read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2014/10/book-review-space-case-by-stuart-gibbs.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.

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Roxanne (13 KP) rated Nyctophobia in Books

Nov 14, 2018

<b>2 Star Rating</b> __

This ended up being quite a difficult read for me as I found it very slow paced, there was so much build up to pretty much nothing in my opinion.
I found each character quite annoying and fairly dim to be honest as who really buys a property without seeing half of it? Not a lot of the storyline made a lot of sense and there were quite a few errors in the writing which was pretty distracting.
It wasn't all bad as there were a couple of chilling scenes but unfortunately they were very short lived, I wanted more scenes like that.
The idea for the story is indeed very original but in my opinion isn't very well executed.
Nevermind...

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Lewis John Hatchett (23 KP) rated Men in Black International (2019) in Movies

Jun 20, 2019

Comedy, story, nostalgia to original (0 more)

Not enough weird and wackiness (0 more)

As good as expected

After growing up on the original trilogy, I was looking forward to returning to the franchise. Coming out of the film I found it a fun filled adventure back into the world of the Men in Black.

However after rewatching the original trilogy I found that the film didn't have the same weirdness that the originals had. I remember watching the first and being terrified (even for being a PG film) where as this new iteration focused more or the comedy between Hemsworth and Thompson than the aliens that made the originals so interesting.

Overall it was a fun filled film that would be worth a watch.

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Chocolate: 90 Sinful and Sumptuous Indulgences

Elisabeth Johansson

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This book explains how to temper and mould chocolate. It contains information on the fascinating...

The Man Who Wasn't There

Michael Hjorth and Hans Rosenfeldt

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On the side of a mountain in Sweden, six bodies have been found. Skeletons, more precisely. These...

Deeds of Darkness

Edward Marston

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In June 1916, a young woman is found murdered in a cinema. Harvery Marmion and Joe Keedy set out to...

Kim Pook (101 KP) rated Before I Fall (2017) in Movies

Jun 17, 2020

Before I Fall (2017)

2017 | Drama

6.6

(5 Ratings)

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It's valentines day and after been in a car crash a teen keeps repeating the same day over and over. In order to carry on with her life she must figure out what needs to change in order for her to move on.
I found the movie OK, I would guess that the writer of this movie must have been a fan of groundhog day. The repeating the same day idea is the only thing that resembles that movie though as this does have its own storyline, you start to feel just as frustrated as the main character as even think of what she should be doing to rectify this and then get annoyed when she doesn't. I found the ending very disappointing indeed.