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Happy Little Goats by Soraya Hirth

Move over, cats and dogs, there's a new animal in town! Behold: the goat. Happy Little Goats features photos of adorable goats living the good life and getting into trouble on a beautiful farm.

  
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Before I Fall

Before I Fall

Lauren Oliver

7.6 (60 Ratings) Rate It

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With this stunning debut novel, New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver emerged as one of...

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky

8.2 (101 Ratings) Rate It

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a deeply affecting coming-of-age story that will spirit you back...

Big Little Lies

Big Little Lies

Liane Moriarty

8.6 (97 Ratings) Rate It

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Don't want Big Little Lies to end? Then why not order Liane Moriarty's new hit, Truly Madly...

Everything I Never Told You

Everything I Never Told You

Celeste Ng

7.7 (14 Ratings) Rate It

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Amazon.com's no. 1 Book of the Year 2014 Lydia is the favourite child of Marilyn and James Lee; a...

The Last Mrs. Parrish

The Last Mrs. Parrish

Liv Constantine

9.6 (9 Ratings) Rate It

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A mesmerizing debut psychological thriller full of delicious twists about a coolly manipulative...


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Merissa (12879 KP) created a post

Nov 26, 2024  
"Full of rhubarb, custard and goat jokes, I'm thoroughly enjoying them." - @Debbiereadsbook

Embracing the Stalk (The Rhubarb Effect #4) by JP Sayle & Sue Brown - #MM, #Paranormal, #Shifter, #Romance, 4 out of 5 (very good)

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I won this book from a Goodreads giveaway (it is beautifully signed by Robin Gregory and it hilariously was “sent” from the fainting goat farm. I was hesitant of the book when I first started it but the further I got the more I loved little Moojie and wanted to see good things happen to him.
  
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

This is my first Agatha Raisin and I loved every bit of it.

The book is very funny and suspenseful and starts with a fake severed leg and a very angry donkey
(For some strange reason I originally put goat. I start I know the difference!)
  
Dream Wife  by Dream Wife
Dream Wife by Dream Wife
2018 | Alternative, Rock
Saw these live as a support act, to be honest, they have some really catchy stuff. In the category of Feminist indie-punk bands, they get a 10 out of 10 from me, but when you start comparing them to similar bands like Goat Girl or possibly even someone like Ida Maria, they really start to fall in the list.

I wouldn't not recommend them by far, but they are trying a little bit too hard for my tastes.
  
Embracing the Stalk (The Rhubarb Effect #4)
Embracing the Stalk (The Rhubarb Effect #4)
JP Sayle, Sue Brown | 2024 | LGBTQ+, Paranormal, Romance
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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full of rhubarb, custard and goat jokes!
Independent reviewer for Archaeolibrarain, I was gifted my copy of this book.

Book 4 of seven in The Rhubarb Effect series, and they are still keeping me entertained!

This is the story of Red (a rhubarb) and Gordon (a goat) Someone keeps trying to kidnap Red and he is scared, but Gordon makes him feels safe, secure and happy. If the pair can live cocooned in Red's house, he would be a happy stalk, but it doesn't quite work out and the pair end up in the pack house.

These books are a lot, and I mean a LOT of fun! Full of rhubarb, custard and goat jokes, they are laugh out loud books and I'm thoroughly enjoying them.

They are keeping on tenterhooks too. Because we know WHO is trying to kidnap Red, but not yet WHY and it's annoying that I haven't figured it out yet!

There is steam a plenty in these books, and this is no exception. I loved that it was the ALPHA partner, Gordon, who was inexperienced, rather than the omega, Red. I loved how Red accepted the thing that goats do, when mating in his stride and Gordon was so fretting over it.

So we are 4 down, and 3 to go. I still don't know which of the pride is the sheriff's mate, unless my book brain missed it. And I really NEED to know why the old pride alpha is so intent on destroying the wonderful village that is Valentine.

4 thoroughly entertaining stars

*same worded review will appear elsewhere
  
A Scape Goat for Murder
A Scape Goat for Murder
Jacqueline Vick | 2022 | Mystery
5
5.0 (1 Ratings)
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Frankie Butts Heads with a Four-Legged Witness
Frankie Chandler’s wedding to Detective Martin Bowers is just weeks again when he is involved in an accident. His colleagues won’t tell Frankie anything about what happened, and the doctor is being vague about his condition. So, Frankie sets out to figure things out on her own. When she finds the accident site, she determines that there was a witness – a goat. Can she make sense of the visions she is getting from the goat to solve the case?

Quite obviously, there is a lot of fun to be had here, and I laughed many times as I was reading. Some of that came from Martin’s two sisters who show up in Frankie’s life. However, I found that this subplot didn’t quite develop in a satisfactory way. The mystery started out strongly and kept me engaged, but the ending was so rushed that some whys for a major part of the plot got overlooked. I did enjoy spending time with Frankie again and watching her growth. Fans of the series will enjoy this one, but it is a weaker entry in the series.
  
The Vikings (1958)
The Vikings (1958)
1958 | Action, Classics, Drama
6
6.8 (4 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Slim-line Hollywood epic is strong on rousing action, less so on historical authenticity. Separated-long-before-birth siblings Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis rip chunks out of each other while drinking, raiding, pillaging and taking an interest in Janet Leigh.

Basically the silliest sort of Hollywood camp, with dialogue like 'Love and hate are two horns on the same goat!', but the photography and score do occasionally combine to produce something rather stirring. It occasionally has a rather harder, darker edge than you'd expect (there's quite a lot of mutilation in the script), but not that much more than Ben Hur. The combined wattage of the various stars keeps it watchably entertaining.
  
Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza
Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza
2018 | Card Game, Party Game, Real-time
Fast paced (2 more)
Fun for family game night
Fun for a party game
Hands can hurt after slapping so many times (1 more)
Some people slap card too hard
Picked this up for my daughter. It is like Slap Jack, but you have to repeat taco, cat, goat, cheese, pizza in order as each player flips a card. If you flip the card that matches your word, everyone slaps the card pile, with the last person slapping taking the card pile. There are three action cards that require you to complete an action before you can slap the card. We had a lot of fun playing it for family game night, though our hands were all a little sore by the time we called it quits.