U Is for Undertow (Kinsey Millhone, #21)
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Sue Grafton takes the mystery genre to new heights with this twisting, complex #1 New York Times...
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n this scrumptious new read in the blockbuster series packed with delightful recipes from a beloved...
Racing the Light
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Private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner, Joe Pike, are back on the case in this...
In Our Stars (The Doomed Earth #1)
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The New York Times-bestselling author begins a gripping new saga about a refugee from the future...
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Sarah Baker is a paralegal in a law firm in modern day Brooklyn. Her life is bouncing between her...
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2434 KP) rated Something’s Guava Give in Books
Feb 27, 2025 (Updated Feb 27, 2025)
I struggled a bit with the first book in the series, but I’m glad I gave the series a second chance. Plum was a much better, more relatable character. Gerald still annoyed me, but the rest of the cast were fun and did a good job of keeping me guessing. The mystery was strong. A couple things seemed a little rushed, but overall it was good and reached a logical solution. Reading this book made me want to hop a plane for a tropical resort. I’ll definitely book time for the final entry in the series.
Erika (17789 KP) rated John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019) in Movies
May 25, 2019
This chapter provided much more information on the Continental/High Table mythos, which I thought was cool. Asia Kate Dillon was stone cold as the Adjudicator, and I can't wait to see more of Dillon in Chapter 4.
I could have done without Halle Berry being in the film. She really didn't add anything, and both my father and I were annoyed that it cut away from Keanu fighting to show her, when frankly, the only person I really want to see kicking ass is Keanu.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2434 KP) rated Musseled Out (A Maine Clambake Mystery, #3) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
The book started off strong and never slowed down. There are plenty of secrets, clues, and twists along the way to a fantastic ending. The characters were strong and that made me care about the solution to the mystery that much more.
NOTE: I received an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2015/05/book-review-musseled-out-by-barbara.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Awix (3310 KP) rated The Stepford Wives (1975) in Movies
Mar 30, 2018
Subtle storytelling and fine performances do a good job of masking the fact that the premise of the story is basically a paranoid fever-dream; oddly, some people interpreted the film as being anti-feminist and actually misogynistic, when it is actually about male objectification of women and fears of the same (maybe also has stuff to say about consumerism too). Perhaps a bit overlong, but the slow aggregation of details adds a lot to a convincingly unsettling atmosphere. An entertaining horror fable.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2434 KP) rated City of Darkness and Light (Molly Murphy, #13) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
More than any other book in the series, I felt this one had a large number of real people popping up in Molly's fictional world. The plot was good with some twists I didn't expect and the characters are so real by this point I just love visiting them. All told, it was a great trip back to 1905.
NOTE: I was sent an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2014/03/book-review-city-of-darkness-and-light.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.