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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Thirty and a Half Excuses (Rose Gardner Mystery, #3) in Books

Jul 16, 2020

I don't read all that many mystery/romantic suspense books anymore and Rose's small Southern town sounds like hell to live in. Everyone knows everyone's business. If you don't go to church, how dare you. If you've been thrown in jail for something you didn't do, the stigma sticks to you like glue. I really have no idea why Rose is still in Henryetta.

Once again, though, Rose finds herself knee deep in an investigation after several older women in the town die of supposed natural causes, and some things just don't add up about it all.

I'll admit I wasn't the least bit suspicious about this person until very near the end so it was cleverly done and well thought out.

And as for the romance in this... I was never fully Team Joe, and after reading my review of the previous book it seems I liked Mason more then too.

I never really liked how Rose let everyone bully her into things and in this she actually started to stand up for herself more, so I did a little cheer about that.

This is definitely going to be the last of this series that I read, mainly because I don't read this subgenre anymore.

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Regional Cooking of China: 300 Recipes from the North, South, East and West

Terry Tan

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This is a stunning set of four books that bring together classic dishes from all over China, from...

The French Menu Cookbook: The Food and Wine of France - Season by Delicious Season

Richard Olney

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Voted 'The Best Cookbook Ever' by The Observer Food Monthly, Richard Olney's The French Menu...

The True History of Chocolate

Michael D. Coe and Sophie D. Coe

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Chocolate the food of the Gods has had a long and eventful history. Its story is expertly told here...

Environment and Identity Politics in Colonial Africa: Fulani Migrations and Land Conflict

Emmanuel M. Mbah

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Economic, political, and ethnic favoritism are common themes in the historiography of colonial...

LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated The Reaping (2007) in Movies

Sep 21, 2020

The Reaping (2007)

2007 | Horror, Mystery

6.4

(7 Ratings)

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You'd think a movie about Hilary Swank and Idris Elba fighting the ten biblical plagues would have been somewhat more exciting, no? Can't think of many other ways they could have made this less thrilling or scary (one of those lazy farts that actively tries to make its jumpscares predictable) - but points for God-tier southern bible-belt madman David Morrissey and frightening wounded animal-esque AnnaSophia Robb, neither of whom are used nearly enough. Might possibly be one of the most tame R-ratings in cinema history, purposefully skipping out on the gore and ick like it's trying desperately to hold onto the PG-13 rating it doesn't have. Has a couple nice-looking shots, and (finally) starts getting quite creepy + fun in the back end but it still looks like shit. Seriously, I hope that when the plagues do start hitting planet Earth they at least aren't this contrived and badly-rendered. I'm also convinced that this script was still on the first draft when this empty drag was made because not only is it full of holes but none of the numerous last-minute twists were climactic and just seemed to rush themselves right out the door. Not even that awful just... not really of any value.