Murder at the Palace
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Welcome to the Palace movie theater! Now Showing: Philandering husbands, ghostly sidekicks, and a...
Remember The Monsters
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Abby pointed the beam of her Maglite at the severed body inside the SUV. Staring into the victim’s...
Charlie Mike with Ashley Horner
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In the military, Charlie Mike means “continue mission.” This 6-week program will help you define...
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2434 KP) rated Ghosted in Books
Dec 17, 2018
The book opens the day of the winter dance. Naturally, Ellie is chair of the dance committee, and it is going to be awesome! However, when Ellie falls off a ladder, she finds herself having a freaky out of body experience. Suddenly, she's back five years ago when her best friend, Marley, and Marley's two dads lived across the street. Back before her father left her and her mother right before Christmas. Why is she witnessing these events again? And who is the Girl in Black who seems to be following Ellie on this trip down memory lane?
Being a big fan of A Christmas Carol, I had to give this modern middle grade take on the classic a try. While I enjoyed aspects of it, including a few clever nods to the original, I felt the book was lacking overall. Ellie is just so mean it is hard to root for her. The book spends much of the time in the past, and Ellie's sad past doesn't help things. The expected ending seems abrupt and short, so we don't get as big a pay off as we would like after our trip with Ellie. Then again, it might just be that I'm not the target audience. Either way, this won't be making my list of beloved spins on the Dicken's classic.
The Wonder Down Under
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The Wonder Down Under is a comprehensive guide to a miraculous and complex part of the body that too...
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Shadow and Substance: Eucharistic Controversy and English Drama Across the Reformation Divide
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Shadow and Substance is the first book to present a sustained examination of the relationship...
Reading the Psychosomatic in Medical and Popular Culture: Something. Nothing. Everything
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Pain. Chronic digestive symptoms. Poor sleep. Neuropathy. Sensory disturbances. Fatigue. Panic....
Murder on Trinity Place
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The devil's in the details when a man is found murdered near Trinity Church in the latest...
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2434 KP) rated Murder Comes Home in Books
Oct 2, 2025
While a TV crew being the subject of a murder isn’t new, the set up for this one still caught my attention. The more I read, the more I got hooked, with a mystery from the past also drawing me in. Everything made sense by the time we hit the climax. Meanwhile, the characters get better with each book. I’m loving the series regulars, and the suspects kept me guessing. I’m finding each book in the series gets stronger, and I’m looking forward to reading the next soon.