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Sarah (7798 KP) rated Moon Tiger in Books

Aug 10, 2017  
Moon Tiger
Moon Tiger
Penelope Lively | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
A nice surprise
I had never heard of this book until I was given it as a birthday present because it won the Boiler prize the year I was born (1987). All I can say is what a pleasant surprise. It's a well written and intriguing story of the life and loves of a woman on her death bed. The main character Claudia is very flawed, but it makes her more real, personable and intriguing, and there are a few interesting story developments that keep you reading throughout.
  
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Confusion Is Nothing New
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
A short and breezy book about a girl's coming to terms with the death of a mother she never knew and her journey to discover who her mother was. The author has a light touch so while it never gets too maudlin, it nevertheless feels (mostly) realistic. There are many humorous moments along the way, as well as more and more of Ellie's friends and teachers pop up to help her. This was a fast, easy and fun little book that I would recommend for tweens and younger teens.

Received through Amazon Vine.
  
The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (2009)
The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (2009)
2009 | Drama, Horror, Mystery
7
5.3 (3 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Whodunit element (0 more)
A good 3rd entry
The 3rd in the Butterfly effect series. This straight to DVD film is pretty good and better than I expected. This time a guy uses the power to solve murders for the police, but can he just observe when it comes to his own girlfriends death? A good plot, if you like a thriller involving a serial killer theme or the other films you should like this. Quite bloody in some scenes, and you'll be pleased if you work out who the killer is before the end, I did!
  
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Victoria Green (34 KP) rated the PlayStation 4 version of Shadow Of The Tomb Raider in Video Games

Jun 6, 2019  
Shadow Of The Tomb Raider
Shadow Of The Tomb Raider
2018 | Action/Adventure
All of it (0 more)
The storyline to be much longer. (More gameplay.) (0 more)
Amazing from start to end.
Contains spoilers, click to show
I love this game for the beginning and couldn't stop playing until I completed it. I was shocked to discover the true killer behind her father's death and was satisfied with everything.
When the game ended with her sacrificing herself to save the world I almost cried but was so glad she didn't actually die and took over her family business. I just hope she would do a few more adventures and that the series wouldn't end there.
  
SK
Serpent's Kiss (Elder Races, #3)
8
7.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Wow, just wow. It starts off pretty interesting with the two characters. With one on the edge skirting death. I found the idea with slipping in time pretty interesting. The idea connecting to the title of this book is interesting. Just when I thought everything was pretty much settled a twist happens. That piece made my head hurt, not dead but not alive indeed. Schrodinger's cat at it's finest!

<b>Crossposted at <a href="https://detetiv.wordpress.com/">What's Detetiv Doing Now?</a></b>

This review is just me being a bookworm~
  
The Birds (1963)
The Birds (1963)
1963 | Classics, Horror, Mystery
Death from above
A rich woman (hedren) who is really in love with her beau (taylor) follows him to a remote town in California where out of no where all kinds of birds from small to large begin to attack and reek havoc on the towns people.

Out of the mind of Hitchcock comes one of his more scarier tales. From what I have read that after the first screening of the movie a lot of the viewers screamed when a flock of birds happened to fly over them
  
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
1994 | Crime
One of Tarantino's best
The lives of Two Thugs, A mobsters wife, A boxer, two thieves and a messed up cop into severe S&M are put on display is this multi out of sequence scene movie with an amazing soundtrack. We see death, love, desception, greed and plain old murder in this high speed movie. If you miss one part of any story than you will be truly lost like with almost many Tarantino movies plot ans story is everything.

This movie brought John Travolta back to life and rebooted his career.
  
On Her Majesty&#039;s Secret Service (1969)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
1969 | Action, Mystery, Romance
Plot (2 more)
Acting
We have all the time in the world
My favorite bond movie not perfect by any means its a shame that geroge lazenby only did one bond film. The plot follows the book perfectly as blofeld plans to use is angels of death contaminte crops and animals but only bond can only stop him and finds time to fall in lovewith tracey daughter of local crook.
It also has the perfect love song from louis armstrong. And telly savalas as blofeld and the ending still gets me
  
Marrying the Rancher
Marrying the Rancher
Roz Denny Fox | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Tandy Graham leaves the army to to look after her son, Scott on the Arizona ranch she inherited after the death of her father. Life becomes quite hostile from the other ranchers after biologist Wyatt returns to track the wolves he released a few years previous.
This is the first book I've read from Roz Denny Fox and would certainly read more from this author. Marrying the rancher is a slow building clean romance with a hit of suspense and fans of Mills and Boon Cherish will love it.
  
When one of the competitors dies during the annual pancake eating contest, Dani finds her family's maple syrup business falling under suspicion. After all, the contestant's syrup was poisoned.

I enjoyed the book from the very beginning, but the more I read the further I got pulled in. The characters were complex and compelling and the mystery was great. The humor was an added bonus. Just watch out for those maple syrup cravings.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2014/07/book-review-drizzled-with-death-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.