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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2200 KP) rated No Place Like Holmes (No Place Like Holmes, #1) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
A kid's mystery that focuses on Sherlock Holmes' lesser known neighbor who might finally get his big change when he nephew comes over from America for the summer. I found some of the characters stuff predictable, but overall I enjoyed this fresh take on the Holmes universe.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/06/book-review-no-place-like-holmes-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/06/book-review-no-place-like-holmes-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2200 KP) rated Stuart Little in Books
Mar 9, 2018
This kid's book tells about the adventures of a mouse born to a human family. I remember loving it as a kid, but I didn't really enjoy it this time around. I found Stuart a rather immature character. The story is finally beginning to go somewhere when the book stops.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/04/book-review-stuart-little-by-e-b-white.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/04/book-review-stuart-little-by-e-b-white.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2200 KP) rated The Mystery of the Missing Heiress (Trixie Belden, #16) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
This kid's mystery finds Trixie Belden trying to help a young woman with amnesia find out who she really is. This is the first time I've reread a book in this favorite series in years. I loved spending time with the characters, but I have always found this plot a little weak.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-mystery-of-missing-heiress.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-mystery-of-missing-heiress.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2200 KP) rated The Fairy-Tale Detectives (The Sisters Grimm, #1) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
Sabrina and Daphne Grimm have just been sent to live with the grandmother they didn't know they had. The bigger surprise is that they are now responsible for keeping the fairy tale characters from causing trouble. Like the giant running around town…. Yes, this is a kid's series, but I found it charming and entertaining once it got past the slow start.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/04/book-review-fairy-tale-detectives-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/04/book-review-fairy-tale-detectives-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Cori June (3033 KP) rated The Forty Thieves: Marjana's Tale in Books
Mar 5, 2020
It is a retelling of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves in Marjana's POV. and stays mostly with the original source material. This is a good kid's book for ages 9 and up. It does talk about slavery as both Marjana and her brother are slaves of Ali Baba's brother, and the Islam religion so it is slightly correct in its set/historic time period. It doesn't get in your face religious just lets you know it's there and helps set the cultural tone.
Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Shattered in Books
Dec 26, 2023
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Shattered
By Dean Koontz
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It started out as a kid's game to while away the long drive across the country. It ends in a grotesque nightmare of death and destruction. Someone's out to get them. To destroy their dreams of the future. To plunge then into a paranoid world where every sound could be the last thing they hear.
A quick fun read. My first Dean Koontz book too this was fast paced and full of suspense.
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Shattered
By Dean Koontz
⭐️⭐️⭐️
It started out as a kid's game to while away the long drive across the country. It ends in a grotesque nightmare of death and destruction. Someone's out to get them. To destroy their dreams of the future. To plunge then into a paranoid world where every sound could be the last thing they hear.
A quick fun read. My first Dean Koontz book too this was fast paced and full of suspense.
Blink and You Die
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Say goodbye to Ruby Redfort: every smart kid's smart kid. The mind-blowing conclusion to the...
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2200 KP) rated The Future Door in Books
Mar 9, 2018
The second in a kid's mystery series that combines steampunk and Sherlock Holmes. Griffin and his uncle have raced home to see what has happened to his parents only to almost be killed as soon as they've arrived. Why? The answer lies back in London and may lead to the end of the world as we know it. I was enjoy this book despite some over writing until I hit the climax which was a cheap way to end things. Not a bad book, but a disappointing finish.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/06/book-review-future-door-by-jason.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/06/book-review-future-door-by-jason.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Purple Rain (1984)
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A victim of his own anger, the Kid (Prince) is a Minneapolis musician on the rise with his band, the...