Ericksen (Gen-Heirs: The Guardians of Sziveria, #5)
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Wintervail will bring more than gifts and snow… Evidence of an assassin has gone missing, along...
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Over the Emerald Valley (Immortal Jewels) by Lee Colgin
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Life as a concubine to the devious Viceroy Abasi isn’t so bad. Temaj has food, shelter, and every...
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The End of Cuthbert Close
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You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your neighbours. (Trad. proverb, origin:...
David McK (3569 KP) rated Jurassic World: Dominion (2022) in Movies
Aug 14, 2022
Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World has it's moments (the raptors in the long grass), but also has the annoying-kid-doing-gymnastics-while-a-Raptor-watches.
Jurassic Park 3 takes some scenes from the original novel (most noticeably the aviary) that were left out of the previous films, but also has the stupid ringing phone that a dinosaur has swallowed that remind the viewer too much (and not in a good way) of Peter Pan and Captain Hook crocodile.
Jurassic World follows the same format as Jurassic Park, except goes larger. It's not a bad movie.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom goes in a completely different direction, going the haunted house route in the second half, and ends with the dinosaurs released on the mainland.
Which is where Jurassic World: Dominion picks up, roughly four years on from the ending of Fallen Kingdom. Lots have been made of the fact that this also reunites the original cast - Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum - alongside the newer duo of Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard.
The problem, however, is that more is quite often less, which I found to be the case here - plenty of action (and dinosaurs), yes, but also, well, just missing something :(
Murder on Pleasant Avenue
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When midwife Sarah and detective Frank Malloy’s friend and new partner Gino Donatelli is accused...
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2371 KP) rated Mistletoe and Murder in Books
Oct 18, 2023
I find missing person mysteries to be that much more compelling, so I was hooked on this one quickly. I did figure a couple of things out early, but there were still plenty of surprised on the way to the climax. Meanwhile, I loved spending time with the characters old and new. We get some good updates on ongoing storylines, and the ending sets up the next full length book. I am a bit surprised that the wedding came in an ebook only novella, and there isn’t a lot of time for Christmas trappings, but both of these are minor issues. Fans will be happy to get a chance to visit the characters again. While this might not be the best place to start if you are new to the series, I definitely recommend you start the series soon.
The Fragrance of Death
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Restaurateur Sally Solari has a nose for trouble, but when her sense of smell goes missing, it's not...
Murder at a London Finishing School
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Long before American adventuress Beryl Helliwell and prim and proper Brit Edwina Davenport teamed up...
The Family on Smith Street
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A happy family. A picture-perfect street. A secret someone would kill for. My husband James and I...
Hazel (2934 KP) rated Annihilation (The Spread #6) in Books
Jul 31, 2022
Book 6 continues to follow Aaron and his friends fighting against an alien invader to prevent the destruction of the earth however, aliens are not the only dangers they encounter so be warned! Not everyone or everything is as it seems and, as is usual with Mr Wright's work, no one is safe.
I have become totally and utterly invested in the characters in this series; I have seen them grow and develop, at their best and their worst and I am sad to come to the end but what a perfect ending it is.
This is a gripping series and one I would highly recommend you read from the start. I suppose you could just drop in with this book but why on earth would you?!?! You would be missing out on so, so much.
Once again, my thanks must go to Iain for accepting me into his "street team" and for providing me with an advance copy in return for comments and an honest, unbiased and unedited review.