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Old Haunts: A Simon Serrailler Short Story
Old Haunts: A Simon Serrailler Short Story
Susan Hill | 2018 | Crime, Thriller
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
A very short story of a flashback to a point in time when the main character Simon Serrailler reminisces about his first foray into undercover work. It also includes an extract from the newest full length book The Comforts of Home.

Although it's just enough to wet your appetite, it's not enough to really get your teeth into but I would definitely recommend you read the full length stories and use this as an added extra.

Thank you to the publisher, Random House UK, Vintage Publishing via NetGalley in return for an honest and unbiased review.
  
On the Banks of Plum Creek  (Little House, #4)
On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)
Laura Ingalls Wilder | 2007 | Fiction & Poetry
10
8.4 (5 Ratings)
Book Rating
I'll keep this short and sweet otherwise I will be repeating everything I've pointed out in other reviews of this series.

I really enjoyed this, the trials and tribulations, the reality of life on the move and the beginning of their schooling was thoroughly enjoyable to read. The prose appears to develop as Laura gets older, and that is lovely. The introduction of newer characters like Nellie and Christy really help liven up the story and bring a breath of fresh air into the family dynamic.

Overall it progresses nicely, picks up right where they left off and is lovely :)
  
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Jeeves and the Yule-tide Spirit
8
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Short free-to-download (form Amazon) Jeeves story, in which Bertie Wooster is off to Skelding Hall to stay with Lady Wickham and her daughter Bobbie, the latest of Wooster's desires in a change of plans from their intended visit to Monte Carlo

Also staying are Roderick and Tuppy Glossop, leading Bertie to (attempt to) get his own back on Tuppy for a previous slight, with his (or Bobbie's) plan involving a hot water bottle and a darning needle ...

Needless to say, things go wrong once again, and Jeeves ends up both saving the day and the trip to Monte Carlo ...
  
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First Sword (Roman Arena, #3)
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
The third book in Simon Scarrow's Arena series of e-book exclusives, this (like the previous two) only consists of 9 chapters and so is a pretty short read.

Unlike the last entry, however, Macro plays more of a role in this story, which is set in and around the running of a lanista (Gladiator 'school') rather than in an Arena. Again, the culmination of the novel is a fight between two Gladiators: this time, though, they are fighting in the grounds of the lanista (one for survival, the other to escape) rather than in the Arena for the amusement of the mob ...
  
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Versusyours (757 KP) rated Tales of Halloween (2015) in Movies

Nov 4, 2019 (Updated Nov 4, 2019)  
Tales of Halloween (2015)
Tales of Halloween (2015)
2015 | Horror
7
6.5 (10 Ratings)
Movie Rating
A varied range of stories with differing degrees of success. There are 10 tales that cover the range of horror from urban legends, comedy, gore, Grimm fairy tales and many othe horror tropes. As with most anthologies the stories are short and sharp with the plot of each story being apparent quite quickly and there are a few twists and turns that keep you guessing.

There is enough in the collection to make you look out at the dark corners of your room a little bit more nervously and I will never look at a pumpkin the same way again.
  
Night Hunter (2018)
Night Hunter (2018)
2018 | Action, Thriller
Good cast (0 more)
Feels slightly low budget (0 more)
Decent Thriller
Heard good things about this Thriller currently on Netflix. It has a very good cast line up in the main roles. To start off with it feels like a James Patterson Alex Cross or Jo Nesbo story, quite similar to @Kiss The Girls (1997) in some ways. The plot is ok but towards the final third of the film it just feels like it's trying to be too much like those style of Thrillers but falls a little short. It had great potential but turns out just ok. One for Thriller fans.