Pure Imagination: A Sorta Biography
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The life and good times of one of the world's favourite songwriters. If you've ever hummed a popular...
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2171 KP) rated Poppy Redfern and the Midnight Murders in Books
May 29, 2020
I’ve been trying to read more historical mysteries this year, and this one was already sitting on my shelf. The author clearly did her research as the details of life at the time came to life. Unfortunately, they tended to overshadow the plot, so the pacing was uneven. Poppy was an interesting main character, and I can easily see her growing as the series continues, but much of the rest of the cast never really came alive for me. While the book wasn’t bad, it wasn’t as good as I hoped it would be.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2171 KP) rated Charred in Books
Feb 25, 2023
Since this is the third book in the series, I like the characters. That helped me get on board with the story that is truly the main story in the book, not the mystery that you’d expect in a culinary cozy. While I enjoyed the real main story, that backwards emphasis bothered me, especially how the story of the burned out buildings was resolved. I’m not sure I was ready to read a book set during the pandemic, but the book does a good job of capturing how everyone was feeling about life then. However, it introduces the riots before the event that triggered them happened in real life. The end result was only average.
Reel History: The World According to the Movies
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From ancient Egypt to the Tudors to the Nazis, the film industry has often defined how we think of...
Khmer Legends 1
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Cambodia has many legends about the beginnings of its country. These stories are accepted and...
Saving One More
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The three dogs dozed in the cool shade of the river bank under the brilliant blue skies of an August...
Artie Shaw, King of the Clarinet: His Life and Times
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During America's Swing Era, no musician was more successful or controversial than Artie Shaw: the...
The Dark Circle
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Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 'Extraordinarily affecting' Alex Preston,...
Legends Khmer 1-9 End
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Cambodia has many legends about the beginnings of its country. These stories are accepted and...
The Mask of Sanity
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On the outside, Dr. Jeremy Balint is a pillar of the community: the youngest division chief at his...