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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2652 KP) rated Clammed Up (A Maine Clambake Mystery, #1) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
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Clammed Up (A Maine Clambake Mystery, #1)
Barbara Ross | 2013
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Julia has returned to her Maine town to try to save her family's clambake business. However, when the best man at the wedding they are involved in dies, it might shut the business down for good.

I found the first quarter a bit slow, but once the story really got going, it took off and didn't stop until it had reached the end. Along the way, I cam to truly care for these characters. The result was well worth reading.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2014/04/book-review-clammed-up-by-barbara-ross.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2652 KP) rated How to Host a Killer Party (Party Planning, #1) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
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How to Host a Killer Party (Party Planning, #1)
Penny Warner | 2010
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Presley Parker's party planning business might finally be entering the big leagues when she is asked to host the mayor's surprise wedding on Alcatraz. But things take a turn for the worse when the bride to be storms off only to turn up dead and the police want to talk to Presley. I found the pacing in the middle a bit uneven, but a great beginning and climax coupled with warm characters make me want to read more.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-how-to-host-killer-party-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2652 KP) rated Evan Blessed (Constable Evans, #9) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
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Evan Blessed (Constable Evans, #9)
Rhys Bowen | 2006
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
It's two weeks before Evan's wedding, and he's focusing on the family dynamics this is unleashing. Then a young woman goes missing, and Evan gets involved in the hunt. Can he find her and keep peace in his family? It's always nice to visit these characters. The plot did bog down a bit in the middle, but the characters noticed and commented on the lack of progress as well. And about that point, things picked up again and raced to the finish.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/03/book-review-evan-blessed-by-rhys-bowen.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Michael Imperioli recommended Mamma Roma (1962) in Movies (curated)

 
Mamma Roma (1962)
Mamma Roma (1962)
1962 | International, Drama
(0 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"Pier Paolo Pasolini’s affection and compassion for Rome’s cafoni, or peasant, class shines through in what is perhaps the most accessible of all his films. Anna Magnani plays an ex-hooker trying to escape her past while raising her troubled teenage son. Pasolini sets Magnani loose as the indomitable salt-of-the-earth mother. Her range of emotion and expression is unbridled, exuberant, and overflowing—a force of nature. Pay attention to the wedding scene and you’ll see Pasolini’s love of Renaissance art on display as he re-creates Da Vinci’s Last Supper, casting the denizens of Rome’s slums as the apostles."

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