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Taryn K (441 KP) rated Yarned and Dangerous (A Tangled Web Mystery) in Books

May 5, 2018  
YA
Yarned and Dangerous (A Tangled Web Mystery)
Sadie Hartwell | 2015 | Mystery
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
The characters are fun, and some of the side plots are really interesting to follow. (0 more)
The heroine's mental waffling about the yarn shop and going back to work for the design house she quit to come help her great-uncle. (0 more)
A knitted cozy to enjoy
This cozy mystery was fun. I really liked how Great-Uncle Eb and his niece, Josie (our heroine), got along. The feud between him and his next door neighbor sounded interesting, though the author didn't dig into that too much in this book.

I am a crocheter and a yarn hoarder, so that could be why I didn't quite understand how Josie could consider selling the yarn shop Eb's late wife Cora left behind in favor of going back to the designer who was making her crazy in New York. She was so stifled and couldn't come up with amazing clothing designs until she started going through the inventory with a member of the local knitting group. Yet all through the book, this mental struggle between "It feels so welcoming," and "No, I'm just going to get rid of the inventory and sell it off," just bothered me, which is why it's an 8-star review and not a 9.

The villain is not immediately obvious, which I appreciated, since it's usually obvious by chapter 5 who did it, if not why they did it. I chased a few wild geese before finding out who the culprit was, so I enjoyed that.

It is a good book, as is the second book, and I'm looking forward to book 3 in the series.
  
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Shaun Collins (3 KP) rated Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor, Volume 5: The One in Books

Jan 12, 2018  
DW
Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor, Volume 5: The One
Simon Spurrier
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Things have plateaued a bit in this second volume of the Eleventh Doctor series 2 comics. The yarn is still enjoyable, and the writing still compelling, but whereas the first five issues really kickstarted things, this middle section suffers from simply being the middle section. The first two are great, the third is good, the last two seem like padding to stretch the story out for the full season. Here's hoping the resolution to come is as good as the set up was, in which case I may have to edit my ranking...
  
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LucyB (47 KP) rated Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in Books

Jul 23, 2017  
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
J.K. Rowling | 2014 | Children, Fiction & Poetry
9
9.1 (271 Ratings)
Book Rating
Wizards, spells and sinister goings on (0 more)
Ever so occasional inconsistencies... (0 more)
Rowling does it best!
Ah... I do love the Harry Potter books! I read this one when I was a teen, then recently re-read it to my own children - and it was every bit as great to read it now (as a thirty-something year old adult) as it was originally. That in itself is testament to Rowling's ability to spin a compelling yarn, and her characterisation is wonderful. No wonder we all love it so much...