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Elizabeth Is Missing (DVD), DVD

DVD - 2021 | Widescreen ed.
carolefort's rating:
5 out of 5 stars
Added Jan 15, 2021

Delicious, DVDSeries 3

DVD - 2019
carolefort's rating:
5 out of 5 stars
Added Jan 13, 2021

A Life on Our Planet, Downloadable AudiobookMy Witness Statement and A Vision for the Future

by Attenborough, David
Downloadable Audiobook - 2020 | Unabridged.
carolefort's rating:
5 out of 5 stars
Added Jan 13, 2021

Take It Back, Book

by Abdullah, Kia
Book - 2019
carolefort's rating:
5 out of 5 stars
Added Jan 9, 2021

Comment:

Take It Back by Kia Abdullah is a legal mystery which is very relevant in these days of intolerance and strife. Zara Kaleel, a successful attorney in London, becomes unhappy and disappointed with her law career and resigns. She becomes employed as a sexual violence counsellor and finds value and fulfillment in her new post. Jodie Wolfe, a sixteen-year-old teenager, comes to Zara for help after allegedly being raped by four boys from her school. Jodie has facial deformities which have made her life miserable in a world where female beauty is everything. Her family life is deplorable and she is on her own most of the time. The four young men are well-respected sons of immigrants who have established themselves in their new country. Zara, from a Muslim family, finds herself on the side of a white young woman accusing Muslim youth of rape. The consequences, needless to say, are dire. The news story quickly becomes a media storm. What really did happen to Jodie? Could she possibly have invented the crime? Are the boys as respectable as their lawyers make them out to be? What really happened in an abandoned warehouse on a summer night? Will all their lives be ruined by this? There will be a trial and this legal thriller will leave you surprised and shocked. Highly recommended. Thank you to St. Martin’s Press, NetGalley and the author for the e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Shadow Sands, Book

by Bryndza, Robert
Book - 2020 | First edition.
carolefort's rating:
4 out of 5 stars
Added Dec 30, 2021

Comment:

Shadow Sands by Robert Bryndza is the second book in the Kate Marshall series but also works well as a standalone mystery. Kate is a professor and part-time private investigator. While scuba diving with her teenage son, they discover the body of a young man floating in the Shadow Sands reservoir on the moorlands. When police declare this to be an accident, Kate disagrees and puts on her investigator cap to determine if this death might be a murder. She soon realizes that several young people from the area have disappeared without a trace. A serial murderer is on the prowl on the moors. This is an original mystery and the lead character is flawed but sympathetic. The setting serves the story well and adds atmosphere. The ending is unexpected and a true surprise. All in all a very satisfying read. I look forward to reading more books by Robert Bryndza. Highly recommended. Thank you to Thomas & Mercer, NetGalley and the author for the e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

The Clovehitch Killer, DVD

DVD - 2019
carolefort's rating:
4 out of 5 stars
Added Dec 30, 2021

Little Cruelties, Book

by Nugent, Liz
Book - 2020 | Simon & Schuster Canada edition.
carolefort's rating:
5 out of 5 stars
Added Dec 15, 2020

Comment:

Little Cruelties by Liz Nugent paints a portrait of a dysfunctional family (with a capital D). The Drumm brothers of Dublin, Will, Brian and Luke have spent their childhood seeking love and approval from their mother, a selfish performer with a giant ego. This competition has driven a wedge between the brothers and they turn against each other, go out of their way to make the others miserable. This does not change when they become adults. The rivalry simply becomes more cruel. And this ends with two brothers attending the third brother’s funeral. Which one died and what caused his death? The narration is by each of the brothers, at different ages. This helps the reader get to know each one individually. This is dark family drama at its best: reading Little Cruelties is so fascinating that it is difficult to look away. Highly recommended to readers who enjoy family fiction with a helping of suspense. Thank you to Simon & Schuster, NetGalley and the author for the e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Framing John Delorean, DVD

DVD - 2019 | Widescreen version
carolefort's rating:
4 out of 5 stars
Added Dec 13, 2020

The Brokenwood Mysteries, DVDSeries 5

DVD - 2019
carolefort's rating:
3.5 out of 5 stars
Added Dec 10, 2020

The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop, BookA Novel

by Flagg, Fannie
Book - 2020 | First edition.
carolefort's rating:
3 out of 5 stars
Added Dec 8, 2020

Comment:

The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop by Fannie Flagg is the sequel of the popular Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. The problem with sequels is that they rarely live up to the original and unfortunately this is the case here. I am going against the grain on this one because it looks like most reviewers are extremely fond of the new novel. But to me it seems that the author wanted to squeeze one last drop from a well-loved cozy story. This book is an update of the lives of the characters in Fried Green Tomatoes, mainly Bud Threadgoode and his quirky relatives. While it was fun to catch up, it quickly became uninteresting. Cozy fiction is usually Fannie Flagg’s forte but this was too much charm and not enough style. The first story was original and entertaining, this one lacks substance. Please remember that this is only my opinion. Thank you to Random House Publishing, NetGalley, and the author for the e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Vienna Blood, DVD

DVD - 2020 | Widescreen version.
carolefort's rating:
3.5 out of 5 stars
Added Dec 8, 2020

Silent Witness, DVDThe Complete Season Four

DVD - 2017
carolefort's rating:
4.5 out of 5 stars
Added Dec 8, 2020

Earth's Natural Wonders, DVDSeason 2, Life at the Extremes

DVD - 2018 | Widescreen version.
carolefort's rating:
5 out of 5 stars
Added Dec 8, 2020

Silent Witness, DVDThe Complete Season Six

DVD - 2018
carolefort's rating:
4 out of 5 stars
Added Dec 8, 2020

Silent Witness, DVDThe Complete Season Five

DVD - 2017
carolefort's rating:
4.5 out of 5 stars
Added Dec 8, 2020

Silent Witness, DVDThe Complete Season Nine

DVD - 2019
carolefort's rating:
4.5 out of 5 stars
Added Dec 8, 2020

Silent Witness, DVDThe Complete Season Ten

DVD - 2019
carolefort's rating:
4.5 out of 5 stars
Added Dec 8, 2020

Judy, DVD

DVD - 2019
carolefort's rating:
4 out of 5 stars
Added Dec 8, 2020

Line of Duty, DVDSeries 5

DVD - 2019
carolefort's rating:
5 out of 5 stars
Added Dec 8, 2020

Death in Paradise, DVDSeason Eight

DVD - 2019
carolefort's rating:
4.5 out of 5 stars
Added Dec 8, 2020

Snow, Book

by Banville, John
Book - 2020
Added Dec 5, 2020

Comment:

Snow by John Banville is a murder mystery and police procedural which takes place in County Wexford, Ireland. The year is 1957 and Detective Inspector St. John Strafford has been tasked with investigating the apparent murder of a priest, at Ballyglass House, ancestral home of the Osborne family. A snow storm is raging, the family appears unable to offer precise help in the matter and the DI’s detective has gone missing. As intriguing as this mystery is, what shines here is the quality of the prose. It is a pure pleasure to spend time immersed in this book. Banville is the 2005 Booker Prize winner for his novel The Sea: enough said. I highly recommend Snow to all mystery readers and every other reader. Thank you to Hanover Square Press, NetGalley and the author for the e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Official Secrets, DVD

DVD - 2019 | Widescreen version.
carolefort's rating:
5 out of 5 stars
Added Dec 3, 2020

The Bass Rock, Book

by Wyld, Evie
Book - 2020
carolefort's rating:
3.5 out of 5 stars
Added Nov 20, 2020

Comment:

The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld takes place over several hundred years. This is the story of three women: Sarah, Ruth and Vivianne. Young Sarah is being persecuted by men who suspect her of being a witch. Many years later, after the end of WWII, Ruth is newly married to a widower, has become the stepmother of two young boys and has relocated with her new family to an unfamiliar part of Great Britain. Sixty years later, upon Ruth’s death, Vivianne has been tasked with sorting through her house in order to put it on the market. All three storylines are linked in several ways but the main similarity is the way women are treated by the men in their lives. Nothing seems to have changed from the era of witchcraft to modern times. The Bass Rock presents the reader with three interesting and well-developed female roles. There is food for thought here. Highly recommended. Thank you to Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group and the author for the e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Shetland, DVDSeason Four

DVD - 2018
carolefort's rating:
5 out of 5 stars
Added Nov 20, 2020

The Kitchen, DVDLes Reines De Hell's Kitchen

DVD - 2019
carolefort's rating:
5 out of 5 stars
Added Nov 20, 2020
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