The Dog Stars trailer lulls you into a false sense of what the film will be like. But that’s not a bad thing if you don’t mind being surprised. The first half focuses on the four main characters. We slowly discover their backstory and how they came to be in their current circumstances. Hig (Jacob Elordi) is a widowed pilot who lives with a military survivalist, Bangley … [Read more...] about Dog Stars – Film Review
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The First Law of the Bush by Geoff Parkes – Book Review
The First Law of the Bush by Geoff Parkes – it’s a beautiful day to be alive, Bill Dickerson thought, seconds before he tumbled from the viaduct onto the jagged rocks below . . . His untimely death made national news! One year on, however, his widow, Carol, has received no explanation regarding the tragic incident. Was it suicide? An accident? Could it be murder? Carol … [Read more...] about The First Law of the Bush by Geoff Parkes – Book Review
Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson – Book Review
Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson – Jet is twenty-seven years old and still living with her parents! Having never left Woodstock, Vermont, she’s still waiting for her life to begin. I’ll do it later, she always says. She has plenty of time! Until, on the night of Halloween, Jet is violently attacked by an unseen intruder, who inflicts a catastrophic brain injury. The … [Read more...] about Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson – Book Review
Don’t Let Him In by Lisa Jewell – Book Review
Don’t Let Him In by Lisa Jewell - He’s the perfect man, who says he loves you. You feel that he’s been made especially and exclusively for you! Before you know it, he’s moved into your house and captured your heart. Before long, however, he disappears for days on end. You begin to worry and wonder where on earth he’s gone! And, even worse, if he could be with another … [Read more...] about Don’t Let Him In by Lisa Jewell – Book Review
Blood and Gold by Michael Trant – Book Review
Blood and Gold by Michael Trant - Someone is stalking gold hunters. Now a bushman is stalking that someone . . . Terry Drage is by no means the first rookie gold prospector to turn up at the Murchison Hotel, boast about his thrilling discovery, then vanish! Gabe Ahern, however, is determined that Terry will be the last….. Gabe knows the land around the remote Western … [Read more...] about Blood and Gold by Michael Trant – Book Review