Open Season (Joe Pickett #1) by C.J. Box - A review
I was introduced to the writing of C.J. Box through my local library's Mystery Book Club. Open Season , the first in Box's Joe Pickett series, was the club's selection for reading in June. Although I didn't get a chance to read it in time for the meeting, the discussion of it made me curious and I put it on my to-be-read list. I'm glad I finally got around to it this week. Box has created an enormously appealing character in Joe Pickett. A Wyoming game warden, Joe is a devoted family man with two young daughters and a pregnant wife when we first meet him. He and his family are able to barely scrape by financially on the meager salary of a state employee (Been there, done that!) , but Joe is a happy man, because he's living his dream. Being a game warden was what he always wanted to be. Not only Joe but his whole family are lovingly drawn by Box. We get to know them well and to like them and want them not just to endure but to triumph. Seven-year-old Sherid
You're right. A winner! And love the vibrant color.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly adds some welcome color to the fall garden.
DeleteBeautiful. When I did a quick search on it, I discovered it apparently also has edible seeds and tubers. But, I also found evidence that it is an invasive, at least in some areas of the United States. Too bad, but we have our share of pretty invasives in upstate New York, too. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteIt does have potato-like tubers that are allegedly edible, though I haven't tried them. I have not had a problem with it being invasive in my yard, but if it were, I think it would be a pretty benevolent one.
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