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
Simply beautiful! :-)
ReplyDeleteWell, they are the monarchs of the garden.
DeleteBeautiful photos Dorothy.
ReplyDeleteI just discovered two caterpillars alive in the garden, even after the freeze. In addition, I have a total of 12 indoors in the cage (some already pupated).
And I just saw a butterfly in the garden but couldn't get a pic.
You have surely done more than your part to "save the Monarch" this year. Thank goodness for you and all the other gardeners who have thrown themselves into this fight. It does give one hope.
DeleteThis can really be a beautiful time of year if you know where to look. As you do!
ReplyDeleteMostly I look in my garden.
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