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
Well, it looks peaceful... :-)
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DeleteSomeone at my job collects frogs - she would so love this! (We all could use some calming there).
ReplyDeleteStone frogs in this yoga pose are popular garden art items just now. They are available online from several different sources. I love my little buddy. I really do find him calming.
DeleteI have a little gnome I inherited from my mother-in-law. Sometimes the coons knock him down but he always gets back up, thanks to me! Wish I could send a photo but I am not that savvy.
ReplyDeleteI went through a gnome period some years ago, when I had three of the little guys stationed in various spots around my garden. They are now resting in my garden shed and I've moved on to animals - frogs, turtles, rabbits, hens, etc. - for my garden art, but who knows? They may make another appearance some day.
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