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
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DeleteIt's not very picturesque, but is good for hiking and climbing though.
ReplyDeleteI guess it depends on what you find picturesque. I find Big Bend extremely picturesque. Perhaps these pictures do not do it justice.
DeleteI wanna go!!! It's simply breathtaking!
ReplyDeleteIt has mountains, desert, wetlands, and, of course, a river runs through it. It is breathtaking and if you get the chance, by all means, go!
DeleteOh, fabulous! Some of those shots almost had me back in Australia.
ReplyDeleteThere are similarities, aren't there? Mainly the big rocks and stark landscapes. No kangaroos though.
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