A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch My rating: 4 of 5 stars A very good Victorian mystery, flawed by patches of mundane domesticity. The protagonist is simply not very interesting, although he is certainly a good man, and has a fine supporting cast. What kept me going were the intricacies of the mystery itself, […]
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A Dog About Town by J.F. Englert My rating: 2 of 5 stars Entertainingly narrated by a canine companion whose mind is uncommonly like a human sleuth’s. Fun, but too outrageous a story even for animal lovers. Amazon.com link: A Dog About Town © Jan McClintock of We Need More Shelves
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I really have no clue why I find these so interesting, except that they combine adventure, archaeology and anthropology, chutzpah and nature — perhaps a combination I find irresistible. My favorite adventures in history from recent reads: A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza De Vaca, The Extraordinary Tale of a Shipwrecked Spaniard Who
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There is a wonderful group on Flickr for photos of Old Books, and their most interesting shots are available as a gallery on Flickriver. It’s a great help to imagine you are walking down the aisles of a used book store or an old library. The smell… you know. © Jan McClintock of We Need
This is a great challenge now hosted by Book Chick City, and we even get a free ARC for participating! Read all the details and sign up here. Already on my way to this, one of the few challenges I know I can survive (and thus, one of the few I accept). Most will be
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True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future; not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears, but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is abundantly sufficient; for he that is so wants nothing. The great blessings of mankind are
My book list at Flashlight Worthy Book Recommendations has been published. “Era by Era, Firsts in Historical Mystery Series” includes 14 of my favorite series. It was a difficult decision; I began with a huge list and had to narrow it down to a reasonable length. But leaving someone out was akin to insulting an
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon – This fictional account of an autistic teen in England out to solve a mystery tries a little too hard, but is still very entertaining and at times, very funny. The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam by Ann Marie Fleming – My
