Book report
Time to finish up the year with a book report. In no particular order…
Six Geese A-Slaying by Donna Andrews
A Christmas themed mystery, which would ordinarily be too cheesy for me. However I bought this book about 8 hours before the winter “snowmageddon” hit us here. (How do you plan for a blizzard? I bought groceries and books.) Funny, light. I like this series, although I miss some of the elements from the very beginning. The whole reason I picked up the first book was because the main character was a blacksmith and selling things at a craft fair. The further we go in the series the less we hear about her art, which drew me to her in the first place.
A re-read. I couldn’t sleep one night. Any of the Mccaffrey family are comfort reading for me. Long live Pern.
The Foundling by Georgette Heyer
I really enjoyed this one. Our main character is a lordling who is sheltered, pampered and fussed over, much to his chagrin. In short, he runs away to have an adventure, acquires some companions somewhat more naive than himself and faces a thoroughly enjoyable villain. This one was more of an adventure story than some of Heyer’s novels, although there’s a romance as well.
Read about this one somewhere and so picked it up on that recommendation. This is one I think my youngest sister would enjoy. It’s a little dark and spooky, otherworldly romance. Unlike some other uberpopular paranormal-romantic-fiction, this one has some female characters with some brain cells and a backbone.
A detective mystery told from the perspective of the faithful hound. Very funny if you are a dog person.
Cockatiels at Seven by Donna Andrews
Pretty much what I said earlier about this author/series. Enjoyable, but I would like more Meg and a little less of the wacky family.
The Darcy Connection by Elizabeth Aston
I am of mixed feelings about books inspired by Jane Austen. I have read several by Elizabeth Aston and I appreciate the way she goes about it. Although they center around the Darcy family, Elizabeth and Darcy are almost always traveling and they interact with the story through letters or telegrams. I think trying to write a scene and make Elizabeth believable would be hard, but I am ok with her writing letters. These are amusing and I enjoy the setting and flavor for sure.
Mixed feelings about this one. I have enjoyed other books by Melanie Rawn and read several of them multiple times (Dragon Prince series). This one was good but occasionally felt a little political/preachy to me. The story and characters were somewhat engaging, but I kept getting distracted by the rest. I am glad I checked it out from the library and I think I will pass on the first book in the series.
I read Dog On It over christmas too, then made mom read it! I loved Chet, though I kept thinking of Julie Zickefoose’s chet baker…