books
A mystery that was forgettable. Maybe it was the voices of one of the readers but I think it was the book. The Farm, set in Sweden and London. Fell asleep for the most important final 45 minutes and have … Continue reading →
some knitting
Never get around to posting knitting. A few recent things.Socks – love the yarn – from catterpillargreen yarns in Victoria. Love the colours and there is cashmere mixed in the with merino and nylon. and hats, from handspun. The completed … Continue reading →
The Secret Place, 2014, by Tana French. Very good mystery, set in an Irish boarding school for girls. It’s more a novel about friendship and what it can mean, than a murder mystery although there is a dead body. Written … Continue reading →
a thriller and a mystery
Dear Daughter, 2014, by elizabeth Little. Interesting plot, Jane Jenkins was accused and convicted of her mother’s brutal murder ten years prior to the story starting, when she is released on a technical detail. So we go and find out … Continue reading →
two good novels, two good mysteries
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s 2005 Purple Hibiscus, her first novel. Very good writer, just as good as Americannah and Half a Yellow Sun. The narrator Kambili Achike is a 15-year-old Nigerian girl growing up in sheltered privilege in a country ravaged … Continue reading →
james oswald – scottish mysteries
Started the 4th of the series, and have been enjoying them. His characters are interesting, mysteries a bit gorry but not too bad and there’s a bit of ghostly presence but it is not too much. . Grumpy Bob is … Continue reading →
good novels
Elizabeth Jane Howard.Just finished the 4th book in the Cazalet series and thought it was the last one and was very sad to have it end, but maybe there is one more. There is one more, oh good news! Really … Continue reading →
books
A capital crime, Laura Wilson, is the third in the DI Stratton series, set in London in 1950. They are good books, good characters, good plots. Silesian Station by David Downing, 2008. The second in a series, set in Germany … Continue reading →
good mystery, so-so mystery,
Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngoi Adichie, 2007. A great novel, really interesting. She is such a good writer. I knew nothing about the Biafra war, and this book tells the story of two twin sisters and the … Continue reading →
good books
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray, 2011. Young Irish writer, tells a sad and funny story about how Skippy dies, at his boarding school near Dublin. Good writer. Even though Skippy dies right at the beginning of the book, you want … Continue reading →