The Shelf: From LEQ to LES: Adventures in Extreme Reading by Phyllis Rose - the author chose a fiction shelf from the New York Society Library and tried to read most of the books. One book she read in four different translations. She found she couldn't limit herself to just reading the books but had to find out about the authors and the times they wrote in. I thought some of the writing about her tangents was too lengthy but it could be because that particular subject didn't interest me. I liked this because it made me think about my reading habits. I've also put another of her books on my to-read list.
3.5 stars
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Let's Just Say it Wasn't Pretty by Diane Keaton - the author reflects on aging when your looks are tied to your job. Evidently she has never been happy with how she looks. Now she has decided that instead of fighting to stay beautiful, she will enjoy the beauty around her. Rather rambling and she is an actress so I'm left wondering how much is actually true.
3 stars
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Keepsake Crimes by Laura Childs - the first in a cozy mystery series set in a scrapbook store. Lots of people introduced and hard to keep track of at first, I suppose you get to know them as the series goes on. Carmela's estranged husband is suspected of killing a man during one of the Mardi Gras parades. I think I'll give one more book a try but I can't see the series becoming a favorite.
3 stars
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Whose Body? by Dorothy L Sayers - the first Lord Peter Wimsey book, published in 1923. A body is found in someone's bathtub and no one knows who it is or how it got there. I've read this series before. This time I found Peter's speaking style irritating and the class and racial prejudice appalling.
But that's looking back on almost 100 years ago.
3 stars
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The Funeral Boat by Kate Ellis - the 4th Wesley Peterson novel, I actually had to buy it as it doesn't seem available in any US libraries. A skeleton is discovered on a farm - is it the body of a man who disappeared three years ago or much older? There is also a rash of robberies at local farms and a foreign tourist has disappeared. All these mingle together and as each one is solved it seems the mysteries deepen for the other cases. This is my favorite in the series so far.
4 stars
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haatchi and little b by Wendy Holden - Haatchi was left to die on a train track and subsequently lost a hind leg and his tail. Little B, Owen, has a rare degenerative disease that is stunting his growth. Somehow they come together and gain strength from each other. A true story. I thought the writing was a little amateurish, I think partly out of a desire to not say anything negative.
3 stars
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