Book Review Year 4 No 4
May. 24th, 2018 10:48 amAnother mixed bunch.
Grantchester by James Runcie
I've been a fan of the television series since![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
corvidology recommended the first series. So I was curious to see how the books compared to the television. The library had the first in the book series which I read with interest. And concluded I'm really not keen on Rev Sidney Chambers. As might be expected there was a fair amount of overlap between book and programme and I half remembered the plots. I don't see myself as reading any more.
The New Mrs Clifton by Elizabeth Buchan
Brown Owl passed this book onto me, because she thought I might enjoy it. In return I gave her The Dry, which I reviewed last year. The new Mrs Clifton is brought over after WWII from Berlin by her husband, to the shock of his sisters and his fiancée. How the family drama works out - the reader knows from the beginning the body of a woman was found in the garden of their house thirty years later - is fascinating. It's a slow build, and at points I wondered whether it was worth continuing, but as the tension increased, and the depth of the characters grew (these are revealed slowly) I became more hooked. Definitely recommended if you're looking for something a bit different. (Brown Owl enjoyed The Dry and has passed it on to one of her daughters).
Crewel World by Monica Ferris
This is the first of a series of mystery novels based in a needlecraft shop.aome told me about the books when I was describing my attempts at hardanger. She knows me so well. It's another light reading book, which I enjoyed and have now ordered the next in the series. There's even a needlepoint pattern at the back of the book. No great depth to it, but ideal for interspersing with more thought provoking books.
Thud! by Terry Pratchett
I do enjoy the Night Watch series. This was great fun - all my favourite characters, Sam Vimes reading That's Not My Cow to young Sam every night, lots of new and interesting characters. And a very satisfying resolution to the plot. Highly enjoyed!
Grantchester by James Runcie
I've been a fan of the television series since
corvidology recommended the first series. So I was curious to see how the books compared to the television. The library had the first in the book series which I read with interest. And concluded I'm really not keen on Rev Sidney Chambers. As might be expected there was a fair amount of overlap between book and programme and I half remembered the plots. I don't see myself as reading any more.The New Mrs Clifton by Elizabeth Buchan
Brown Owl passed this book onto me, because she thought I might enjoy it. In return I gave her The Dry, which I reviewed last year. The new Mrs Clifton is brought over after WWII from Berlin by her husband, to the shock of his sisters and his fiancée. How the family drama works out - the reader knows from the beginning the body of a woman was found in the garden of their house thirty years later - is fascinating. It's a slow build, and at points I wondered whether it was worth continuing, but as the tension increased, and the depth of the characters grew (these are revealed slowly) I became more hooked. Definitely recommended if you're looking for something a bit different. (Brown Owl enjoyed The Dry and has passed it on to one of her daughters).
Crewel World by Monica Ferris
This is the first of a series of mystery novels based in a needlecraft shop.
aome told me about the books when I was describing my attempts at hardanger. She knows me so well. It's another light reading book, which I enjoyed and have now ordered the next in the series. There's even a needlepoint pattern at the back of the book. No great depth to it, but ideal for interspersing with more thought provoking books.Thud! by Terry Pratchett
I do enjoy the Night Watch series. This was great fun - all my favourite characters, Sam Vimes reading That's Not My Cow to young Sam every night, lots of new and interesting characters. And a very satisfying resolution to the plot. Highly enjoyed!
