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Book Review Year 4 No 9
Dec. 18th, 2018 07:06 pmMy final book review of the year, with a total of 48 books read.
Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
The last of the DEATH series of Discworld books. Yet again it was great fun - I did enjoy reading about all the characters. I suspect my favourite might by Death of Rats, but it's a close run thing. From here I move onto the witches series.
Foreign Bodies edited by Martin Edwards
Another collection of short crime fiction stories, this time those whose original language was not English. I didn't enjoy them as much as the last collection I read. Some were good, but some I felt struggled to reach the same level as the traditional English crime story - but then we have had a lot of experience.
The Wipers Times
All the editions of the magazine published in the WWI trenches. I had it as a Christmas present last year from The Daughter. I finally got round to reading it just before we went to see the performance last month. Lots of humour and a snapshot of what life was like on the Western Front.
Aunt Dimity: Snowbound by Nancy Atherton
Another nice easy read. An interesting mystery, with an unexpected conclusion. I'm still enjoying the escapism.
Singled Out by Virginia Nicholson
With so many young men killed or seriously injured in WWI that left a generation of women where the chance of marrying was much less likely. This book looks at their lives, how they coped, their joys and sorrows, and the advantages and disadvantages they faced. There are many examples quoted of women, some well known, many not. It was an interesting read, although I found the style quite hard going.
A Murderous Yarn by Monica Ferris
I enjoyed this book rather more than the last one in the Needlecraft Mystery series. I did guess the murderer part way through, but nevertheless I enjoyed the book. The setting is that of vintage cars and the pattern this time relates to that, which isn't my thing. I shall stick to the snowflakes.
I'm unlikely to finish any more books this year, although I shall be reading during the Christmas break. I collected Robert Galbraith's Lethal White from the library last week (three months after reserving it) and it is long. There are still 145 reservations for it, so I'm pleased to have got it now - and the timing suits me perfectly.
Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
The last of the DEATH series of Discworld books. Yet again it was great fun - I did enjoy reading about all the characters. I suspect my favourite might by Death of Rats, but it's a close run thing. From here I move onto the witches series.
Foreign Bodies edited by Martin Edwards
Another collection of short crime fiction stories, this time those whose original language was not English. I didn't enjoy them as much as the last collection I read. Some were good, but some I felt struggled to reach the same level as the traditional English crime story - but then we have had a lot of experience.
The Wipers Times
All the editions of the magazine published in the WWI trenches. I had it as a Christmas present last year from The Daughter. I finally got round to reading it just before we went to see the performance last month. Lots of humour and a snapshot of what life was like on the Western Front.
Aunt Dimity: Snowbound by Nancy Atherton
Another nice easy read. An interesting mystery, with an unexpected conclusion. I'm still enjoying the escapism.
Singled Out by Virginia Nicholson
With so many young men killed or seriously injured in WWI that left a generation of women where the chance of marrying was much less likely. This book looks at their lives, how they coped, their joys and sorrows, and the advantages and disadvantages they faced. There are many examples quoted of women, some well known, many not. It was an interesting read, although I found the style quite hard going.
A Murderous Yarn by Monica Ferris
I enjoyed this book rather more than the last one in the Needlecraft Mystery series. I did guess the murderer part way through, but nevertheless I enjoyed the book. The setting is that of vintage cars and the pattern this time relates to that, which isn't my thing. I shall stick to the snowflakes.
I'm unlikely to finish any more books this year, although I shall be reading during the Christmas break. I collected Robert Galbraith's Lethal White from the library last week (three months after reserving it) and it is long. There are still 145 reservations for it, so I'm pleased to have got it now - and the timing suits me perfectly.
