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September 03, 2008
January Reads
(Originally published by Nattie on February 10, 2004)
Like I said before, I still haven't touched a book on my 2004 reading list, but I did read 16 books in the month of January. Here is what I read:
- No Use Dying Over Spilled Milk by Tamar Myers
- The Ming and I by Tamar Myers
- So Faux So Good by Tamar Myers
- Little Altars Everywhere by Rebecca Wells
- Just Plain Pickled To Death by Tamar Myers
- Eat Drink and Be Wary by Tamar Myers
- Play It Again, Spam by Tamar Myers
- Baroque and Desperate by Tamar Myers
- The Private Life of the Cat Who by Lilian Jackson Braun
- Borrower of the Night by Elizabeth Peters
- The Hand that Rocks the Ladle by Tamar Myers
- The Cat Who Came to Breakfast by Lilian Jackson Braun
- The Crepes of Wrath by Tamar Myers
- Gruel and Unusual Punishment by Tamar Myers
- Custard's Last Stand by Tamar Myers
My favorite book of the month was probably Little Altars Everywhere. It was written in a unique style and I always enjoy that. Each chapter was told by a different person. It made for a more complete picture that way.
The Tamar Myers books were all good mind candy. They are light cozy reads and could be read in a few hours. There are two different series—The Penn Dutch series and The Den of Antiquity series. The Penn Dutch series is set in a bed and breakfast in Pennsylvania surrounded by an eccentric cast of Mennonite, Amish and "English" (non-Amish) characters. The Den of Antiquity series is set in the Carolinas with a perky antique dealer as the amateur sleuth. Both series have their flaws. They need a better proofreader. I found a lot of continuity errors, but other than that I enjoyed them.
I had read the Lilian Jackson Braun book before, but reread with a book group. I found out that all of her newer books are ghost written, similar to the Nancy Drew books.
I also enjoyed Elizabeth Peters' Borrower of the Night. It was a mix between a super natural ghost story and mystery. All in all a good read.
So that is the list of my January reads. Now on to what I've read in February.
Copyright Natalie Rose York
Posted by Nattie's Daddy at September 3, 2008 09:07 AM