Flavia is back!!!
Of course to be fair she’s been back before this in I Am Half-Sick Of Shadows but I see I didn’t manage to write a post about that.
Sorry.
Would I recommend it? Yes! I’d recommend all five and this one I liked better than the last two.
If you haven’t already please, do yourself a favor, read The Sweetness At The Bottom of the Pie where it all starts.
In the first paragraph I was hooked.
I was in love by the end of second chapter.
I held my breath through the rest of the book worried that it was going to get worse and disappoint.
It didn’t.
I loved it.
Now I’m crossing my fingers that the rest of the series ( there are many more) live up to the first one.
Would I recommend it? Yes, yes yes!
Flavia is still my favorite eleven year old heroine.
Would I recommend it? Yes, start with The Sweetness At The Bottom Of The Pie and keep right on reading!
This is the second (after The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie) Flavia de Luce Mystery I have read and they are fast becoming my new favorite books.
Think precocious, english, eleven year old solves mystery’s with an ample dose of chemistry, while tormenting her sisters.
If that’s too difficult to imagine go find yourself The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. It’s excellent, and this one is just as good!
Would I recommend it? Yes!
I’m only including this book to say I’m no longer putting Parker’s Spencer novels on here. They are all good, I recommend them all. 
Well, I’m also including it because Storm is weird. Can anyone tell me why her foot is hovering in midair over the book?
Would I recommend it? Yes.
What do you recommend? I love the super quick reading, non-gruesome murder and humor of these books. Does anyone have any other suggestions of like books?
After reading more about cooking pasta than is normal I switched gears to northern Minnesota murder mystery. I read Boundary Waters by this author a few months ago, and it was alright. Once I started this one I realized it was the same series, but a book that came before Boundary Waters – oops!
Would I recommend it? I feel about the same as I did with the other. To use John’s least favorite phrase: I didn’t hate it.
Well Corky since you asked…
I’d say this book has a classic example of why I think the little blurb reviews pasted on the covers of books are not to be trusted. This has one that says:
“The bitter cold can be felt emanating from the pages. – Midwest Book Review”
I’m sorry Midwest Book Review, but it’s not that cold in the book. The weather in upper Minnesota is getting near winter and there are a few nasty characters but, having apparently read much more gruesome books, I wouldn’t describe the baddest guy in here as “bitter cold.”
Would I recommend it? Eh… fifty-fifty…
I liked that it was set in an area I knew, the plot twists surprised me and I liked the main character. But I prefer my gruesome murder mystery’s to occur places that I don’t ever travel therefore reducing my tendency to jump out of my skin for no reason.
While I’m sorry to have been such a spotty poster the last few days I’m going to blame at least half of the lack of posting on this book.
I do most of my writing and posting late at night when sensible people are sleeping, unless I’ve had too many nightmares and woken up screaming too often. Then I try to get more sleep instead of sitting up late at the computer.
Is this book that frighting? Probably not.
Am I that big of a wimp? Sure am.
Would I recommend it? Hmmm… gives me nightmares, a bit cheesy, (writen by Nora Roberts in disguise) yet good characters, and interesting setting…
I think due to my late night screaming and sleeping issues I am unable to give this book a decent recommendation.
Anyone else want to help me out here?
This spring I read Robert Parker’s westerns; Appaloosa, Resolution, Brimstone and Blue Eyed Devil and very much enjoyed them but I didn’t see what else he had written until just now.
While I usually avoid murder mystery type books I was feeling brave at the library the other day and picked this up. Same sparse wording, quick reading, dry humor, manly men with brawn and guns defending dumb beautiful women, different setting- same feel.
Note this is not a good choice for anyone looking for a great female characters!
Would I recommend it? I’m thinking he’s looking like a good overall author but I’d recommend Appaloosa before this one.
