Finally!

For book #15 I finally gave in and read "The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe".  Many people I know have read the Narnia books and for some reason I never had.  I'm not sure if/when I'll read the others in the series, but I felt it was about time I at least read the first one.
I know it's a children's book, but I also know a number of adults that love these books, and since there's no way to make myself a child again, I had no choice but to read it as an adult.

And Then There Were None

For book number 14 I decided to re-read on of my favorites, "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie.  No matter how many times I read it, I never fail to get frightened at the end.  It's really quite a wonderful mystery.  



I've very tempted to rent the movie version from 1945.  I haven't seen it in a while.  Part of me hopes that someone decides to remake this movie at some point in the future.  Another part dreads what they will add/subtract to make it more popular for today's audiences.  Yeah, it's probably better they just leave it alone.


  

Book #13

Book # 13 was "Their Last Suppers: Legends Of History And Their Final Meals".   I really don't know what to say except it was a little like watching the History Channel with recipes.  

The Secret Adversary

Book number 11 for the year is an Agatha Christie that I'd never heard of before.  After looking it up, I found that it was her second book published.  I enjoyed it immensely.  It takes place at the end of WW1 and the main characters are Tommy and Tuppence Beresford ( not married as yet in this story).  I noticed a lot more British slang in this book then in her others.  I don't know if it was because of the time period in which she wrote it, or because it was those characters instead of the more familiar ones of Miss Marple and Poirot.  Still it had some major twists and turns...especially at the end.  I fell right into her trap...I love that!

   

Book Eleven

This was a short book.  I would have preferred it was longer.  "Behind Jane Austen's Door" is about what a visit to a Regency home would be like, what was expected of the woman of the house, and some background on the society of that time.  It's meant to help those interested in Jane Austin's works to understand what life was like for women of that period.  I am hoping to read some of her books later in the year and have several more books about this period on my Kindle to familiarize myself with the history before I do.


  

Another Mystery....

The 10th book for this years challenge was "Invisible" by Lorena McCourtney.  It was good.  I liked the main character's humor.  I also liked very much that she was a Christian and this was woven through the story.

The fact that the main character ~ a little old lady ~ felt that she was invisible (not really, but socially) reminded me of a dear brother in Christ who used to talk about how he felt that way sometimes, and would suddenly jump out in front of the teenagers at church to startle them into acknowledging him.  I know they found it as much fun as he did.

 

  

A New Author To Keep In Mind...

Well, at least a new author to me!  I was cruising the free books on Amazon for my Kindle and came across "A Dyeing Shame".  It looked cute and I've always enjoyed mysteries...especially "cozies" so I thought I'd give it a try.  It was great.  Lots of humor, characters I might be interested in meeting in real life (except for the killer of course).  I enjoyed it very much.  I'm hoping that she's written more.