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Mini Reviews - XV
The Inimitable Jeeves - P.G. WodehouseMy rating: 2.5 of 5 starsBlasphemous as it may sound, I think I am done with Wodehouse and Jeeves. I picked it up several months after I read the last Jeeves...
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Mini Reviews - XVI
The Man Who Died Twice - Richard OsmanMy rating: 3 of 5 starsI seem to be the minority here, but I did not like this very much. Murder mysteries in fiction usually require one to suspend the belief,...
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BlueEyedBoy
Blueeyedboy - Joanne HarrisMy rating: 2 of 5 starsI have loved almost all the Joanne Harris novels I read (until recently, that is), and "Gentlemen and Players" is among my most favorite novels....
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Cover Her Face
Cover Her Face - P.D. JamesMy rating: 3 of 5 starsI came across a recommendation for this series (on my online reading group, I think) for people who love British crime novels by authors like Agatha...
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A Mind To Murder
A Mind To Murder - P.D. JamesMy rating: 3 of 5 starsAfter the first book, I was a little surprised to find that this is not reminiscent of Agatha Christie, but has a more modern setting, though still...
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Unnatural Causes
Unnatural Causes - P.D. JamesMy rating: 3 of 5 starsThe third book in the series was a disappointment, specially because I liked the second one a lot, and expected much from the rest of the series....
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Shroud for a Nightingale
Adam Dalgliesh #4: Shroud for a Nightingale - P.D. JamesMy rating: 3.5 of 5 starsThe mystery in this book is more intriguing than the previous books in the series. Yet, it is surprising that I liked...
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The Black Tower
Adam Dalgliesh #5: The Black Tower - P.D. JamesMy rating: 2 of 5 starsThis was quite bland and tedious. The setting and the atmosphere were both bleak, while the character cast was unlikable as ever....
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Death of an Expert Witness
Adam Dalgliesh #6: Death of an Expert Witness - P.D. JamesMy rating: 3 of 5 starsThis is one of the better mysteries so far in the series - with a lot of suspense and tension, inevitable red herrings,...
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Mini Reviews - XVII
Different Class - Joanne HarrisMy rating: 3.5 of 5 starsI loved everything about 'Gentlemen and Players' - the plot, setting, format, thrill and the battle of wits. This is not really a sequel, though...
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Different Class
Different Class - Joanne HarrisMy rating: 3.5 of 5 starsI loved everything about 'Gentlemen and Players' - the plot, setting, format, thrill and the battle of wits. This is not really a sequel, though...
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Mini Reviews - XVIII
April Lady - Georgette HeyerMy rating: 2 of 5 starsThe romantic plot is based on misunderstanding between a couple, a usual trope in romance novels. The misunderstanding is not particularly...
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Mini Reviews - XIX
A Countess Below Stairs - Eva IbbotsonMy rating: 2 of 5 starsI have heard a lot about Eva Ibbotson’s books for children, but I haven’t read them yet. In my current regency binge phase, I came across...
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Year of Wonders
Year of Wonders - Geraldine BrooksMy rating: 3 of 5 starsPrior to this, there was one book I had read by the author - People of the Book. I absolutely loved it (except for one side thread) and was...
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Mini Reviews - XX
Miss Lockharte's Letters- Barbara MetzgerMy rating: 3.5 of 5 starsAfter going through nearly all the Heyer novels, and some of them twice, over last couple of years, I was looking for some authors who...
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Mini Reviews - XXI
An Affair of Interest- Barbara MetzgerMy rating: 4 of 5 starsThis is perhaps one of the most entertaining story of this genre that I have come across so far. It uses several many of the usual tropes,...
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Mini Reviews - XXII
Miss Grimsley's Oxford Career - Carla KellyMy rating: 4 of 5 starsThis is my first book by the author, and it enchanted me. There are many things that I liked about it.In a way this is one of the rare...
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Mini Reviews - XXIII
The Maid of Fairbourne Hall- Julie KlassenMy rating: 2 of 5 starsI found it too long and boring. It seems to go over same ground repeatedly, and take much time doing that. The auxiliary plots also take...
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The Tenacious Miss Tamerlane
The Tenacious Miss Tamerlane- Kasey MichaelsMy rating: 2 of 5 starsIt could have been entertaining, but the uppermost impression it created was that it tried too hard. The author picked some of the...
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Mini Reviews - XXIV (Joan Smith)
Aunt Sophie's Diamonds- Joan SmithMy rating: 3 of 5 starsThis was a fun romp, an entertaining farce of a plot and a good deal of humor. It has a likeable MC and a secondary pair, and a wide array of...
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Mini Reviews - XXV (Joan smith)
Talk of the Town - Joan SmithMy rating: 3.5 of 5 starsThe first half of the book is wonderful - one of the best repartee and a thoroughly entertaining battle of wits between the MC. I enjoyed that...
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Mini Reviews - XXVII (Mary Balogh)
Lady with a Black Umbrella - Mary BaloghMy rating: 3 of 5 starsThe premise of the book is not new - two sisters come from countryside to London intending to make a 'brilliant match' for one (and...
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Mini Reviews - XXVI (Joan Smith)
Winter Wedding - Joan SmithMy rating: 3 of 5 starsThis book had a nice premise. I liked Clara for her spunk and humor, and that even in the situation where she was left dependent on others, she...
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Mini Reviews - XXVIII (Mary Balogh)
The Temporary Wife- Mary BaloghMy rating: 3 of 5 starsThis is a typical MoC tale, full of common tropes of the genre, and yet I enjoyed it. The heroine is one of the stock characters of the genre -...
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Mini Reviews - XXIX (Susan Carroll)
Brighton RoadMy rating: 4 of 5 starsDespite the common basic theme - the reticent, brooding hero meets plain, irrepressible heroine - it turned out to be a truly hilarious, entertaining book. The...
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