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Saturday, January 30, 2010

Six Sentence Saturday

Welcome to Six Sentence Saturday.
Where I try to express my thoughts on recent reads using only 6 sentences!!!!.
At the end of each review I will post a
rating scale of 1-5 using the cute and original (lol) Playing Cards.
Rating scale will be as follows:

5 of Hearts- You must read this book NOW!!
4 of Hearts- A great read, put it on your TBR list.
3 of Hearts- Glad I read but no big deal

2 of Hearts- Why did I finish this?
Joker Card - Don't bother (why did I?)



The Four Seasons by Mary Alice Munroe
** How did I just find out about this author???? I loved this book because I am a huge sucker for stories that involve sisters, secrets, and a splash of dysfunction. Each sister is quite different from the other and I truly liked all of them. I identified more with the sister who thought she had to be perfect and had to keep her life in order. They all get their turn to tell their stories which felt real and authentic to me. There was only one small blip towards the end that was sort of "cliche" but when I finished the last page I was truly satisfied!
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Witch Way to Murder (Ophelia & Abby Mystery #1)
** I immediately liked Ophelia...how could I not...she's a librarian!! Her grandma Abby is what would be considered as a wise woman, healer, or witch. She is gifted with the sight and tries to use it to keep Ophelia and others safe. Anyway, she is content with her life for the most part until a strange man comes to town asking questions that seems to turn everyone into a suspect. Ophelia doesn't want to use her own natural gifts but finds out that her life may depend on it. I really enjoyed the psychic twist to the story and the relationship between Abby and Ophelia...I'll be back for more of this series!
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No Wind of Blame- Georgette Heyer
** Wow, this was not the book that I was hoping to read. I struggled, literally struggled, to finish this book. The problem---way too much verbage (not a word, I know). The descriptions of dinners, clothes, you name it, was so over the top that I felt like screaming. You could read pages and nothing happened. I won't be rushing out to read another mystery by Heyer, but I will continue to read her Regency romance books because I really did enjoy those.
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23 comments:

  1. I loved The Book Club by Mary Alice Monroe. Haven't read this one yet. I do like the Ophelia and Abby books.

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  2. Well Witch Way to Murder sounds great. That's too bad about Heyer. I still haven't read one of hers but I did pick up her first book last year. Maybe I'll actually get around to reading it this year!

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  3. I loved Mary Alice Monroe's The Beachouse and Sweetgrass....I haven't read this one...I just ordered it from PBS...thanks for the heads up. BTW, I LOVE your header!

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  4. Abby and Ophelia are definitely entertaining reads. I liked the Heyer mystery I read, more of a period piece, drawing room type of mystery than a modern day thriller.
    If you like action, try Steve Berry. Not a mystery per se but darn good reading.

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  5. Looks like you had a pretty good reading week there Staci - Four Seasons is one book I've meant to read. Glad u liked it!

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  6. Munroe's The Book Club was so good! It's the only one of her books I've read though.

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  7. If you didn't like this Heyer, you would hate Edith Wharton!

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  8. the witch one sounds awesome!!! great reviews as always staci! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

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  9. I love your mini reviews. :-) I'm so glad you enjoyed Damsgaard's novel. That's one I really want to read.

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  10. I only tried Heyer's mysteries after making my way through most of her Regencies. There are some I still really enjoy, though I have not yet read No Wind of Blame. I think they're great commentary on social mores of the time, though- possibly not that one ;-)

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  11. I've heard of Mary Alice Monroe but haven't read anything by her yet. I guess I should attempt to remedy that this year.

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  12. I haven't read Munroe either, although I loved "No One You Know" (the whole sisters, secrets, dysfunction thing) so I probably would like The Four Seasons too!

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  13. Okay, so much for thinking Heyer could write a good mystery. Thanks for warning me. I am going to look for the Four Seasons. That sounds like my kind of book too.

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  14. Too bad about No Wind of Blame. :(

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  15. The Witch Way to Murder book sounds like a lot of fun. Sorry to hear you didn't enjoy the Heyer book, she's been on my wish list forever, it seems. Great reviews!

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  16. Witch Way to Murder has a clever title. It's a new cozy mytery to me. Glad you like it.

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  17. Mary Alice Monroe became a favorite when I first read her a couple of years ago.

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  18. I am so glad that The Four Seasons had an ending that went with your enthusiasm for the rest of the book! Such a shame on No Wind of Blame, but sometimes reading a book we don't love helps us appreciate more the ones we do!

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  19. I bought my first Georgette Heyer book a few weeks ago. I love her cover!! They are beautiful. I'll have to check out some of the other books you mention. I'm new to you blog.

    Jennifer @ Mrs. Q: Book Addict
    http://web.me.com/quirion

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  20. Thanks for letting me know that Georgette Heyer's books are like that - I think I'll continue to avoid them!

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  21. I like books like that first one too. Nice review.

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  22. great mini reviews. I'm putting Witch Way to Murder on my wish list. :)

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  23. The Four Seasons looks good, I love books about sisters too, and dysfunction; totally my cup of tea hahaha

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