Books: Catching up
Mar. 8th, 2011 09:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amanda_loddenFrom the looks of things, I stopped listing the books I read somewhere around our Florida vacation. Hopefully, I'll remember them all.
5. The Maiden's Tale by Margaret Frazer
Another non-Victorian historical mystery (I have a soft spot for them). It's somewhere in the middle of the series, which is something I did not realize when I picked it up. There were a few references here and there that I figured must have been about a different book, but I didn't feel like I was picking up in the middle of loose ends, like I did with Lethal Justice. Enjoyable, but slightly frustrating in that it dealt with the politics of its setting, which is not one I'm overly familiar with.
6. A Double-Barrelled Detective Story by Mark Twain
Not what I'd expected. Not a lot of detecting, for starters. Not horrible, but not something I'd recommend.
7. Drinker of Blood by Lynda S. Robinson
I seem to be very good at picking up this series out of order, but I really like it.
8. Hunted Down: the Detective Stories of Charles Dickens
This made so little impression on me that when I was going through the Kindle to make sure I'd gotten everything, I completely didn't remember this story. But at least it has some detecting in it, which makes it better than Twain's detective story.
9. The Better Mousetrap by Tom Holt
British, so the humor's a little dry, and Holt doesn't always bother to point the jokes out to you. I tend to find that makes the jokes funnier when I get them, so that's alright.
10. Stupid American History: Tales of Stupidity, Strangeness, and Mythconceptions by Leland Gregory
Mistitled; it's more like "Misconceptions of American History With Some Interesting Trivia Thrown In." It was interesting, but not stellar.
5. The Maiden's Tale by Margaret Frazer
Another non-Victorian historical mystery (I have a soft spot for them). It's somewhere in the middle of the series, which is something I did not realize when I picked it up. There were a few references here and there that I figured must have been about a different book, but I didn't feel like I was picking up in the middle of loose ends, like I did with Lethal Justice. Enjoyable, but slightly frustrating in that it dealt with the politics of its setting, which is not one I'm overly familiar with.
6. A Double-Barrelled Detective Story by Mark Twain
Not what I'd expected. Not a lot of detecting, for starters. Not horrible, but not something I'd recommend.
7. Drinker of Blood by Lynda S. Robinson
I seem to be very good at picking up this series out of order, but I really like it.
8. Hunted Down: the Detective Stories of Charles Dickens
This made so little impression on me that when I was going through the Kindle to make sure I'd gotten everything, I completely didn't remember this story. But at least it has some detecting in it, which makes it better than Twain's detective story.
9. The Better Mousetrap by Tom Holt
British, so the humor's a little dry, and Holt doesn't always bother to point the jokes out to you. I tend to find that makes the jokes funnier when I get them, so that's alright.
10. Stupid American History: Tales of Stupidity, Strangeness, and Mythconceptions by Leland Gregory
Mistitled; it's more like "Misconceptions of American History With Some Interesting Trivia Thrown In." It was interesting, but not stellar.
