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The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman. More of a Young Adult book. I picked it up because of the TV show but it was no relation. It's also reminiscent of Warehouse 13. A quick, frivolous read but I'd give it to a teen.
Being Dead is No Excuse by Gayden Metcalf and Charlotte Hays. The subtitle says it all: The Official Southern Ladies Guide to Hosting the Perfect Funeral. Lots of recipes for dishes I would call Southern comfort food. A fair number mix together sour cream and cheese. It has entertaining anecdotes and stories. I'm tempted to make the Bing cherry and Coca-Cola salad just to see what it tastes like.
A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny. Another in the Inspector Gamache series. The series seems to need to be read in order. The shadowy Big Bad is taking a more active role. Too bad. I like both her plots and her characters, but I'm not sure it's worth that much effort to track down the two before this one I haven't read.
Dead Man in Deptford by Anthony Burgess. One of the books recommended by Michael Dirda. It was the last book Burgess wrote so it's kind of appropriate that it's about Christopher Marlowe. Very cleverly written with all the word plays and puns you'd expect. The shifting viewpoints were a little hard to follow sometimes, but I enjoyed it.
Being Dead is No Excuse by Gayden Metcalf and Charlotte Hays. The subtitle says it all: The Official Southern Ladies Guide to Hosting the Perfect Funeral. Lots of recipes for dishes I would call Southern comfort food. A fair number mix together sour cream and cheese. It has entertaining anecdotes and stories. I'm tempted to make the Bing cherry and Coca-Cola salad just to see what it tastes like.
A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny. Another in the Inspector Gamache series. The series seems to need to be read in order. The shadowy Big Bad is taking a more active role. Too bad. I like both her plots and her characters, but I'm not sure it's worth that much effort to track down the two before this one I haven't read.
Dead Man in Deptford by Anthony Burgess. One of the books recommended by Michael Dirda. It was the last book Burgess wrote so it's kind of appropriate that it's about Christopher Marlowe. Very cleverly written with all the word plays and puns you'd expect. The shifting viewpoints were a little hard to follow sometimes, but I enjoyed it.
