Oh, how odious! The pompously verbose but good-hearted author George Knox has hired a loathsome new secretary who seems determined to manipulate him into marriage. This causes no end of trouble, irritating his good friend and fellow author Laura Morland. The lovely but quite happily widowed Mrs. Mor...
Trains and Lovers by Alexander SmithThis 4 hour, depending on how many stops the train makes, is on its way from Edinburgh, Scotland to London, England.There are 4 men and one woman and they get to talking. All kinds of subjects but also about love. Some tell of their grand love story when they meet...
The Austen Project is a group that have commissioned six modern-day authors to tackle one Austen novel each, and set it in a 21st century setting. We’ve already had Sense and Sensibility, written by Joanna Trollope, which really was almost an exact retelling of the original, except people occasiona...
The Austen Project is a group that have commissioned six modern-day authors to tackle one Austen novel each, and set it in a 21st century setting. We’ve already had Sense and Sensibility, written by Joanna Trollope, which really was almost an exact retelling of the original, except people occasiona...
I really liked the first book in this series, so I had high hopes for this one. Unfortunately, I found it a bit dull until the last third. The solutions of each case felt too unrealistic, even for Mma. Ramotswe's standards and I felt the only interesting parts were the ending and the promotion of Mm...
Isabel Dalhousie is sanctimonious bitch!She is condescending to her housekeeper.She slut shames her niece.She is a snob about her so-called work which she never seems to do.She thinks her 2 year old son is a food snob because he likes olives, sardines and gherkins.She justifies her buttinksky behavi...
Trains and Lovers by Alexander SmithVarious stories from people who share the train and their life experiences. Loved the travel each had described and loved the jobs of a few of them: fisherman who lost his oar and the one who had picked up the steam train in a art setting where trains had not even...
I always enjoy reading Alexander McCall Smith, and this one was no exception. I rooted for Fatty throughout the story and I admired his attitude and his principles. A fun read!
This book (like the 13-preceding others) was a joy to read, for while there was still detective work, it was more about relationships between the characters. It was like reading an (book-length) account from an overseas relative, Botswana, in this case, and catching up with how everyone has been doi...
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