A light, humorous book about a German doctor of philology, if that makes sense. While parts were very funny, especially at the beginning, it lost steam as it developed. Though it didn't actually "develop." Mostly it just cast a pretentious German PhD into silly situations meant to poke fun at preten...
Isabel Dalhousie, the fortyish editor of the Review of Applied Ethics, lives comfortably in Edinburgh in a house filled with art. She's got a morning room that looks out onto the garden; there's even a fox in the garden. Her mornings are spent with coffee and crosswords, followed by philosophical mu...
Trains and Lovers is another excellent book by Alexander McCall Smith. This is the second of his books I've read and plan on reading many more. Smith is one of the best for weaving plot and dialogue. His characters who make me think; people who appear like those I could meet in the real world.
I'm a fan of mystery novels, although I often find myself less than happy with the subgenre this corresponds to, the so-called "cozy mystery." Several things though lift this above the usual book on the mystery aisle. The style is simple, even spare, and the structure rather loose, but Smith's detec...
bookshelves: re-read, adventure, lifestyles-deathstyles, play-dramatisation, women, african-continent, mystery-thriller, winter20092010, afr-botswana Read in November, 2009 ** spoiler alert ** Based in Botswana, owner and founder Precious Ramotswe takes on her first case - and a new secretary. ht...
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate is the second book in the Isabel Dalhousie series. Miss Dalhousie is a philosopher and the editor of the The Review of Applied Ethics. The main draw of the book is the heroine asking philosophical questions about her life and the mysteries she solves.
Reading this series has become the equivalent, for me, of soaking in a warm bath, it's that comforting with its cast of polite, thoughtful, civilized Edinburghers. If you, too, enjoy warm baths of this kind, I recommend it. I was a bit piqued at AMS's portrayal of the odious Kirsty as a member of "W...
Alexander McCall Smith combined sleuthing and philosophy. The protaganist, Isabel Dalhousie, is the editor of a philosophy journal. The mystery is engaging but is secondary to the characters and Smith adds information on philosophy and Isabel makes decisions based on it throughout the book. The Sund...
Haiku review at: http://thebookshelfgargoyle.wordpress.com/2013/09/20/odds-and-ends-double-haiku-review-and-fi50-reminder/The three star rating is mostly because this offering is so short! Fans of the series will enjoy re-engaging with familiar characters in this bite-sized sojourn into Mma Ramotsw...
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