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Do we really want to spend our whole reading lives being the equivalent of babies that just lie back and get fed mush with a spoon? [...] Dunnett’s most wonderful character is Francis Crawford himself, and he will remain as brilliant and captivating for all six books. But every character Dunnett creates is unique, with their own quirks and personality. [...] If I could read this series on my deathbed, I would die happy. [...] I definitely should have started with earlier Jack Reacher novels when I started following Lee Child’s fascinating main character. In Bad Luck and Trouble, as in The Enemy, which I reviewed a few weeks ago, Reacher once again seems almost human. And just like in that book, it’s because he is in contact with people [...] In Kevin Sylvester’s new YA novel, Neil Flambe and the Marco Polo Murders, the title character is a 14-year old world-famous genius chef. He’s also really, really rude and really, really irritable. How can he help it, when nobody around him meets his strict standards of perfection, whether in the kitchen or out of it? [...] Of course, in Canada we can’t have a Pi day, because we write the date with the day first, and then the month. So 03-14 makes no sense, since there is no month that is “14.” So happy Pi Day, American friends! [...] The only way I could describe how The Fionavar Tapestry made me feel was to say that I felt like my veins were filled with light. Twenty five years later, I can still pick up that trilogy and feel the same way. [...] It’s Read an E-Book Week! It started yesterday, March 7th, and goes until March 13th. Some of the e-books are free, while others are, as the site says, “deeply discounted.” Many participants are offering a different free download each day during the week. [...] |
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