The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday by Alexander McCall Smith

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rating: 4 of 5 stars
Isabel Dalhousie is once again doing what she does best - choosing to take on a problem that seems to be totally none of her business, but that she feels bound to find a solution to. The title says a lot about this novel - comfortable- with enough intrigue to keep it interesting. It is hard to imagine that a man could write so well about a woman, but Alexander McCall Smith once again leaves me thinking about Isabel as someone I would like to know in real life.


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Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book is a continuation of Madeleine L'Engle's Time Trilogy, but in this book the action is focused on Sandy and Dennys, the twins who have always been the "normal" ones in their family. They come home one winter's day and enter their parent's lab, not noticing the note on the door to stay out. While looking for the dutch cocoa to make themselves a hot drink, they decide to play around with the new computer in the lab and type in a message about wanting to be in a warm place that is sparsely populated. The next thing they know, Sandy and Dennys are on a desert being approached by a strangely small man. Their adventures trying to stay alive and find a way to go back home include unicorns, mammoths, seraphim, nephilim, manticores, and names they have heard before only in Bible stories - Noah and Enoch and Japheth. Have they traveled through time or taken a quantum leap? Read this story to find out.


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Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
Marley & Me is a well-written, entertaining account of the life of a dog and his family. It is evident that Marley is a member of the family, even at his worst. Marley's many escapades are offset by his loving and loyal nature. I found myself laughing out loud many times while reading this book and crying at other times. This is a must-read for anyone who loves and lives with labradors.


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Murder in Georgetown by Margaret Truman

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rating: 3 of 5 stars
Joe Potamos is a journalist for the Washington Post who gets more involved than he would like with the political intrigue attached to a murder he covers for the paper. He tries to discover who committed the murder only to find another murder, journalism students who want to work with him to solve the crime in exchange for partial credit for the story, and powerful men trying to get Joe off of the story. Along the way, he meets a beautiful pianist who gets dragged into the whole mess with him. Before long Joe is without a job and apparently the target of the same people who have already committed two murders. This was a pretty good mystery story, but fairly easy to put down between chapters.


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