Organize Your Corpses by Mary Jane Maffini My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is the fourth or so time of reading this fun book, and though my memory jogged me on which character to focus on, which one was fishy, the murderer reveal still came as a complete surprise to me. This is the…
Category: Book Reviews
I occasionally write a review of a book I’ve read. These are those reviews.
Review: Dumb Witness
Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie My rating: 5 of 5 stars Agatha Christie, as usual, weaves a good tale. This one is unusual as a dog is one of the characters and even has a speaking part. For a dog lover, it’s a great addition to the normal all-human mystery plot. I had early on…
Book Review: The Shack by Wm. Paul Young
After I finished writing my guide to the Book of Job, several people told me I ought to read The Shack. I wasn’t that keen. But my Pastor handed me a copy, so how could I resist anymore? The Shack by William Paul Young (Windblown Media, 2007) is one of those publishing phenomenons à la…
Book Review: The Almost Archer Sisters by Lisa Gabriele
When it came time to pick another book to review, I chose the well-received The Almost Archer Sisters by Lisa Gabriele (Doubleday Canada, 2008). According to the back cover, it’s about a young mother and her relationship with her fast-living sister Beth and how one weekend “Beth upends everything Peachy thought she knew about being…
Agatha Christie Muses on Euthanasia in “Curtain”
I have not read all of Agatha Christie’s Poirot books, but he’s such a timeless character, the series not needing to be read in order, that I recently devoured the very last Poirot book: Curtain. I’ve been reading Christie for as long as I can remember. Well, maybe not since the age of 2, but…
Book Review: Otherwise by Farley Mowat, an Enthralling Read
Farley Mowat begat the popular Black Brant sounding rocket and air-to-air missile Velvet Glove when his patriotism and search for a new purpose after WWII led him to… well, you’ll have to read Mowat’s latest book Otherwise (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2008) to find out how he accomplished this feat. The few reviews I’d seen…