Murder Most Royal Jean Plaidy
Ceremony in Death by J.D. Robb
Espresso Tales by Alexander McCall Smith
Shopaholic and Sister by Sophie Kinsella
Shopaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susannah Clarke
Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link
Victoria in the Wings by Jean Plaidy
Lady Grace: Feud by Grace Cavendish (Patricia Finney)
44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith
The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella
The Book of Air and Shadow by Michael Gruber
Owls' Court
Autumn Hiscock records her daily minutiae for posterity, featuring cello, handspinning, family, and writing.
I didn’t know you had read the shopaholic series. I read the first one. It made me laugh.
They got weaker and weaker, until the last one (& Baby) was so bleah that if it wasn’t the last one available I’d have stopped reading them entirely. I really much preferred The Undomestic Goddess. I’d read her other stand-alones but the library doesn’t seem to have them.
how is the Book of Air and Shadows? i’ve been eyeing it half-heartedly for a while now…
Book of Air and Shadows: Bleah. There are three narratives, and the two that don’t revolve around the protagonist are the more interesting ones. It’s hard to write a book where the protagonist isn’t a sympathetic character, so I gave this a lot of extra chances, but in the end I gave up two-thirds of the way through because I found myself skimming the bits with the main character in order to get to the other stuff. Not a good sign.