I want to rush right out and buy this for my my friends, a couple--one a musician and the other a poet. It inspired and moved me. Louise Penny has quickly become one of my favorite authors. In fact, I keep telling folks that my first retirement trip is going to include a literary tour of Quebec following the Inspector Gamache books. I just hope I can find Three Pines (or something like it!).
Finally Three Pines is spared a murder! This mystery takes place at monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups. A monastery hidden from view for centuries and recently come to public attention through the making of a CD of Gregorian Chants. But, success breeds dissent and hence Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir go together to investigate the murder of one of the monks.
The secondary plots of the series are nicely developed as well.
Take a day or two to savor this one (and maybe put some Gregorian Chants on as you read)!
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Sunday, July 29, 2012
XO, XO, by Jeffery Deaver
Jeffery Deaver is one of my favorite detective fiction authors. His plots and characterizations are always interesting and rarely make me feel like I am reading just another version of the same book that he wrote the last time. In this book deeper has particularly called on his background and knowledge in the music industry. I knew from his biography that he had experience as a folk singer I did not know that he was a country music fan. I wish I had the patience to sit down and listen to all the music referenced in this book. However, since I was listening to it through the audio book service it was just too tricky to match the reading with listening.
I find it really an interesting variation on the books that I am reading that many are including strong references to music. I just finished a Val McDermid book in which she makes frequent reference to musicians and songs. Michael Connelly also includes many references to music and in his book Dark Angel and even included a CD with tracks from songs mentioned in the book or music he listened to while working. I love music but tend to listen more to classical, new age, or meditation selections. I don't know when I stopped listening to more popular music. Maybe as part of my sabbatical agenda I should include listening to more music with words and consciously expand my listening selections.
The main character of this series, Katheryn Dance, specializes in the analysis of body movements or "tells." As if an agent for the California Bureau of investigation she brings these skills to both investigations and courtroom settings. I can't evaluate the degree to which Deaver provides accurate information about the science, however I tend to trust him. He typically is quite methodical in his research.
Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs also make a brief cameo appearance in the book. I feel like an old friend stopped by for a moment and we were able to catch up with some significant details about his life.
I recommend this book to everyone, not just those with musical inclinations for fans of detective fiction.
I find it really an interesting variation on the books that I am reading that many are including strong references to music. I just finished a Val McDermid book in which she makes frequent reference to musicians and songs. Michael Connelly also includes many references to music and in his book Dark Angel and even included a CD with tracks from songs mentioned in the book or music he listened to while working. I love music but tend to listen more to classical, new age, or meditation selections. I don't know when I stopped listening to more popular music. Maybe as part of my sabbatical agenda I should include listening to more music with words and consciously expand my listening selections.
The main character of this series, Katheryn Dance, specializes in the analysis of body movements or "tells." As if an agent for the California Bureau of investigation she brings these skills to both investigations and courtroom settings. I can't evaluate the degree to which Deaver provides accurate information about the science, however I tend to trust him. He typically is quite methodical in his research.
Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs also make a brief cameo appearance in the book. I feel like an old friend stopped by for a moment and we were able to catch up with some significant details about his life.
I recommend this book to everyone, not just those with musical inclinations for fans of detective fiction.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
The Carbon Diaries 2015, by Saci Lloyd
What do you do when global climate change really hits home hard and you're an average teen-age girl trying to keep her band together? After having read a number of post-Apocalypse books recently I valued the more whimsical approach Lloyd takes to the topic. Make no mistake--she is serious about exploring the changes that climate change is likely to bring to our world, but does it in a way that isn't quite so desperate. The format of the book also includes some interesting and engaging graphics. There are notebook pages "taped" into the book, emails, advertising, and other "artifacts" that lend reality to the book.
The "science" behind the book is largely hypothetical--but seems within reasonable bounds of the imagination. The book begins with the issuance of carbon "credit" cards. Each member of the family is issued a card that tracks their carbon usage.
The "science" behind the book is largely hypothetical--but seems within reasonable bounds of the imagination. The book begins with the issuance of carbon "credit" cards. Each member of the family is issued a card that tracks their carbon usage.
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