The Jungle Books
by Rudyard KiplingMy thoughts:
This book was the literature selection for my kids third term of school which I read aloud to them. I had a love/hate relationship with it. We really enjoyed the story of Riki-Tiki-Tavi and some of the Mowgli stories. There are other stories that just had to do with different animals and those were just tolerated. I think one thing that was hard is that Kipling takes a long time to set up his stories and you don't see any action until the last part of the story. Oh, did I mention that they are looooong stories! The crazy thing was I got all choked up on the last story where Mowgli realizes that he has to leave the jungle. Go figure! I guess I enjoyed them more than I thought.
The Singing Sands
by Josephine TeyMy thoughts:
This is the last book book about Inspector Grant. In this story he is suffering from a bad case of claustrophobia. He takes time off and heads to Scotland to fish. As he is leaving the train he passes a berth with a dead body, which results in him grabbing the man's newspaper that has a poem handwritten on it. This leads to him to do his own investigation about the dead man. When it is all said and done he finds he is thankful to the man since it helps him overcome he claustrophobia and saves him resignation and possible marriage.
Though Josephine Tey is considered one of the greatest mystery writing I did find many of these stories frustrating. She tend to be a little vague in her plots. There were many times I felt I had missed something. I did enjoy this series, but still found The Daughter of Time
remains my favorite and the others pale in comparison to it.
Heart of Glass: A Novel
by Jill Marie LandisMy thoughts:
Read my review here.
The Adventures and the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sterling Classics)
by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleMy thoughts:
Read my review here.
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Josephine Tey is on my TBR list. Thanks to your review, I know where to start.
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