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In Which the Serial Killer Is Besides the Point

Devices and Dexires: An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery by PD James

March 30, 2023 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

Commander Adam Dalgliesh, of the Scotland Yard, has just inherited a converted windmill from a favorite aunt, situated on a remote stretch of the Norfolk coast.  He has fond memories of visits there as a child, and is looking to escape publicity for a bit after having published a book of poetry.  Of course, it turns out to be a busman’s holiday, except he isn’t the one investigating the series of murders in the area.  In fact, technically he could be considered a possible suspect.  […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Adam Dalgleish mystery, Local politics, Norfolk countryside, Nuclear power plant, pd james, serial killer, Windmills

elderberrywine's CBR15 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Adam Dalgleish mystery, Local politics, Norfolk countryside, Nuclear power plant, pd james, serial killer, Windmills ·
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Probably Should Have Just Stuck with Alice

The Elephanta Suite by Paul Theroux

March 23, 2023 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

The Elephanta Suite is a collection of three tales, each describing the encounter of an Anglo with India.  The first story is that of a retired British couple who stay longer than they intended, the second is of a Bostonian businessman who become a Jain monk, and the third is of an American college student who falls in love with an elephant.  Unfortunately, I was not a fan of the first two.  The retired couple were self-centered, and treated the Indians with whom they came […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Elephants, India, paul theroux, Travel (but not enough), Westerners abroad

elderberrywine's CBR15 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Elephants, India, paul theroux, Travel (but not enough), Westerners abroad ·
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Sigh. This Could Have Been More.

My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues by Pamela Paul

March 18, 2023 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

I’m sure it won’t come as a shock to anyone here on Goodreads/Cannonball that many of us love to keep track, one way or another, of what we read, not to mention write about it.  So I was expecting a bit more, I must say.  Bob (or Book of Books), is a dated list of what Paul has read.  But that is literally it.  No authors’ names, no plot summaries, no ratings, no impressions, no thoughts of any kind about each book.  Sure, there a […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Book catalogue, Book discussions, Pamela Paul, Priveleged Upbringing, Teen travels through Europe, Women's History Month

elderberrywine's CBR15 Review No:9 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Book catalogue, Book discussions, Pamela Paul, Priveleged Upbringing, Teen travels through Europe, Women's History Month ·
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Not My Flavor

The Flanders Road by Claude Simon

March 13, 2023 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

OK, let me just put this out there. Unconstructed prose is not my jam. Page after page with no structure, no punctuation, no paragraphs, OK, no. Looking at you James Joyce. Dubliners? Love. Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man? Well OK. Finnigan’s Wake? OK, now we having issues. Ulysses? Oooohhh no. So I feel guilty about not giving this a better rating because it is not my cup of tea, but I suspect it is well written. Generally when I give a 1 […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: Benelux history, claude simon, French history, Paragraph and punctution free, Repetitive relationships, stream of consciousness, Trench warfare, WWI and WWII

elderberrywine's CBR15 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: Benelux history, claude simon, French history, Paragraph and punctution free, Repetitive relationships, stream of consciousness, Trench warfare, WWI and WWII ·
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You Don’t Always Get What You Want

On Green Dolphin Street by Sebastian Faulks

March 2, 2023 by elderberrywine 2 Comments

Alas, this was not the Green Dolphin I was looking for.  There is a jazz standard by this name that I love, and I know it was featured in a movie, based on a novel of the same name.  Well, almost the same name.  What I was looking for was Green Dolphin Street, based on an historical novel set in New Zealand.  So imagine my surprise when I pick up the book I had ordered from the library, and see the cover featuring a mid-century […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: 1950s into 1960s, London, New York City, Nixon-Kennedy presidential campaign, politics, Sebastian Faulks, SO much drinking OMG, tourist time in NYC, Washington DC

elderberrywine's CBR15 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: 1950s into 1960s, London, New York City, Nixon-Kennedy presidential campaign, politics, Sebastian Faulks, SO much drinking OMG, tourist time in NYC, Washington DC ·
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Romeo and Juliet, California Style

Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson

February 10, 2023 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

There were two old school romances I adored as a teen.  One, reread not too long ago, was Lorna Doone.  And the other was, spoiler, Ramona.  As a SoCal girl, how could I not?  I was very familiar with the locations and history.  As a matter of fact, one of my sons got married at the Rancho Camulos, where the story begins.  It’s a historical site, but since it was owned by the same family until the mid-20th century, it’s a perfect hodge-podge of various […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: Actually historically legit, CBR15Passport, Classic Californio. So romantic OMG, Helen Hunt Jackson, Indigenous Americans, Old California, Rancho living, You WILL cry

elderberrywine's CBR15 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: Actually historically legit, CBR15Passport, Classic Californio. So romantic OMG, Helen Hunt Jackson, Indigenous Americans, Old California, Rancho living, You WILL cry ·
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