The Sunday Philosophy Club ...

Alexander McCall Smith

I finished reading this book this morning ...I  really enjoyed it!

It is the first Alexander McCall Smith novel I have read and I have already started the next novel in the series, "Friends, Lovers and Chocolate"!!

The story was easy to follow with great details describing situations. I felt the style of writing was very "English", which I enjoyed after reading a few America writers recently. There were some bits of the novel that I did skim over a little bit, details that didn't really relate to the actual story line as such.

The style of crime was "soft" / cosy crime, no gory descriptions and the solving of the crime was unpredictable!

I think I would like to also try some of this author's novels in the No 1 Ladies Detective Agency series too.

Devil's Food Cake Murder ...

So my second cosy crime for the month!

I have to say I didn't love this book. It took until chapter 9 for the initial crime to occur which seemed to be rather late in the reading process!!

The book seemed to waffle on a bit, it featured quite a bit of detail about cooking which I don't dislike but I started reading it thinking it would be mainly a crime focused novel!

Most chapters feature a detailed recipe at the end, of a baking item featured in the chapter. 

The crime solving again waited until the end but I worked it out sooner, so a little predictable.

I don't think I would read this author again, maybe a bit too cosy crime for me!!

Inspector Singh Investigates: A Deadly Cambodian Crime Spree

So for the first genre of our Cummins Book Lovers Club we have crime.

Not usually being a crime reader I went for more of a cosy crime type of novel ... not really in to all the gore that I imagine most crime books have!

This was my first book, I found it reviewed in the Good Reading magazine.

Really enjoyed it, the main character has featured in three previous novels by this author. He came across as a bit of a bumbling detective at times but the "crime" wasn't solved until the end and had the unpredictability that a crime novel probably needs!!

Might try more from this author if I find one of her novels on line to buy!

Hello ...

Well I'm going to copy Amanda and have a book reading blog!

I'll see how I go with 2 blogs!!