Week 37

Last week I wanted to get some more titles complete for the alphabet challenge. I read The Japanese Lover by Isabelle Allende for J. This historical fiction spanned the decades and was about a girl named Alma who escaped the war in Poland. She traveled to San Francisco, and met a boy named Ishimei. After Pearl Harbour he was imprisoned in a POW camp in Utah. I hadn’t heard a Japanese POW story before. It was years later that these two met back up. Such a beautiful story.

The next story was also for the Alphabet challenge - Under the egg. I bought this years ago to read to my class. The story follows the summer journey of quirky, self sufficient and academic Theodora Tenpenney as she attempts to solve her grandfathers art mystery, while at the same time learning how to make connections and friendships in order to escape her lonely childhood. Adults equally would enjoy this story.

That just leaves V, X,Y and Z left to read to complete this year’s challenge.

This week I read a new genre - cozy mysteries. I read two titles - Crime and Poetry about a magical  bookstore mystery. Grandma Daisy has convinced Violet to return to Cascade Springs. She wants Violet to take over running the Charming bookstore, however she has every intention to go back to Chicago until a dead man is discovered in the front of her Grandma’s house. This was a quick read.

The last book is Catering to Nobody. Goldy Bear is catering the wake of her son’s favourite teacher when her father in law is poisoned. This sees her catering business shut down. Desperate for the return of income, Goldy investigates the crime to clear her name and get her business up running again. 

 This is five books towards the Bookies R Us reading challenge for mysteries.