Welcome to Friday! Time for this this week's Friday Post. I will be linking up to:
Book Beginnings
First Line Friday
Friday 56
Book Blogger Hop
The teasers for the first three this week come from The Case of the Ghost of Christmas Morning by P.J. Fitzsimmons.
This is the second in a very funny mystery series set in England in the 1920's. Here's how it begins:
“Merry Christmas, Anty Dear. There’s a dead body under the tree.” ...was very nearly the last thing I expected to hear upon arrival at my Aunty Boisjoly’s cosy, sixteen-bedroom burrow in snowy Hertfordshire. She was the shy aunty, you see, and not usually very clever at gift-giving.
Nothing like jumping into the book right away. And you can see some of the humor I was talking about.
You can see some in this quote from 56% into the book:
Somehow the walk back to Herding House was roughly twice as far as the outbound journey, an anomaly I put down to the arctic headwind that had since taken up a defensive line.
I had a lot of fun with this one. I will be reviewing it on Thursday next week. Yes, a Christmas themed book on the 25th - Christmas in July. I might have been aiming for the review that day on purpose.
Meanwhile, let's take a look at this week's Book Blogger Hop question:
July is a month for getaways and adventure. What is your favorite book that takes the reader on an exciting journey or transfers them to a captivating destination?
I'm going to recommend one of my favorites - The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax. Mrs. Pollifax is a widow, grandmother, garden club member...and part time CIA agent. The book is completely improbable and so very charming and fun. This is the first in the series. (And yes, if you read it, you might figure out where my internet name/blog name came from.)
Have a great weekend!
I love the sound of the Christmas book! I like that sort of humour. I'm going to try and read a Christmas book for Christmas in July but I am currently panic reading some Blog Tour books so we shall see!
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This sounds great. What an opening line! I'll have to look for this one.
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ReplyDeleteI'm currently finishing Never Leave Me by Jody Hedlund. It is SO awesome. Such a great story.
"Someone was holding her hand. Dad? Had he and Nicholas dug through the debris and found her?"
I hope you have a great weekend full of relaxing reading and rest! 🙂❤️📚
Mrs. Pollifax sounds like a lot of fun!
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One of these days I'd like to try the Mrs. Polifax books after having watched the movie.
ReplyDeleteWhich movie did you watch? Because the made for TV one with Angela Lansbury is horrible (which saddens me to say). The first one with Rosalind Russel is pretty good, but doesn't quite capture the fun of the series.
DeleteIs she really "Anty Dear?" or is that a typo. Either way, it made me smile.
ReplyDeleteThe main character's nickname is Anty. She the aunt is talking to the main character.
DeleteThis sounds really fun! I'll have to look for this. The beginning made me laugh. I LOVE Mrs. Pollifax. She has the best adventures though I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want to be on any of them.
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