Tennis Anyone?
I've gotten a little better at tennis, but my arm is killing me.
When I'm at work during the week, I think of all these great things to write about here. However when the time comes around on Saturday, I've got nothing to say. I finished the series entitled "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency". There were six books and they were pretty good. Reading the reviews on the inside cover, they included the usual suspects. The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, etc... There are also many references to English papers as the book was originally published in England. Then of course, there is my favorite review that reads as follows:
"There are some great books that this guy called Alexander McCall Smith put out that takes place in Botswana. They are really fun to read and make you feel like human beings can really have worthwhile lives. The first one is called The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. I highly recommend them if you like to be happy" Flea, from Red Hot Chili Peppers
That's a review you can take to the bank. They were good books. At times, especially in the later books, it would get a little repetitive. Overall though, really entertaining and easy to read. There is a section that accurately sums up what it's like having an old friend.
"... and had moved into that most comfortable of territories, that of an old friendship that could be picked up and put down at will without damage. Sometimes several months would go by without the two seeing one another, and this would make no difference. A conversation left unfinished at the beginning of the hot season could be resumed after the rains; a question asked in January might be answered in June, or even later, or indeed not at all. There was no need for formality or caution, and the faults of each was known to the other."
If you or anyone you know is looking for something different to read, I highly recommend this series. It's not action packed, or jammed with preachiness, but instead is simple in it's questions of morality and messages of acceptance of others. It's not a series I would have picked up on my own, but I'm glad that I've read it.
When I'm at work during the week, I think of all these great things to write about here. However when the time comes around on Saturday, I've got nothing to say. I finished the series entitled "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency". There were six books and they were pretty good. Reading the reviews on the inside cover, they included the usual suspects. The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, etc... There are also many references to English papers as the book was originally published in England. Then of course, there is my favorite review that reads as follows:
"There are some great books that this guy called Alexander McCall Smith put out that takes place in Botswana. They are really fun to read and make you feel like human beings can really have worthwhile lives. The first one is called The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. I highly recommend them if you like to be happy" Flea, from Red Hot Chili Peppers
That's a review you can take to the bank. They were good books. At times, especially in the later books, it would get a little repetitive. Overall though, really entertaining and easy to read. There is a section that accurately sums up what it's like having an old friend.
"... and had moved into that most comfortable of territories, that of an old friendship that could be picked up and put down at will without damage. Sometimes several months would go by without the two seeing one another, and this would make no difference. A conversation left unfinished at the beginning of the hot season could be resumed after the rains; a question asked in January might be answered in June, or even later, or indeed not at all. There was no need for formality or caution, and the faults of each was known to the other."
If you or anyone you know is looking for something different to read, I highly recommend this series. It's not action packed, or jammed with preachiness, but instead is simple in it's questions of morality and messages of acceptance of others. It's not a series I would have picked up on my own, but I'm glad that I've read it.
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
by
Alexander McCall Smith
posted by Mike at 2:22 PM
1 Comments:
I might pick up this series. I noticed it while strolling through the mystery section at B&N the other day. Now that I have a review I may try it out.
Thats a very sound comment on old friends. The best conversations are with old friends because they have no pre-determined topic, direction, start or end time.
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