Saturday, October 9, 2021

A Did-Not-Finish and another great mystery

 Gathering Moss
A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
by Robin Wall Kimmerer


I didn't finish enough of this book to write a review of it. Despite every good thing it appears to contain, plus more than decent writing, I just couldn't find myself enjoying it. Sorry to give up--will not taint the ratings of other people who finished it.


 Birds of a Feather


by Jacqueline Winspear

Another great Maisie Dobbs mystery!  The plot is pretty thick in this one--deaths of three apparently unrelated young women, police arrest a guy whom Maisie is pretty sure didn't do it, and where do the feathers fit in?  But plot aside, it's the characters who make the story. She does a pretty good job with the atmosphere, too--time and place and all the little tidbits that make it real.

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