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No Fond Return of Love by Barbara Pym My rating: 4 of 5 stars Library. By far my favorite Pym to date – I guess 4 stars has a range. (I’ve also read Excellent Women and Jane and Prudence) In this book, Pym plays with book lovers, writers, observers. Dulcie (“sweet”) and Viola (given name:…

Men of Iron by Howard Pyle My rating: 4 of 5 stars Own as Audio CD read by Jim Weiss. I hope to change to the correct edition soon … We listened to Men of Iron on a long trip. We enjoyed the story; the exploits and doings of Myles Falworth were exciting. His maturation…

Runaway Ralph CD: Runaway Ralph CD by Beverly Cleary My rating: 4 of 5 stars Library. This was a good story for traveling. It isn’t very taxing to the listener and is short. It has exciting parts, a message, and a happy ending. The children like the idea of a mouse who rides a motorcycle…

Jane and Prudence by Barbara Pym My rating: 4 of 5 stars Library. This was my second Barbara Pym novel. I liked it a lot even though there was little plot … maybe even less than Excellent Women. The characters grew and better knew themselves by the end. They advanced. For about half the book…

Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers My rating: 5 of 5 stars Library. Well, I must say that this was my favorite Lord Peter book as yet. To see the generally self controlled Lord Peter lose his cool over a woman was a pretty interesting development. To see the fall-out from that in his dealings…

For the first time since vacation, I’ve turned on my laptop, which means I’ll be publishing a bunch of book reviews here to the blog today. I might even post something about vacation. And school. Or I might not. Forewarned is forearmed … Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers My rating: 4…

The Exact Place: a memoir by Margie L. Haack My rating: 4 of 5 stars Own on Kindle. Magie Haack (of Ransom Fellowship) had quite the childhood.  In this book, she reviews her life and relates God’s hand in it.  She says that her childhood was in the ‘exact place’ she was to be —…