Suspense and Sensibility (Or, First Impressions Revisited) by Carrie Bebris

This is "A Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Mystery". Therefore you will be solving a mystery along with the Darcys as they live their Jane Austen written lives beyond her hand written novel.

 

Are our first impressions really whom we see before us or is there another person lurking below the well dressed facade in front of our very eyes? Do we need to just look in a mirror to see our true selves?

 

All is not what it appears to be as the Darcys take their siblings to London for The Season. Hopefully there will be weddings in the offing but will there? One can only hope and despair either to the point of emaciation or gluttony. What do the gossips say? Can they be trusted?

 

This book caught my eye because of its title and front page. We all seem to love Jane Austen so why not a book which "carries on" the relationships. I personally would have enjoyed reading about their regular lives, what they ate, wore, saw and experienced rather than adding a mystery to investigate. But that doesn't mean I did not enjoy the book.

 

In fact the author has written more Austen-ish mystery books that I hope to find at my local Goodwill where I found this one. I would say they are a good summer read or if you are snowed in.

 

I will keep my eyes peeled and keep you posted!

The Forgotten by David Baldacci

 

Hey Folks! Here's the next book I have finished this summer. It's June 9th and I have read a lot of books so far.

 

As usual I got this at the GW (short now for Goodwill). I think this might be included under "Guy Reads" because it was ok but didn't rock my Baldacci world as some of his books have done.

 

That said, it was about an Army guy on R&R who ended up using his time solving his Aunt's murder which happened in a nice retirement neighborhood of Florida where no crimes seem to be committed. But right under everyone's sunburned social secuirty receiving noses is a huge illegal business that happens during the wee hours of the night when everyone is finally asleep.

 

But if you can't seem to close your elderly eyes and sleep but rather decide instead to take a drive in the night then you may have wished you had stayed in bed or watched reruns of Andy Griffith. Why? Because you may find yourself in a nose dive in your backyard fountain for your spying.

 

Go back to bed!

 

If you want a read that will get you through until your next really exciting book, then pick this up but don't pay full price. So to your local GW and see what you can find.

 

I love you, David, but I am sorry that this one didn't hit the mark with me. But don't worry. I am only one person in a billion and my opinion usually doesn't count.

 

Sleep tight!