Death of a Scriptwriter by M.C. Beaton
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This book was given to me by my aunt after she read it. This is #14 of the Hamish Macbeth mystery series.

The big question is what happens to a mystery writer when her books are out of print because they are out of fashion and outdated. A television production company wants to buy production rights, but neglects to tell the author they will update the book and add some racy, sexy scenes. The author's plot line and pacing kept me reading to the end of the book.

While it is fourteenth in the series, it can stand alone as a cozy mystery. I recommend it to readers who enjoy that genre.

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Skipped Parts by Tim Sandlin
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This book was free when I downloaded it to my Nook library. The parts I like best are Sam's daydreams. I was uncomfortable with lots of the rest of the story about two thirteen-year-olds who want to practice sex, the skipped parts, and the consequence of a pregnancy.

I can't recommend it.



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King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I enjoy adventure stories, and this classic has been around since Victorian England. Allan Quartermain narrates the tale of his trip to King Solomon's Mines. Reading an ebook version lets the reader use the glossary and endnotes with a fingertip touch so you can get back into the story.

I recommend it for all readers who understand this was written in a different era, and who does not let that get it the way of a fun adventure.

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The Liberation of Alice Love by Abby McDonald
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This was free when I downloaded it to my Nook library. It had a slow start while it introduced characters who came across as immature/young and I started to classify it as chick-lit. I kept reading and a decent mystery evolved. Changes Alice may hold your interest to the end.


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The Fence My Father Built by Linda S. Clare
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I downloaded this book to my Nook when it was free from BN.com, and the story synopsis appealed to me. The story was entertaining as Muri searches for a safe place for herself and her children after she had a reduction in force at work and she is legally separated from her husband. The location of high desert in Oregon was unfamiliar to me.

The story is entertaining but I can't give it more than 2 stars for I believe it will be forgettable. I recommend it only to readers of this chick-lit genre.

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Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This classic was free when I downloaded it to my Nook, and it has been shelved with Classics. This was the perfect book to read on my own sea voyage for

To find one's way to lands already discovered is a good thing, and the Spray made the discovery that even the worst sea is not so terrible to a well-appointed ship.

Slocum's telling of his adventures were polished by the lectures he gave along the way to finance supplies and repairs. His writing style was influenced by Mark Twain and Robert Louis Stevenson. I enjoy true adventure biographies, and the technology of an ebook that can quickly take me from glossary and endnotes with a fingertip touch and back into the story helps me enjoy a book written 114 years ago.

Another favorite quote is

To succeed however, in anything at all, one should go understandingly about his work and be prepared for every emergency.

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