Below are all the readings of 2006. There are a few more but I
wasn't as good this year about adding books. I never forgot to
add a great book but I did forget to add the Ian Rankin Inspector Rebus
Mysteries. Then after a few days, I couldn't remember the book's
name. Though, they are excellent books and just the other day I
was recommending them to a friend who hadn't read them.
In readings, 2006 marked my return to the 'Mystery novel' primarily Inspector Rebus but others as well. I had stopped reading them at some point but growing up I was an avid reader of Agatha Christie. My mom is a fan also but luckily when I was young she explained to me that Christie wrote from a time and place. Her books are excellent and she in part defined the genre. But they do have some class prejudice and racism (while in Egypt, her British characters would refer to the Egyptians as foreigners!) of Christie's day. Still PBS' Mystery series has been showing an updated version of the Miss Marple mysteries
These have been excellent and re-do some of the outdated sentiments that Christie may have written.
2007 will surely contain more mysteries, I heard that Giles Blunt has a new book and I'm looking forward to that.
All That Matters by Wayson Choy
In readings, 2006 marked my return to the 'Mystery novel' primarily Inspector Rebus but others as well. I had stopped reading them at some point but growing up I was an avid reader of Agatha Christie. My mom is a fan also but luckily when I was young she explained to me that Christie wrote from a time and place. Her books are excellent and she in part defined the genre. But they do have some class prejudice and racism (while in Egypt, her British characters would refer to the Egyptians as foreigners!) of Christie's day. Still PBS' Mystery series has been showing an updated version of the Miss Marple mysteries
These have been excellent and re-do some of the outdated sentiments that Christie may have written.
2007 will surely contain more mysteries, I heard that Giles Blunt has a new book and I'm looking forward to that.
All That Matters by Wayson Choy