Review: This book saved my week . . .
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 5, 2013
I've been having a terrible week. Way too much work. I've been sitting behind the computer so much that I'm curled over like a snail. My back aches, my wrists ache, and I have a stabbing pain beneath my right shoulder blade. What made this travail worthwhile? I read No Place Like Home. I'd steal away, open my Kindle and laugh for a few minutes. This is such a fun book, it put my rotten week in perspective. We have Camila Randall, former debutante, Manners Doctor, and now bookshop manager about to be turned out of her home and job. Camila seems less ditzy here, though just as funny. Other characters from the Mysteries (I'm a fan) appear like old friends and new ones emerge. The book is funny--witty funny as opposed to Three Stooges funny. It's a perfect tale for these recessionary (Still? Yes, alas) times when everyone is losing everything. I live sort of near the book's site, so I know the places mentioned. Anne R. Allen does a wonderful job of getting her locations right. I've seen other authors make real bloopers when they're arranging towns on a map or talking about their books' places. So, when's the next one coming out?