Loved the characters, story, setting, the economy of words that is perfect Nora Roberts!

This book is the first in a series of 4. It was a very good, heartwarming Amish story about a woman who’s husband had died and she was left with 3 children to raise. She worked at a local hotel and met an englisher man who she becomes friends with. She is torn between following her heart or keeping life as she knows it the same.

I rate this book a solid 4 stars. The cover classes it as a thriller, but I thought it was more of a mystery than a thriller. A woman named Mima is killed one night on Whalsay Island, part of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. At first it is thought to be an accident, because a neighbor was out shooting rabbits at midnight in fog and accidentally shot her. But DI Jimmie Perez suspects that there is more to this and keeps digging. A second person is found dead, possibly suicide. Perez does solve the case,but the killer is not revealed until near the end, and the author left enough false clues, that I wasn't sure of the who or why until it all came together at the end. Anne Cleeves writes descriptive books. This series, set in the Shetlands, is best read in order, as I have been doing. Perez is identified as a "Black Shetlander,"i.e. descended form a shipwrecked Spanish Armada sailor in 1588. Some quotes: Mima's house: "Her house was tucked into the hill and you came on it very suddenly." Evelyn Wilson, describing university students working on an archaeological dig: "The two lasses from the university were there. What nice wee girls they are, although I think that Hattie could do with a bit of feeding up.. She's a skinny little thing. All eyes and bone." Perez thinking about his boss, the Procurator Fiscal: "He found it hard to explain the role of the Fiscal to English colleagues. Even Fran couldn't grasp it. 'But what does she do?' Perez always said that she was a cross between a magistrate and a prosecuting lawyer, but Fran didn't even get that." Jimmie is in a relationship with Fran, an English woman. I read this library book in 4 days.

This book was not as good as Uprooted was but it was still well written. It was written in multiple different view points, which I think added to the story but there were times when it was hard to tell which person was narrating the story. I've also found that while most of her plot lines are well developed, her romance plot lines are not. They feel out of place and like they just put that as an afterthought. It felt abrupt and unnecessary to the plot, and took away from the magic of the story. Overall though it was a good book, and it's good if you ignore the poorly written romance

Great book for a marine mammal and baseball lover. A very cute love story that follows both his and her story. I love the easy manner of writing. Very sweet and enjoyable. Going on to book two now.

Another excellent book by Barabara Delinsky! Couldn't put it down. She's one of my favorite authors.

I like the Train in the book that moves along the pages. I like that the book shows different kinds of places around the country. It has some of my favorite colors! There is yellow inside the book which is my favorite.

PG-This was an excellent audiobook and a great read-I combined the two because sometimes I just had to hear the voices and sometimes I had to see the power of the words! The newspaper articles broke up each chapter in an incredibly moving manner! This book was spot on!

This was a fantastic book! It has won the Newberry Award for juvenile fiction (chapter book). Two sisters and their widowed mother move in with their ailing grandmother. The girls resent the move away from home and friends. It's difficult to cope with all that and the grandmother with dementia. This story includes making new friends, coping with a magical tiger and accepting death. It will make you smile and cry! This would a great read-aloud to share with older children and adults!

This is a moving tale of a Jewish family during WWII. I could not stop listening. This book broke my heart, had me cheering, holding my breath..so many emotions!