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Title: Keepsake Crimes by Laura Childs ISBN: 0-425-19074-9 Publisher: Prime Crime Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.44 (9 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: I like the idea of this book, but it didn't engage me
Comment: I'm an avid scrapbooker, and a fan of Laura Child's tea shop mysteries - I've read them all. The tea shop books are cozy and fun - and you quickly come to idetify with and like at least 5 of the recurring characters without having to make a list to keep straight who they are.
I was anxious to read the new series. For me, there was just way too much information about New Orleans and mardi gras. I just wasn't that interested in all that detail. Also, I really didn't come to care much about the characters in this book, other than Carmella and Ava. There's no strong male character, as in her tea shop books. Ms. Child's mentions many different characters on several occasions, but we're never given enough information on them to allow us to know them or to know why or how they may be connected to the story.
As for the scrapbooking aspect, I really could have used more intersting tips and techniques. There were a couple unique ideas wound into the story, but many things mentioned would be old hat to serious scrapbookers.
Normally, I finish the tea shop books in a day or so. They're so fun and cozy that I can't put them down. This one took me a while to read because I just couldn't get interested in it due to the excessive detail on New Orleans. However, I like the tea shop mysteries enough that I will give this new serious another try. I'll pick up the next book and see if things improve.
Rating: 3
Summary: Good Style, but
Comment: I like the Tea Shop books and was looking forward to a new series. I love New Orleans; a series set there could be so intriguing, and Carmela is a spunky, clever heroine. There is a "but."
There was too much detail on scrapbooking for a reader not interested in that hobby. Also, I didn't really care who committed the murder. The supporting characters, except for Ava, blended together and weren't particularly likable.
Carmela was also too forgiving for my taste. I thought that her support of a husband who had deserted her made her seem weak. The series needs a strong male character, and I'm hoping it won't be that husband!
I will read the next book in the series, if there is one, for I like Laura Child's writing style. This just wasn't one of her better efforts.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Great Mystery
Comment: I really love this book. It kept me quessing as to who the murderer is. I really felt like I was in New Orleans and experiencing Mardis Gras. Laura Childs is very accurate in her discription of what traditions make Mardis Gras. The king cake especially. I have never done scrapbooking before and this book has made me want to start.
For me the story flowed. I have read her other series, The Tea Shop Mysteries and am looking forward to reading more of both series.
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Title: The English Breakfast Murder (Childs, Laura. Tea Shop Mysteries.) by Laura Childs ISBN: 042519129X Publisher: Prime Crime Pub. Date: 05 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Photo Finished by Laura Childs ISBN: 0425194345 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 06 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Shades of Earl Grey (A Tea Shop Mystery) by Laura Childs ISBN: 0425188213 Publisher: Prime Crime Pub. Date: 07 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Cutwork by Monica Ferris ISBN: 0425193896 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 06 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Gunpowder Green by Laura Childs ISBN: 0425184056 Publisher: Prime Crime Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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