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Lindsay (1779 KP) rated The Germ Who Would be King: A Ridiculous Illustrated Poem About the 2020/2021 Global Pandemic from One Canadian's Perspe in Books

Oct 10, 2021  
The Germ Who Would be King: A Ridiculous Illustrated Poem About the 2020/2021 Global Pandemic from One Canadian's Perspe
The Germ Who Would be King: A Ridiculous Illustrated Poem About the 2020/2021 Global Pandemic from One Canadian's Perspe
Jennifer Tremblay | 2021 | Children, Fiction & Poetry
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
The Germ who would be King is a silly cartoon of what was going on in 2020. With all the talk about Covid 19. This book helps explain to children what was going on with a virus. We were all talking about during the 2020 year. However, we are still dealing with it today.

This book shows how a virus was taking over everything and how it dominated our society. In a fun and funny way. Though this is funny, would you please take the virus seriously and prevent it from getting it?

It takes place with a germ that wants to dominate the world for its evil plans. Will it work? Or will humans learn to take the precious and separate and do things differently to draft a nasty germ? The first time I read it, It was not funny for me. But when I was reading it a little as my mom read it. I got a little chuckle out of it. We all need a few books like that. Especially the way 2020 was and how everything flipped upside down. We still are dealing with it. But a little humor and taking the things to stop the virus is a good thing.

I do love the pictures. I did enjoy the virus cartoon image; It's charming. The way the plot exists is fun. Children will enjoy this as well as parents, I am sure.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2460 KP) rated The Christie Caper in Books

Mar 29, 2023  
The Christie Caper
The Christie Caper
Carolyn Hart | 1991 | Mystery
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Honoring Agatha Christie Turns Deadly
Annie Laurence Darling is hosting The Christie Caper, a week-long tribute to the queen of crime on her one hundredth birthday. But the event is being crashed by Neil Bledsoe, a reviewer who hates all but the most hard boiled mysteries and has made lots of enemies. Things have hardly started before the attacks on Neil begin, but he still goes ahead with tearing down Agatha Christie. Can Annie figure out what he is up to and stop him before someone stops him permanently?

Obviously, this book came out quite a few years ago since it was tied to Agatha Christie’s centennial. But that hardly matters since this is a great puzzle worth of Christie herself. I did find the pacing a little slow as it neared the middle of the book, but things picked up again not too long after that. All the characters we know and love are here once again, and they are fantastic. I do find Annie’s temper a little annoying, and hope it tones down as the series progresses. The suspects are strong as well. We get a great dose of humor as the book goes along. As with the others in the series, there is more foul language than I would expect for the genre. All told, this is another fine addition to a well-loved series. Fans of Christie will also enjoy it.