Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter (Dixie Hemingway, Bk 1)
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Author:
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Helpful Score: 2
A friend here saw my review of "How to Wash a Cat" in which I bemoaned the wishy-washy, spineless, personality-less main character, who was an accountant. (I'm a CPA--we are NOT like that!) Anyway, I didn't much care for that book. What my friend told me was that I ought to try this book, which coincidentally has cats in it as well as a competent accountant (a minor character). This main character, she said, is not spineless, colorless, or anything-less.
OK, I'm up for a book as nicely recommended as that. I ordered it and read it the same day it came in. I usually don't do that. In fact, I had three other books that I was reading at the time. (If you must know, one is in my briefcase that's with me all day; one is in my bathroom at home; and one is on my nightstand. I pick up whichever is handy....)
I LIKED this book. It is compelling, hard to put down, and realistic. It's sort of cozy, but not really. The main character is sympathetic, competent, and smart. I like those things. She is not a wimp, not someone who thinks cats are people, too (a sure way to get me to stop reading and immediately relist the book for trade), or in any other way irritating. Yippee!
Without my friend's recommendation, I would never have ordered this book. Cat-sitter? Definitely not my cup of tea. Titles, however, can be misleading. (Didn't someone once say something about judging a book by its cover?)
From the healthy attitude about pets to the raw emotion of having lost a daughter, from the healthy curiosity to the mostly common-sense way she thinks, from beginning to end, I liked Dixie Hemingway. I could have done without the three (I think it was three) F-words in the book, but they were in fact said in an appropriate context of emotional outbursts when even old fuddy-duddies like me might at least think them.
Read the book. It's good.
OK, I'm up for a book as nicely recommended as that. I ordered it and read it the same day it came in. I usually don't do that. In fact, I had three other books that I was reading at the time. (If you must know, one is in my briefcase that's with me all day; one is in my bathroom at home; and one is on my nightstand. I pick up whichever is handy....)
I LIKED this book. It is compelling, hard to put down, and realistic. It's sort of cozy, but not really. The main character is sympathetic, competent, and smart. I like those things. She is not a wimp, not someone who thinks cats are people, too (a sure way to get me to stop reading and immediately relist the book for trade), or in any other way irritating. Yippee!
Without my friend's recommendation, I would never have ordered this book. Cat-sitter? Definitely not my cup of tea. Titles, however, can be misleading. (Didn't someone once say something about judging a book by its cover?)
From the healthy attitude about pets to the raw emotion of having lost a daughter, from the healthy curiosity to the mostly common-sense way she thinks, from beginning to end, I liked Dixie Hemingway. I could have done without the three (I think it was three) F-words in the book, but they were in fact said in an appropriate context of emotional outbursts when even old fuddy-duddies like me might at least think them.
Read the book. It's good.
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