Another big thank you goes out to Jennifer for sending this book along to me!
TITLE: Christmas at the Mysterious Bookshop
AUTHOR: Otto Penzler
GENRE: Mystery
RATING: 4 Stars
I love the concept behind this book - Penzler, who owns the Mysterious Bookshop in New York, which I visited a few years ago in NY, committed one "secret" mystery writer to write a story with the following requirements: it has to be Christmas oriented and it has to be centered at the Mysterious Bookshop. Over the course of time, quite a few "secret" authors actually got involved and what has now resulted is this book.
Of course, because each story is written by a different writer, you can easily note the different styles and approaches contained in the book. This is usually a bit of a problem for me as I am not a fan of "short stories"by various authors. Nonetheless, the book ended up being a fun, fun read! thanks to the fact that each author has injected their very own style to each story - be it, suspense, humor or a combination of the two.
I really liked reading this one and, of course, reading about Christmas in September is perfect for putting me in the mood for winter, snow and, of course, Christmas.
1 comment:
I LOVE the cover of this book! But I don't do short stories. Might be good for a Christmas book though, I'll think about it, LOL.
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