Friday, April 30, 2010

April Haiku Book Reviews

Note: this series is meant to be a summary of the books I read this past month, told in 17 syllables.

The Modern Scholar Presents: The Anglo-Saxon World, by Prof. Michael D. C. Drout [audiobook]

A peek at ancient
times, of foundations we think
are stone, but are wood.


The Diamond as Big as the Ritz and other stories, by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Stories well-told, but:
people wealthy and pretty,
yet petty and cruel.


The Deceiver, by Frederick Forsyth

M.I.6 reviews
Veteran spy's career,
In four great cases.


The Geography of Bliss, by Eric Weiner

Happiness, as told
country by country, some more,
some less. A fun read.


Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne [audiobook]

Captain Nemo: Mad?
Genius? Visionary? Cruel?
All these, and much more.


The Full Cupboard of Life, by Alexander McCall Smith

Mr. J.L.B.
Matekoni finally
gets it right in the end.


The Sign of the Four, by Arthur Conan Doyle

Secret pacts, treasure,
Poison darts and boat chases;
Watson meets his bride.


Lion in the Valley [audiobook] by Elizabeth Peters

Emersons, Sethos
meet again, in disguise, and
in antiquities.

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