Daily Archives: March 30, 2015

Long and slow mystery

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Iiiireader

The Lady from Zagreb (Bernie Gunther)

By: Philip Kerr

Rating: 4 of 5

theladyfromzagreb“The Lady from Zagreb” is the first book I have read by Philip Kerr. I was hoping for a fast-paced whodunnit with lots of twists – which is my favorite type of mystery. Instead, the book has a lot of information about the atrocities and the lack of morals which abounded in Germany and surrounding countries during both World War II and the time leading up to it. The characters were both fictional and real (though used in a fictional manner to progress the story.) As I am not a student of WWII, I wasn’t able to easily determine which was which.

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Another great new book in the Bizzy Bear series

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Iiiireader

Bizzy Bear: Knights’ Castle

By: Nosy Crow (Author), Benji Davies (Illustrator)

Rating: 5 of 5

bizzybearsknightsI have purchased a number of the Bizzy Bear board books and was happy to find this new one. As with the others, this one has a number of fun activities for my grandson to play with. The book is filled with knights and dragons – even jousting. At 18 months old, he is easily able to move the levers to make the fun activities happen. He especially likes the one that moves the sword up and down.

The story is very simple and easy to read. When kids are interested in doing the activities, they really aren’t listening all that hard. I read this one to him several times a day and neither he nor I have gotten tired of it. A little one can be a bit tough on these books – my grandson tries to “open” the pages where the movement actually is house. He has only destroyed one as I figured out how to reinforce the books so he can’t pull them apart. I use a big of clear packing tape on the corners and edges of each page. Just enough to reinforce without hampering the flow of the activity. He hasn’t damaged another since I starting using this method.

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