Thursday, September 9, 2010

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley and The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley

These are two books that feature 11 year old Briton, Flavia de Luce. Chemist, investigator, instigator and precocious girl that gets herself mixed up in solving two murders (one in each of the above-referenced books). You fall in love with her and can't really even believe she's only 11 since she knows so much about chemistry. She has 2 older sisters: Daphne and Ophelia of Fili for short. The stories take place in 1950 England. Fun, Fun, Fun!

I enjoyed listening to these in the car on my daily commute. I highly recommend the version that Jayne Entwistle narrates as she's very entertaining and gets each character's voice just right.

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