Anne Perry - Rest In Peace

ANNE PERRY 

28 October 1938 - 10 April 2023

Anne Perry is one of my favorite authors. I loved all of her series. I will miss adding the next installment to one of these series. 

I am sharing below one of my 'Goodreads' Reviews from each these favorite Anne Perry' Series.

CHARLOTTE AND THOMAS PITT (Last of the Series)

Murder on the Serpentine 

by Anne Perry
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

It was good to have Thomas back solving mysteries instead of acting as head of the Special Branch. Although they played a minor part in solving the mystery, I am glad Ms. Perry found a way to involve Charlotte and Emily, her sister, in the story. Loved, loved, loved the ending. Recommend!

DANIEL PITT (First of Series)

Twenty-One Days by Anne Perry
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I am so glad that Anne Perry has decided to extend Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mysteries to the next generation. I loved Charlotte and Thomas and now Daniel. Looking forward to more of his adventures. This first book was a good start. I think it will take another book or two for me to get to really know Daniel and his friends. It was good to hear from the Pitts again. The mystery was okay, but have read this plot line before. Recommend.

 

WILLIAM MONK (Last of the Series)

Dark Tide Rising by Anne Perry
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Well, I made it through all 24 books in this series. It was fun to read it back to back. It is at an end now. Number 24 was published in 2018 and there has not been any more published. Now that Ms. Perry died on April 10, 2023, we can only hope she had stored some away for the future. I loved all of the characters. Highly recommend this series.

CHRISTMAS

A Christmas Deliverance by Anne Perry
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I really liked seeing Crowe as the main character. This story is a fantasy that you will love. There is a lot of opportunity to skip through a lot of repetitive text. Recommend.

This is the last published Christmas book.  There is one more that is scheduled to be published in November. I don't know if Ms. Perry's passing will affect this or not.

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Ithaca by C.P.Cavafy (with Sean Connery & Vangelis)

Ithaka

As you set out for Ithaka

hope the voyage is a long one,

full of adventure, full of discovery

Laistrygonians and Cyclops,

angry Poseidon-don't be afraid of them:

you'll never find things like that on your way

as long as you keep your thoughts raised high,

as long as a rare excitement

stirs your spirit and your body.

Laistrygonians and Cyclops, 

wild Poseidon-you won't encounter them

unless you bring them along inside your soul,

unless your soul sets them up in front of you.

Hope the voyage is a long one.

May there be many a summer morning when,

with what pleasure, what joy,

you come into harbors seen for the first time;

may you stop at Phoenician trading stations

to buy fine things,

mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony,

sensual perfume of every kind-

as many sensual perfumes as you can;

and may you visit many Egyptian cities

to gather stores of knowledge from their scholars.

Keep Ithaka always in your mind.

Arriving there is what you are destined for.

But do not hurry the journey at all.

Better if it lasts for years,

so you are old by the time you reach the island,

wealthy with all you have gained on the way,

not expecting Ithaka to make you rich.

Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.

Without her you would not have set out.

She has nothing left to give you now.

And if you find her poor, Ithaka won't have fooled you.

Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,

you will have understood by then what these Ithakas mean.

Translated by Edmond Keeley/Philip Sherrard.

The Last Bookshop in London

 

I really loved this story. Any story that takes place where books are involved captures my interest. This story takes place during WWII. 

I have read several books that take place during this time. They always gave me a sense of what was happening in London; however, Ms. Martin takes it a step further. 

She gave me a sense of how the normal everyday citizen lived and reacted on a personal level, leaving me in tears a lot of times. I felt as if I was walking in Grace Bennett's shoes, walking right along with her as she affected the lives of her mentor, Mr. Evans; her friend, Viv; her landlady, Mrs. Weatherford; her ARP night watch leader, Mr. Stokes; and her love interest, George. 

Highly recommend.