Corduroy Mansions

Week 7: Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith

I may have fallen off the blogging wagon, but I have still been reading! I went on my brief hiatus due to lack of internet, but am now plugged in again.

I indulged in the latest Alex McCall Smith book, because as a rule I read allllll of his books...and he cranks them out like potato chips. Corduroy Mansions is the first in yet another series, by this self-proclaimed serial author. I currently read The #1 Ladies Detective Agency Series, the 44 Scotland Street series, and the Isabel Dalhousie series. As sad as it makes me, I won't be reading any more Corduroy Mansions books.

This particular book was about hundred pages longer and about a million times more annoying than McCall Smith's other books. You have to believe me when I say that it pains me to write this, because he is one of my favorite authors. His books, to me, are like a favorite pair of pjs (or something equally as comforting). Corduroy Mansions failed to deliver. McCall Smith has a penchant for getting sidetracked in his novels, and going off on tangents. This was pretty much a book of rambling.

Please read The #1 Ladies Detective Agency, but stay away from this book!