Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Author: Paul Torday

Source: My mom

Days to Read: 10

Another book passed onto me from my mom.  I admit I judged this book by its cover. Well not so much by the cover, but by it's title. Salmon fishing? I wasn't so sure about this one. But like always, I threw it into my purse and turned the first page as I sat on the subway heading into work. My second strike was that the first part of the book was in letter format. Then with a quick flip through I noticed "articles" and "journal entries". I don't typically like this style as I find it breaks up my rhthym and it can be difficult to follow. With the exception of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (side note - I couldn't remember the title of this book off hand because it is so long so I googled "long book title with potato in it" and BOOM! There it was!), I have not loved the "letter" style novel.
Pressing onward with nothing else to do but people watch or read, I quickly fell in love with this book. As odd of a subject matter that I thought it was, the book was great! I loved the characters and the story line. The book is about a middle aged British fisheries expert who is hired to spearhead an outrageous idea, bringing salmon to the Yemen for his countryman to fish. As the plan begins to take shape, the characters develop complex relationships with one another. 

While reading the book I discovered that it was in fact a movie! I love when that happens! I haven't seen it yet but it is on my to do list. I highly recommend this book, both my parents loved it as well.

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Death Comes to Pemberley

Death Comes to Pemberley

Author: P.D. James

Source: My mom

Days to read: 7

Have you read Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice? If not no big deal, P.D. James provides a brief synopsis at the beginning of the book to fill the reader in on the characters and how they have come together.

Elizabeth and Darcy have been married for 6 years and live on Darcy’s estate, Pemberley. Elizabeth's beloved sister Jane, and her husband Bingley, are visiting Pemberley for the annual Lady Anne's ball. On the eve of the ball, Elizabeth's youngest sister Lydia, arrives hysterical and screaming that her husband, Wickham, has been murdered. Darcy and Bingley and several other gentleman that are staying at Pemberley, travel off into the woods to investigate and find Wickham leaning over his murdered friend sobbing that it was all his fault. Pemberley is thrown into a murder investigation and the reader is left to ponder "Who done it?"

I am not a big fan of mystery novels anymore but I did enjoy this book. It's interesting to read a novel that draws characters from a different author's novel. I felt that I already knew these characters and wanted to know where they were in their lives and what they had been up to!! This wasn't an all-time favourite of mine because I didn't find it wildly enthralling. HOWEVER if you enjoyed Pride and Prejudice then you may enjoy catching up with the Bennet sisters!

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