74 Seaside Avenue by Debbie Macomber
>> Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Series: # 7 in the Cedar Cove Series
Genre: Fiction
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 403
Challenges: A-Z Reading -- M Author
By book number 7, the inhabitants of Cedar Cove, Washington are like old friends. This series is light, and enjoyable. The cast of characters grows a bit with each book, but established characters are still there among the many ongoing storylines. This series has a certain sappy charm for me and I enjoy the feeling of stopping by for a cup of tea and catching up with what’s new in Cedar Cove. It’s a little bit of drama, a little bit of romance, a high dose of predictability, lots of small town charm, and an interesting mix of characters and storylines.
I picked it up as a nice light break between challenge books, but because Joy came along and made me do the A-Z challenge, I can count it for the M author for that one.
No stars – I couldn’t even finish it
1 star – I didn’t like it but I managed to finish it.
2 stars – It was OK. Not good, but seriously just OK.
3 stars - I liked it. I didn’t think it was great, but I thought it was good entertainment.
4 stars – I really liked it. I really think you might like it too.
5 stars – It was amazing. I’d recommend this to just about anyone.
6 comments:
See that? Without me, you would have read it for nothin'! :)
Joy: hee hee hee ;-)
I've read all these too. Well, except for this one. I have it here and will read it soon. I liked what you said about these books. It's exactly my feeling. Predictable but catching up with the same characters each year. It's like a Christmas letter from an old friend.
Kay: Love the Christmas letter from a friend analogy - perfect. If you've liked the rest of the series you'll enjoy this one.
I agree with you. I have been reading this series and also got my husband's cousin's wife involved in this series as well. I always buy the book as soon as it comes out but have yet to read it. You always kind of expect the same thing and it is enjoyable.
Kristie: Exactly - kind of like the book version of comfort food :-)
Post a Comment