I Recommend ‘The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie’ | Advent Book Blog

I Recommend ‘The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie’ | Advent Book Blog

Published on The Advent Book Blog on December 21, 2010.
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The Advent Book Blog is a viral holiday book recommendation engine that draws on the enthusiasm of readers to provide great gift ideas for book buyers everywhere. Every day from December 1st to December 25th the Advent Book Blog publishes reader-submitted enthusiastic recommendations of 50–75 words.

In 2010 I submitted a recommendation for The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley. I also submitted a recommendation for Come, Thou Tortoise by Jessica Grant, but someone had already submitted a review for the book.

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the PieMonica Miller recommends The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

Publisher: Anchor Canada (2009)

ISBN: 978-0-385-66583-4

Cover Price: $19.95

The Recommend:

This is the first book in Alan Bradley’s Buckshaw Chronicles, the adventures of child-sleuth Flavia de Luce. I absolutely fell in love with Flavia while reading The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie and although the next ‘step’ in solving the mystery was occasionally predictable, I was enthralled enough with the characters, setting, and story to not mind. Alan Bradley has a nice balance between adult novel and YA as the language and writing style is very accessible. I also enjoyed the second title, The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag, and I am certainly looking forward to the third book, A Red Herring Without Mustard.

About Monica Miller:

Monica Miller (aka monnibo) is an avid reader, crafter, writer, editor, and designer. She lives in Vancouver and blogs at www.monniblog.com about books, knitting, jewellery and life in general (@monnibo)