Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit

Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit

by P.G. Wodehouse

Blurb:

When Bertie Wooster goes to stay with his Aunt Dahlia at Brinkley Court and finds himself engaged to the imperious Lady Florence Craye, disaster threatens from all sides. While Florence tries to cultivate his mind, her former fiancé, hefty ex-policeman 'Stilton' Cheesewright, threatens to beat his body to a pulp, and her new admirer, the bleating poet Percy Gorringe, tries to borrow a thousand pounds. To cap it all, Bertie has incurred the disapproval of Jeeves by growing a moustache. Throw in a disappearing pearl necklace, Aunt Dahlia's magazine Milady's Boudoir, her cook Anatole, the Drones Club Darts match and Mr and Mrs L.G. Trotter from Liverpool, and you have all the ingredients for a classic Wodehouse farce.

My Reaction:

We needed another in-between book, so we chose to re-read a Jeeves & Wooster book.  I never have anything specific to say about these (because I don't bother to take notes), but I do love them.  They're perfect for light reading—the literary equivalent of your favorite cuddly comfort blanket.  You can wrap yourself up in them for a while, enjoy some good laughs, and forget your worries for a moment.  

Listen for the Lie

Listen for the Lie

by Amy Tintera

Blurb:

What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if the truth doesn't matter?

After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy’s blood, everyone thinks she is a murderer. Lucy and Savvy were the golden girls of their small Texas town: pretty, smart, and enviable. Lucy married a dream guy with a big ring and an even bigger new home. Savvy was the social butterfly loved by all, and if you believe the rumors, especially popular with the men in town. It’s been years since that horrible night, a night Lucy can’t remember anything about, and she has since moved to LA and started a new life.

But now the phenomenally huge hit true crime podcast "Listen for the Lie," and its too-good looking host Ben Owens, have decided to investigate Savvy’s murder for the show’s second season. Lucy is forced to return to the place she vowed never to set foot in again to solve her friend’s murder, even if she is the one that did it.

My Reaction:
DNF.  I don't know how far along I was when I gave up on it... 20-ish percent through?  I think it was soon after Lucy went to her old friend's shop... Wherever it was, I decided I couldn't face slogging through the rest of this one.  It's just not my style at all, and I don't understand the high average of ratings.  I skimmed through the last chapters just to see the solution of the mystery and... Nope, no regrets.  

I didn't like any of these characters, the humor fell flat for me, and that voice in Lucy's head was beyond annoying.  Oh well!

Ring for Jeeves

Ring for Jeeves

by P.G. Wodehouse

Blurb:

The only Jeeves story in which Bertie Wooster makes no appearance, involves Jeeves on secondment as butler and general factotum to William Belfry, ninth Earl of Rowcester (pronounced Roaster). Despite his impressive title, Bill Belfry is broke, which may explain why he and Jeeves have been working as Silver Ring bookies, disguised in false moustaches and loud check suits. All goes well until the terrifying Captain Brabazon-Biggar, big-game hunter, two-fisted he-man and saloon-bar bore, lays successful bets on two outsiders, leaving the would-be bookies three thousand pounds down and on the run from their creditor. But now the incandescent Captain just happens to be the former flame of Rosalinda Spottsworth, a rich American widow to whom Bill is attempting to sell his crumbling stately home...

My Reaction:
This was a shared read-aloud with Donald.  We needed something to fill in the gaps between 372-Pages books, and Wodehouse seemed like a good choice.  We selected one with "Jeeves" in the title, at random, and ended up with the only one without Wooster!  (I believe we've read them all before this, but it's been a while, and to be honest, they tend to blur together in my memory, so we didn't know which was which.)

The lack of Wooster was a little disappointing, and this isn't Wodehouse at his very best, but it's still not bad.  I think we had some good laughs along the way.