Tanka-poetry Reviews

Thanks to Lark Writes for giving me the inspiration to write short, poetic book reviews. Hers are called 'Haiku Reviews.' I'll make mine a little longer and call them tanka-poetry reviews. Similar to haikus, tanka poems are short, using only 31-syllables in the cadence pattern of 5, 7, 5, 7, 7. I call these reviews tanka-poetry but the books I am reviewing are not specifically poetry books.

 I am back from a two week vacation which involved much driving. That gave us a chance to listen to several audiobooks. Pool-side time allowed me to complete several other books. These tanka-reviews are for the books I don't plan on reviewing more fully.

 

Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship by Catherine Raven

 Speigel and Grau, 2021 

A wild fox befriends

a lonely naturalist.

This memoir recounts

details of their unusual 

friendship. Very surprising.

 

My rating: 4 out of 5 stars; audio.

 

 

Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie

William Morrow, 2009. Originally published in 1930.

Agatha Christie,

queen of suspense, introduces

us to Miss Marple.

Murder is solved after a

few false starts and red-herrings. 

My rating: 4 out of 5 stars; e-book.

The Return of Jeeves: A Jeeves and Bertie Novel by P.G. Wodehouse

Perennial Library, 1985; first published in 1953

Humorist writer,

P.G. Wodehouse pokes fun at

aristocrats and

monied folks. Jeeves, the butler,

serves with straight face. Funny. 

My rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars, print.

A Continual Feast: Words of Comfort and Celebration, Collected by Father Tim by Jan Karon

Penguin, 2006

Inspiring quotes,

scriptures, and thoughtful phrases, 

compiled by Father Tim,

a character in Karon's book.

I used to collect the same.

My rating: 5 out of 5 stars, print.

Remarkable Trees of the World by Thomas Markham

W.W. Norton and Company, 2003

We visited big trees

in Kings Canyon National Park.

Returning back home

it was a perfect time to 

read about trees of the world.

My rating: 5 out of 5, reread, print.

-Anne