Pushing up Daisies 9780312943721

from Nextian

I would say that "Pushing Up Daisies" is a slightly better-than-average mystery. I've read better, but I've certainly read worse as well. The plot is good but it does go off on distracting tangents at times. Luckily the side trips don't last too long. The characters had enough of a spark to get m...

from cal8769

I liked this book even though there were some problems with it. It was a light read and not very thought provoking. For a mystery that had good bones like this one, I feel that Harris didn't do well with follow through. I couldn't exactly put my finger on a lot of the characters and I feel there ...

from knittingfreak

At first glance, I put this book into the same category as Carolyn Hart's Death on Demand series and Maggie Sefton's Knitting Mysteries. In this type of mystery, the author intermingles details regarding a particular hobby such as reading in Hart's books and knitting in Sefton's books. The compar...

from Squeex

I love cozies and I love gardening, so choosing this book among the new cozies coming out was easy-cheesy. It pretty much made its way quickly to the top of the stack to read. It was my purse book as it fit the criteria (small enough to fit, easy to remember the story between reading time, fast m...

from libri_amor

Rosemary Harris, the author of the first in a new series: Pushing Up Daisies, has the Fairfield County society nailed. From the current mix of working folks, the yuppies they work for, and the 'old blood' descendants, the characterizations are spot on. Weaving all the quirks of the various inhabi...