A Marriage at Sea, Sophie Elmhirst

 

A Marriage At Sea: A true story of love, obsession, and shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst

Started: March 12, 2026
Completed: March 16, 2026
Recommendation: Mild recommendation
Recommended By: Nobody
Media: Audio

Review:

This is an odd book about an odd couple who had an odd experience.  How English.  The title is mildly misleading.  The couple spent their marriage at sea, they were not married on the high seas.  The only reason that they are known at all, I think, is that they were shipwrecked and eventually found in a raft near death.  Then, as one does, they built another boat and went sailing some more.  Their tale is mildly interesting.  It is not a swashbuckling tale, but more one of grueling survival.  Had I understood what it was when I picked it up, I think it is unlikely that I would have read it.  My mild recommendation is due mostly to there being no romanticization of their experience.  It is forthright, rugged, and rather unpleasant.

Bury Your Dead, Louise Penny

 

Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny is the next Inspector Gamash novel.

Started: 10/22/2021
Completed: 10/28/2021
Recommendation: Highly Recommended
Recommended By: My Parents

Review:

I liked this book better than the last, which had me worried.  The idea of Gamash as an action hero is a little hard to wrap my head around and I don't think Penny intended that, but it comes off that way (of course contrasted repeatedly with his fear of heights).  The mystery in this novel was many fold and it is nice that this novel was layered among several characters, several subplots, and several locations.  As the book began I was worried that Three Pines would be abandoned, but that did not happen and familiar characters returned.