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Once upon a time a woman told her granddaughter stories about Mrs. Roberts, who lived on a mountain and had a dog and a rooster, and found treasure at a church down the road. "Mrs. Roberts" was a spinner and a weaver. And then one day they came and found me. This magical book is the same story.

Book club book, as our last author claimed similarities between her book and this one.

All in all, not bad and an interesting look at aspects of the French Revolution. Looking forward to the next book, however.

There's a handspinner in this book, in chapter 28. An independent minded old lady!

Still reading and the book is pretty interesting. Another side of the French Revolution. Still not my idea of Trollope at his best but not bad historical fiction.

Very light reading. Not the best of its kind (romance) but entertaining.

Yes, this is a cozy. Actually, the ultimate cozy mystery with talking animals, an English village, plenty of tea and Beatrix Potter as the sleuth.

Trollope's try at historical fiction. Readable, but so far lacks the charm of his later work, or even of his first two novels.

Seems that the copy I have is abridged somehow but interesting. Lots of pirates in Greek romance.

My first venture into the world of Thomas and Charlotte Pitts' Victorian world. Intriguing and well-written so far, with a particularly gruesome murder and problem for them to unravel.

Early Greek novel with a fairly strong female protagonist, given her time and situation.

Yes, very disappointing, as I said before. Too many opinions that have nothing to do with the story.

An amazing journey. Looking forward to the book club discussion.

A version of the Noah and the ark story and another tale of destruction by fire in the classic Greek myths. Interesting.

Too much preaching and politics! I don't mind an author supporting a political stand in a novel, but it should be important to the story.

Fast read, entertaining and funny. Not many authors would come up with a Mennonite innkeeper as their sleuth!

Finished! Trollope's second novel and he is already settling into his style. Good and interesting characters, two parallel love stories andsome social commentary.

Getting tired of cat mysteries, I guess. This one wasn't all that entertaining.

The path to true love is seldom smooth, especially if money and relatives are involved!

Charming insights into human nature.

Craft Lit selection. Chapter introduced some interesting characters.

Craft-lit selection. Getting really scary.

Engrossing story of two young men and their difficulties in love and money. Set in Ireland.

Not world shaking literature, but there is plenty of fun in this cat and corgi mystery set in the Charlottesvillle area of Virginia.

A little better than the others, mainly because the cats.got the "lion's share" of the story. Still not in my top 100, or maybe 1,000.

A little harder to get into than the first Trollope novel, but after 20 pages started getting interested. Set in Ireland again.

Getting spooky now as we finish Chapter 2. CraftLit podcast selection.