At Home in Mitford (Radio Theatre)

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Summary: Boring boring boring
Review: Well, I finally finished slogging through Jan Karon's "At Home in Mitford" more than a month after starting it. I haven't found any book to be such a chore to get through in a very long time. If you're a fan of good literature, don't believe the hype and AVOID THIS BOOK LIKE THE PLAGUE. If you're offended by anything and everything the secular world offers up, then by all means visit the local library and check this out in order to be clubbed over the head with 450 pages of inoffensive drivel. Just don't tell me what a wonderful book this is. Because it isn't. THIS IS NOT A GOOD BOOK. PERIOD. No plot, poorly written, and dull, flat, one dimensional, forgettable charcters. Need I go on? And there are eight books in this series? I can't even imagine. Marketing genius but little else.
For a vastly superior series of novels set in rural America with a religious theme, check out anything by Jon Hassler. He blows this Mitford nonsense right out of the water.

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Summary: Calgon, take me to Mitford!
Review: What a delightful book! I absolutely loved it! It is interesting, heartwarming and so often, just downright laugh-out-loud funny. The characters are so true to life. Ms. Karon is a terrific writer and I am looking forward to reading all of the remaining books in the Mitford series.