{"id":4146,"date":"2026-06-23T19:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T01:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wilsonld.com\/weblog\/?p=4146"},"modified":"2026-07-11T19:53:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T01:53:44","slug":"the-charming-quirks-of-others-an-isabel-dalhousie-novel-book-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilsonld.com\/weblog\/?p=4146","title":{"rendered":"The Charming Quirks of Others, An Isabel Dalhousie Novel, Book 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by Alexander McCall Smith, 2010, Audiobook narrated by Divina Porter, Recorded Books <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wilsonld.com\/weblog\/wp-includes\/images\/stars-2-0.gif\" alt=\"2.0 stars\"\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This book has some interesting characters but a weak plot.  Isabel is asked to check out three applicants for a headmaster position at a local school.  I estimate that less than 25% of the book is related to the plot.  The rest of it wanders into the relationship between Isabel and her partner, conversations between Isabel and her housekeeper, the purchase of a painting, etc.  It was somewhat entertaining, but there was really no plot. I wouldn&#8217;t characterize it as a mystery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Divina Porter&#8217;s narration is very good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I ordinarily enjoy Alexander McCall Smith&#8217;s books, but this one didn&#8217;t grab me at all. I won&#8217;t be reading or listening to any of the Isabel Dalhousie books after doing this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Alexander McCall Smith, 2010, Audiobook narrated by Divina Porter, Recorded Books This book has some interesting characters but a weak plot. Isabel is asked to check out three applicants for a headmaster position at a local school. I estimate <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wilsonld.com\/weblog\/?p=4146\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-4146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-fiction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilsonld.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilsonld.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilsonld.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilsonld.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilsonld.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wilsonld.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4147,"href":"https:\/\/wilsonld.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4146\/revisions\/4147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilsonld.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilsonld.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilsonld.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}