Bachelor Brothers' Bed & Breakfast Pillow Book (1995)

Very silly. Loved Solomon Solomon's "Hygiene for Boys" poetry.

Hector and Virgil, the eponymous bachelor brothers, are back and facing trials and tribulations that they were spared in the first book. They must hire a handyman, fend off a pushy journalist, and prepare for a special Solomon Solomon extravaganza. This one is marked more by the brothers' adventures than by the tales of their guests; I enjoyed the latter in the first book, but found the second book more entertaining. Characterized by the same easygoing humor as the first; pleasant but not insipid. ( )

I really enjoyed how this book picked up right after the other one left off. It was either as good or better than the first one. There were a few events that were hard to believe, but it was a nice, cozy visit with our 'old friends' from the first book. All the old characters are there, with one or two new ones. It surprised me with a few plot twists as well. And I found two more books to read from their book recommendations! ( )

While this was enjoyable and even literary (these characters all seem to be big readers with wide ranging interests) there was one big problem for me. This book was supposedly written from various characters points of view. But I couldn't tell the characters apart by their "voice". It all sounded like the same "voice" to me. It would have been better if this had just been written from a narrator's point of view. Quirky story, which was fun. ( )