Signed by Jennifer Allison. ( )

Another great volume in the Gilda Joyce series! The Ghost Sonata follows Gilda and her best friend, Wendy Choy's antics at a piano competition in Oxford, England. As usual Gilda is up to her usual tricks with her fashion forward wardrobe and acerbic wit. Although the story had plenty of humor it was the creepiest of the Gilda books I've read so far. If you haven't checked out this series yet don't delay any longer! ( )

(I listened to this through Audible Audiobooks.)

First off, I'm very glad that audible kept the same reader for this book as for the previous one in the series. I really do wish that Audible would release them all on audio, as the reader does an excellent job and somehow manages to perfectly capture the tone and cadence of a junior-high student -- not to mention all the accents and quirks of speech for the other characters, many of whom are from countries like India, Russia, China, and Scotland. Much applause for reader Jessica Almasy!

As for the story itself, I'm afraid that I didn't enjoy this installment of the series nearly as much as I'd enjoyed The Ladies of the Lake. In this book, Gilda's friend Wendy is invited to participate in an international piano competition in Oxford, England... and of course, Gilda manages to finagle her way into joining Wendy at the competition as her official "page turner". Once they arrive, Wendy starts hearing and seeing some strange things, and it seems like she's being haunted by a local ghost. Naturally, this is Gilda's area of expertise, and she gets right to work.

That said, there's a different feel to this book than the previous one I'd read, in that this book actually requires you to suspend disbelief and accept that there has been, without question, supernatural influence. In other words (and I'm trying to make this as un-spoilery as possible), there really is a ghost (but you already knew that from the third chapter or so), as opposed to The Ladies of the Lake (though I wonder about the other books in this series?), where there's a perfectly logical explanation for everything.

I like a good ghost story as much as the next person, but part of this series' charm for me was Gilda's unwavering belief in ghosts and her psychic abilities... even though the reader knows that it's not exactly real, and gets to see everything play out with logic and reasoning. ( )

“Gilda Joyce The Ghost Sonata” by Jennifer Allison is one of the books in a series of mysteries. It has 53 small chapters about a heroine that is interested in paranormal activities. The character is fully fleshed out as an adventurous heroine who is not afraid of traveling and facing fearful personal challenges. She is independent and determined to succeed. The narrative is very descriptive and uses advanced word choices in phrases such as “eccentric scholars ponder.” The author could have written “peculiar” instead of “eccentric” but she chose advanced word choices; this is why I would recommend this book to readers who have mastered a certain level of reading fluency. English language learners still reading at a basic level would be unable to understand the context of the text due to the difficulty of the word choices. I would recommend it to “proficient” and “advanced” readers.
Ages 5th and 8th ( )

this book is about a girl named Gilda. who goes on a trip to England with her friend Wendy. she goes there has her official page tuner in a piano compotion. Gilda mets a boy named Julian. Gilda and Wendy start to get mysterious tote cards. all Wendy number for every thing. it was the number nine. then Julian becomes the main subject in there case. then it was one of her competitions/team mate that was making her nerves.

this book is for not scary mystery book lover. it was boring for me to read. i dont recommend this book. ( )