Perhaps the sunshine has had something to do with it, or maybe everyone is just winding down for easter, but reviews were a bit slow to come in this week.

Nothing can dent the enthusiasm of The Oslo Book Club, however, whose spokesperson Ekareno filed two reviews, including an interesting report on the experience of reading To Kill a Mockingbird in 21th century Norway. The group were impressed by how well Harper Lee's 1960 classic had aged, though they had a few quibbles about the access Lee granted to her child narrator in order to keep the information flowing. In particular, Ekareno writes:

Scout's position as the first person narrator naturally limits the scope of the story and how it can be told. The description of the children's games and their attempts to lure Boo Radley out if his house, take up a lot of space. For most of us this was engaging. However, in order to describe Robinson's trial, the race relationships in the community and the devious bitterness of the white, poor Ewells, the children have to be inserted into the court room to hear the witness statements. This comes across as little artificial...It is awkward to have an important incident of racial hatred and prejudice told to us by someone who sees it from the perspective of an eight-year-old, and the moral bad bones of American society laid bare by a little girl who as yet has no real conception of the significance of what she is witnessing.

The first person narrative that Lee espoused has become so ubiquitous that the ever-perceptive stpauli was surprised to find a crime debut told through a third person, present tense narrative. Expecting to be irritated by it, she found herself pleasantly surprised to the extent of recommending it as a good holiday read.

Elly Griffiths' The Crossing Places features an overweight, cat-loving detective who lives on the Norfolk coast. Like so much new crime fiction the setting is as much part of the point as the plot, writes stpauli:

Saltmarsh, the novel's fictional location, is almost a character in its own right. Griffiths captures the flat, desolate coastal landscape, more hospitable to wading birds than people and peppered with ancient burial sites, with great skill"

So if you're heading off to Norfolk for easter, here's one to pack in your trunk.

And since the theme of this week seems to be children and holidays, let's hear it for The Ecobears, who seem to be building up quite a fan base among our users, not least FloralPrincess. Most of our child centred reviews, though, appear on Guardian children's books. Check out our new section of family reviews on the seven and under page of the site for peer recommendations from the people who really know.

If we've mentioned your review, please mail me on claire.armitstead@guardian.co.uk and I'll send you something excellent from our cupboards. Thanks again for all your reviews – see you next week.