In addition to going back to work and having a brain full of new policies and procedures, I have been having internet malfunctions and I can't post from my Blackberry! I haven't read anything remarkable in the last several days with the exception of the latest Stephanie Plum "Finger Lickin Fifteen". I know a lot of reviewers will knock the book as not progressing the story or its the same theme over and over and why doesn't the author (Janet Evanovich) resolve Stephanie's love triangle? Me? I'm just happy to let Lula make me laugh (she actually gets stuck in a car window trying to escape a pair of moronic killers). Grandma is still Stephanie's best friend, her father is still trying to keep his head down and get a good meal. Morelli is patiently waiting for Stephanie to grow up and Ranger is still trying to tempt her into his arms. Bob? Has his usual food issues and Joyce Barnhardt is still the bane of Stephanie's life. Rex is running on his wheel and Vinnie is still Vinnie. So all is well in Stephanie's world and by extension I feel comfortable and amused with her antics....and some cars even blow up!
In other entertainment news....went to see the new Transformers and absolutely loved it....maybe I'm not critical of movies but if what you want is a couple of hours of summer fun, check this movie out.
More later. I'm just so thrilled that I have my internet back up to speed that I want to waste some time surfing. Have a wonderful week and Happy Fourth of July.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Two recomendations
"The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane" by Katherine Howe. New author who writes a multi century tale about 'cunning' women who descend from an unknown and innocent victim of the Salem Witch trial era and a modern woman who in addition to searching for original source material for her PhD dissertation is spending the summer in Marblehead, Massachusetts cleaning out her grandmother's vine hidden cottage.
"Dark Horse" by Craig Johnson...the fourth or fifth in the Walt Longmire series. Do yourself a favor, read all of these books.
"Dark Horse" by Craig Johnson...the fourth or fifth in the Walt Longmire series. Do yourself a favor, read all of these books.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Yes I am still reading
Unfortunately (or fortunately for my bank balance) I just returned to work after several months of unemployment and I am finding it hard, but never impossible, to carve significant reading time out of my day. The biggest problem I am facing with the return to work is simply getting back into the rhythm of the work day....setting an alarm, making a lunch, actually having to get dressed like an adult rather than spending the day in baggy yoga pants and well past their prime t-shirts. And like any new job, in a totally new profession, there is a lot of material to absorb, new routines to learn, new people to meet and become assimilated with....
I just finished, reading by candlelight during our first thunderstorm induced power outage, Plea of Insanity by Jilliane Hoffman. No it's not a serial killer book but a disturbing tale of murder and betrayal with a glimpse into the highly political world of the American justice (or injustice) system as well as a mini-course on the heartbreaking world of schizophrenia. "Plea" is a stand-alone (so far) from Ms. Hoffman. Her previous books were both centered on the same main character and I for one would love to see a second outing with the main characters of "Plea".
I also started (again by candlelight) the first few chapters of the new Bay Tanner novel....Covenant Hall. I am reading this with a lot of foreboding that it is about time for Bay to experience some soul-searing loss. Not sure if it's going to be her elderly father or her almost fiancee. She's already been widowed, betrayed by a lover, seen her partner killed, not to mention surviving the pain of a distant alcoholic mother. And it seems that she has an unknown sister that her dying father wants her to find....and somehow I just know that this sister will be tied in someway with the missing family of her new client. But Bay is tough and always manages to bounce back and so I'll go on the ride with her wherever it takes her.
Enough thoughts for tonight....after all I need to read and still have to set my alarm (groan).
Happy reading, everyone!
I just finished, reading by candlelight during our first thunderstorm induced power outage, Plea of Insanity by Jilliane Hoffman. No it's not a serial killer book but a disturbing tale of murder and betrayal with a glimpse into the highly political world of the American justice (or injustice) system as well as a mini-course on the heartbreaking world of schizophrenia. "Plea" is a stand-alone (so far) from Ms. Hoffman. Her previous books were both centered on the same main character and I for one would love to see a second outing with the main characters of "Plea".
I also started (again by candlelight) the first few chapters of the new Bay Tanner novel....Covenant Hall. I am reading this with a lot of foreboding that it is about time for Bay to experience some soul-searing loss. Not sure if it's going to be her elderly father or her almost fiancee. She's already been widowed, betrayed by a lover, seen her partner killed, not to mention surviving the pain of a distant alcoholic mother. And it seems that she has an unknown sister that her dying father wants her to find....and somehow I just know that this sister will be tied in someway with the missing family of her new client. But Bay is tough and always manages to bounce back and so I'll go on the ride with her wherever it takes her.
Enough thoughts for tonight....after all I need to read and still have to set my alarm (groan).
Happy reading, everyone!
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