Kenzie and Gennaro series. I am more than halfway through Prayers for Rain.

As a public service announcement for Kindle users, Hiaasen's Squeeze Me is on sale for $2.99. Great book.

Thanks.

Your book sounds quite intense. "Another in a continuing series of first-rate thrillers from Lehane. As the series continues, however, there is an increasing willingness to perform acts that are clearly outside the law." Yeah, well...it's just a book, after all.

It's kind of like Spenser and Hawk with no restraints, as if they had all that many.

so incredibly inventive and funny....

And how can anyone not know Jack Schitt?

Completed "The Lamplighters" by Emma Stonex. It's about the disappearance of 3 lighthouse keepers, and is loosely based on a true story. Definitely recommended.

Also finished "The Custom House Murder" by Mike Hollow. Set in Sept 1940 as the Luftwaffe turned their attention to London. It's part of a series, and I already have the next one on my tbr pile.

Currently reading "Scoop!" A cozy by Hannah Dennison. Very silly & very enjoyable.

Covid is, after many months, not the main national preoccupation. The England football team has reached the semi finals of Euro 2020 and we are all in a frenzy of excitement - including me (it'll end in tears, it always does).

Happy 4th July, but spare a thought for those of us who are still stuck with George III's descendants.

Another pandemic novel.

"A spare and gripping novel about the next pandemic -- completed by the award-winning Jim Shepard before COVID-19 even emerged -- that reads like a fictional sequel to our current crisis."

"The End of October" by Lawrence Wright is also quite prescient, although it got a little far-out towards the end, I still enjoyed the novel.

it was better on the 2nd reading. I read it several years ago, but had forgotten a lot. The strange weather patterns in that book are eerily similar to what we are having this year. So sorry to read that you are suffering thru the heatwave and without A/C. The summer in GA has been remarkably pleasant. It seems as though we are having the weather that you usually get in summer and you are getting ours. I have a friend who swears by body cooling packs that she orders online. I remember wearing a bandana with ice cubes around my neck on very hot days in NC.

After hearing rave reviews about this book, I downloaded it and can't wait to start reading tonight:

Dawnie Watson's The Final Revival of Opal & Nev

I am quite fond of Lighthouse Island.

I just watched the movie News of the World and oh, my. Been a long time since a movie made me cry. It was not a total retelling of the book but I think it was one of those rare cases where the movie was better than the book. Especially if you watch the extras on the DVD. Which made me cry again.

I am so sorry to hear about your poor babies' health issues. I've never had to deal with that one. Take care of yourself.

We have very little humidity here so that kind of makes the heat easier to deal with. As long as the electricity stays on.
Like you said, a few ice cubes around the neck will go a long way.

Thank you for being here.

I took a break from Pendergasting to devour the newest Mary Russell (& Holmes) book. This was a goodie that ended much too quickly!

I love Mary Russell stories although I haven't read all 16 of the previous ones yet. I doubt that will make reading this one next less enjoyable. Spooky old castles and maybe vampires. I am there!

takes to the streets to discover a lost metropolis and its residents, summoning up half-forgotten yesterdays and celebrating the surreal substrate of the quotidian."

"With guarded enthusiasm, preparations begin for the annual banquet of the Liver and Kidney Society. A caterer sautees a thousand calves organs to serve as a symbolic appetizer. A worker at a chair rental scrapes dried soup from the padded seats of 500 folding chairs. A rundown hotel fumigates its disused ballroom." I'm eliding the multi-layered dialogue that brings vivid life to these everyday scenes


"Ben Katchor...has been doing for comics what Marcel Proust did for the novel..."Lawrence Wechsler in the New Yorker. Luc Sante calls JKRP the nirvana of the luncheonettes, the Atlantis of the wholesale novelty showrooms, the el dorado of second-story friendship-league lecture halls... the place Kafka retired to.


Also reading vol. 4 (or 5) of Christian Cameron's Ill-made Knight series. Finished (Horowitz) The Sentence is Death. Have (Horowitz) The Moonflower Murders on my nightstand.

Hi Hermetic

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That sounds as ffun as a Fforde book, but yours is a graphic novel. Even better! So, they have it at a different library but maybe if I go in and beg, they will order it for me. It sounds absolutely delightful.

About Moonflower Murders, I will tell you something that I wish someone had told me before reading it. You might consider it a SPOILER ALERT, though, so read no further if you don't want that.

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In the middle of this book, he drops in an entire other book. I found it to be a waste of time. Just reading the first few pages would have been sufficient. It's all going to be explained at the end of the story, anyway. It is pretty cool how they adjusted the page numbers, though. The new books starts over at page 1, then the original picks back up where it left off. Anyway, I look forward to hearing your thoughts about it afterward.

on Book Bub.

This is a fun series about archaeology, artifacts, bad guys, and a coupld of archaeology professors who attract trouble like honey attracts ants. Fortunately there is a Special Forces group practically at their beck and call.

I also read book one in the Baby Ganesh series "The Unexpeccted Inheritance of Inspector Chopra"
A retiring Police Detective in Mumbai inherits a baby elephant from his uncle. This elephant turns out to have some interesting skills.

There are 5 books so far andy I look forward to reading them all

In Armageddon, award winning and bestselling author J. Robert Kennedy once again mixes history and the problems of today in a riveting survival story sure to keep you on the edge of your seat. If you enjoy fast-paced adventures in the style of Dan Brown, Clive Cussler, and James Rollins, then you'll love this thrilling tale of archaeological intrigue.

after the dozenth recommendation from my Mom.

I really enjoyed the first one (Still Life). Devoured it in two evenings.

Just started the second book last night (A Fatal Grace). So far, so good.

I like how, in the first book, the victim was well known and beloved by the whole village. In this second book, the victim is a newcomer and already widely despised.

Penny writes beautifully.

a very happy bird. I have read them all and I love Penny. I love Three Pines and want to live there. I love the characters, especially Ruth and her duck. I love how there's so much art going on. Enjoy!