Yay, good to be back!

I'm still reading Avenue of Mysteries by John Irving. It is quite long as are many of the Irving books. But I am enjoying it so no problemo.

Mrs. Enthusiast Loved White Fire by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. After White Fire she read In Bitter Chill by Sarah Ward. She loved In Bitter Chill. Thank you for the recommendation, scarletwoman. I will be reading it after I'm done with Avenue of Mysteries. Now she is reading Far As The Eye Can See by Robery Bausch. She appears to be about halfway through and is thoroughly enjoying this one too. Thank you, japple.

I will be reading either Guilt by Jonathon Kellerman or Old Man's War by John Scalzi next. I may read Dragonfly in Amber the #2 Outlander book or return to John Rebus.- That Scotland gets in your blood whether its modern or several centuries ago.

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Oops, I shouldn't have said that. Do not take my advice! Here's what happened. I still had 100 pages left to read in Dragonfly when I got notification that Last Bus to Wisdom was in at the library so I needed to read that. I put Dragonfly aside until last night when I finally got back to it. NOW I see why she did that. Okay, makes sense. Now I cannot imagine what the next 6 books are going to be about but I guess I will find out soon enough. Hope I didn't confuse you here.

Ignore this = When you take up Dragonfly in Amber, skip the first few chapters. Start at Part Two which is page 87 in my paperback. I have no idea why Gabaldon thought it was a good idea to put that stuff in at the beginning of the second book. It was not something I wanted to know at this time and did spoil the rest of the book somewhat.

Maybe someone else will chip in here with their opinion. Maybe it will be important later. All I know is that I didn't need to know that, at this point. But I will still forage ahead with book 3. Scotland Forever!!

The third book in the prequel trilogy. I made it through the first two books, and I want to see how it comes out. This one's also over 600 pages, so this will take awhile.

Unrelated... saw "The Monuments Men" on dvd on Saturday. We enjoyed it. Great cast and interesting piece of history.

of a Native American basketball player named Larry Pretty Weasel. I thought I remembered something about that, but when I went back to search, I couldn't find anything. The reason I'm asking is that a friend's husband grew up in MT and attended the school where Larry Pretty Weasel played and he (friend's husband) has recently written a book based on the championship that the Hardin, MT team won due to the skill of Larry Pretty Weasel.

http://www.amazon.com/Integrated-Basketball-Little-Big-Horn/dp/1942901828/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1450138838&sr=1-2-fkmr0&keywords=steve+dyche


I finished As Far As The Eye Can See, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I wanted to download another book from the library, but there was nothing available that struck my fancy, so I downloaded Russell Rowland's book, In Open Spaces[--another Montana story.

In Last Bus to Wisdom, when they are at the Crow Fair and looking at the Fancy Dancer's eagle feather circle, Slewfoot tells them that it once belonged to a high school student who would wear it at the basketball games. He would stand at the top of the bleachers and spin around making an eagle cry. This was big magic and helped the team win the championship. There was no mention of a particular player.

In the Acknowledgements chapter, Doig says, "At the time of this story, 1951, the small Blackfeet Reservation community of Heart Butte had no high school and hence no Heart Butte Warriors team of famous basketball proficiency as I portrayed. But since then, Heart Butte has attained a high school and the Warriors have twice been Class C state basketball champions, and example of life copying art that can only make an author grin."

Perhaps your friend was mentioned in another Doig book. Glad I still had the book here so I could answer your question.




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but maybe not.

Thanks for checking it out. It's not so easy to flip pages on a kindle, but that's what I need to read these days!

has SO MANY names in it. The hobos, the people on the bus, hell, the major characters change names several times. So, that could have been one of the names written. You'll just have to read it again to find out. I'm not gonna. Too much other stuff to read.

I think my friend and her husband will want to read this book as both were born and raised in eastern Montana. Thanks for checking.



ETA: your little sig line kitty looks a lot like my little Dolly. Shown here with her summer coat.

foster her about 4 years ago and almost immediately became a foster failure. In the above-picture, she is playing with her George Bush toy. She likes to give him a good thrashing from time-to-time, which I encourage.

What a pretty kitty. And I love the toy.

We're getting OT here, but what the heck. It's KITTIES! Kitties are welcome everywhere. So, here's mine:


Mother and child. Mom was a feral who came running into my house last August with a newborn in her mouth. I made them a place to stay and they have been here ever since. These past 4 months have been pretty busy and great fun.

Can't help all this sharing when cat lovers and book lovers collide!

Edward Gorey and his cats. There are so many pictures of writers and their cats, but I love this one.