because we were on vacation and there were long flights, airport waits, and one day when I didn't want to move much. (Well, actually I was the one on vacation--spousal unit was at a huge tech thingy in Las Vegas and I went along for the fun.)
Among other things, I read Recycled Virgin, by Dorothyanne Brown, which was actually pretty good--it posits the Virgin Mary going through endless lifetimes, in search of something, which we find at the very end. In the present one, she's attending a theological college in Nova Scotia, which presents some humor along with a dash of romance.
Vortex, by Kimberly Packard, which was a nice, twisty story (unintentional bit of wordplay there!) about a young woman who is a storm chaser in search of her past. It was pretty good but left some things unfinished, and no, there's no sequel.
The Story of You and Me, by Pamela duMond, a sweet YA romance which was sort of a palate-cleanser, about a young woman with MS who's attending UCLA for the summer and meets a handsome young man on her first night there who gets her out of a "situation" and later becomes her driver. Sweet without being sticky or stupid. It opens, incidentally, with her ducking a thrown beer glass at the neighborhood bar and grill......
And finally, Who She Was, by Braylee Parkinson, the first of the Sylvia Wilcox mysteries, set in Detroit and environs, about the wife of a wealthy doctor who was apparently not at all who she looked like at first glance. I will definitely be looking for more in this series. I found Sylvia to be a very likable and interesting PI, and the tale had more twists than a mountain switchback.
On my list next, I think, may be The Years of Rice and Salt, by Kim Stanley Robinson. It's my favorite genre, alternate history, but the reviews are all over the place. I guess I'll just have to make up my own mind!
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