Finished WIFE OF MOON

When I woke up at 1:30 this morning, I knew I'd have to finish the book if I were going to get back to sleep. I had read the climax and had only the last chapter to read, but I just needed those loose ends tied up. This, to me, is the mark of a good book--not good for my sleep, but great as a book.

I have now barely started The Devil Colony, Sigma Force #7.  It looks like I'll be staying in some of the same location I've just been solving a mystery in (the Arapaho reservation) in that this is at least starting  Native American history.)  It will, of course, turn into a high technological, scientific, and anthropological fast moving adventure (judging from my experience with this series.)

Finished NO PLACE LIKE HOME

Again I stayed up late to finish this--mark of a good novel.  I had guessed who the perpetrator was, but I had discarded that possibility several times--mainly because there was a bit of information missing, but without that, wouldn't we guess all of them?  Exciting with a really tense ending.  The heroine seemed a wimp sometimes, but definitely not all the time.

I have now started the 10th book in Margaret Coel's Wind River Reservation series, Wife of Moon.  The book starts with a murder of a young woman in 1907 during a photo shoot of Arapaho life.  The photos are now being exhibited at the St. Francis Mission Museum on the reservation...

Finished DEATH AND THE MAIDEN

I really like P. N. Elrod.  I read all of the Vampire Files (at least all I could find) and thought I'd try this series.  This is the second in the Jonathan Barrett series.  Whereas the first series was set in '30s gangster Chicago, this is set during the Revolution on Long Island.  The pace is leisurely, the story is relatively gentle and humorous until the end which is surprising and exciting.  Loved it.

I am now reading No Place Like Home by Mary Higgins Clark.  I know, I am going to run out of her books all too soon.  In this our heroine accidently shot and killed her mother when she was ten years old.  Now, twenty-five years later, her new husband has bought that house as a birthday surprise for her.  The notoriety of the house immediately crashes in on them.

Finished THE HOUSE OF UNEXPECTED SISTERS

As usual more than one mystery is solved by Mma. Ramotswe as well as some personal problems.  I had misgivings about one of her problem solutions, but all worked out and the relaxing time I spent in Botswana with her is always welcome.

I have now started Death and the Maiden by P.N. Elrod.  Life is not easy for a newly made vampire living with his family, especially since it is early in the American Revolution and Hessian soldiers are commandeering residents' homes, property, crops and livestock.

Finished BLOOD COMMUNION

This was the closest to the horror designation of all of the Anne Rice novels I have read (which is most of them).  But those parts were understandable in a "wait until the gruesome wears off" way.  She also experiments with the placing of traditional novel elements, that is, the climax comes only a little after the middle of the book and the remainder is resolution which further develops environment, atmosphere, and characters.  Since this is what I love about Rice, I did not mind at all and stayed up late last night to finish the book.

I have now started The House of Unexpected Sisters, another #1 Ladies' Detective Agency book.  It opens with discussions about the importance of belongings and the different ways of looking at buying new things.  As usual it is gentle with Mma. Ramotswe's philosophy making it the perfect book to follow two such "edge of the seat" books as I have just finished.

Finished JACKDAWS

This is a wonderful WWII thriller about an all female sabotage team.  They were up against a very smart anti-resistance intelligence officer.  It was an "edge of my seat" book that I absolutely had to stay up long enough last night to finish.

I have now started Blood Communion by Anne Rice, in which I get to drop in on Lestat's life again.  And, again I can't rave enough about Rice's lush environments and especially view of history which I understand from the blurb this book will visit.



I am able to start this because Julie (TR's daughter) has sent me another box of my books from home.  She also sent three more of The Enchanted World series, this one The Fall of Camelot.  I am about to start it.