Finished SON OF A WITCH

Totally enjoyed this one.  It was much more upbeat than Wicked (first in the series), though that couldn't be helped.  How can you write an upbeat book about the witch in The Wizard of Oz?  Characters were every bit as great in this one as the last, setting equally as multivaried, types of people and animals equally intriguing, and villains equally as evil.  Can't wait to get the next one in the series.



Have now started Blood and Circuses by Kerry Greenwood.  This is one of many Phryne Fisher mysteries.  We first encountered Phryne on PBS and loved the series, so TR started to read the books.  He has now convinced me to start them.  The stories are set in 1920's Australia and are wonderfully quirky.  Phryne is a free spirit--wealthy lady of leisure who loves to dabble in solving crime.  She pushes the limits of what might be consider moral, but is irreproachably ethical.  This is the oldest of the books I could find around the house, though TR says we have more.  This is #6 in the series, I understand.  My experience spending a summer with a circus in my adventurous youth has me really looking forward to this one.