Monday, August 30, 2021
Finished RAFAEL
Finished THE TWISTED SWORD
I have now started Rafael, by Laurell K Hamilton, another Anita Blake book. I evidently skipped Sucker Punch to get to this one, but in reading the blurb, I figured this is a stand alone book concentrating on Rafael, another complicated character, of course, and skipping a book shouldn't hurt the story for me. I'll get back there.
Monday, August 16, 2021
Finished HOME WORK
I have now started The Twisted Sword by Winston Graham. It is the 11th book in the Poldark series. We now find Clowance married to Steven Carrington and Jeremy also married and living in Belgium. The other three children of Ross and Demelza are living at home. Ross is asked to go to France to observe the mood as they establish a new government after the defeat of Napoleon. The whole at home family will go for three months all expenses paid by the British government. A new adventure begins...
Friday, August 6, 2021
Read 50 more pages of WAR AND PEACE, then finished THE HIDDEN.
This book is surprisingly more readable than I thought. I have to admit I was warned--I should be keeping an annotated list of characters--they are confusing, not just because there are so many of them, but also because almost every character has title, first name, last name, and nicknames. But, that is just too much work. That is not the real reason I'm taking it in 50 page sections, though. The print is really fine and makes me and my eyes tired.
I am now about to start Home Work, a Memoire of My Hollywood Years, by Julie Andrews
Monday, August 2, 2021
Finished THE PEACEFUL SEASON
Nothing much seems to happen in these novels, but they stay readable. Relationships, weather, money worries, but mostly enjoyment of the animals, her neighbors, family, friends, and the community.
I have now returned for another 50 pages of War and Peace. They have now had their first skirmish with the French which is described with beautiful accounts of the natural setting, counterbalanced by the mud the army is slogging up, as well as tongue in cheek humor worthy of Mark Twain.