Finished WE'LL MEET AGAIN

I was up until 4 a. this morning finishing this book.  I've been sleeping on and off, groggy all day.  And you know who I blame!  It rather seems like the subject matter of this book is from Robin Cook's repertoire, but I guess HMOs are fair game for anyone these days.  Needless to say, not being able to put the book down is highest praise.

I am now about to start The Girl With Braided Hair, another Wind River Mystery by Margaret Coel.  Looking forward to getting back to the reservation, Father John and Vicky again...  Looks like looking into a cold case is about to stir up some hot trouble.

 

Have started WE'LL MEET AGAIN by Mary Higgins Clark

 

Shortly after Mary Higgins Clark died and gathered my records as to which of her books I have read (which I thought was most of them.)  I thought I'd only need to add a couple more to have read all of them.  Wrong-o.  Between the author's site and Amazon, I found a bunch more to order and even when I finish this bunch, I will still have more.  In this book a woman has been paroled after serving 6 years for having murdered her husband.  She got a shortened sentence because she pleaded no contest at trial.  But now, she is beginning to remember things she had blocked earlier...

Finished THE SECOND SUMMONING

 

Humorous, interesting, good characters, unusual dilemma, kept my attention.  A combination of Claire's romantic venture, her sister Diana's attempts to decorate and create a good time for all attending her school Christmas dance, and a student who is obsessed by angels has accidently created a very confused angel.  From there the dominos continue to drop making it into an ever bigger mess.  Fun.

I started a book I realized almost immediately that I'd already read.  So I don't know what the next book on the agenda is...yet.

Finished UNNATURAL HABITS

 

As with all of these books, I am blown away with how much can be accomplished in such a small book.  This is one of my favorites because the danger was real with everything Phryne did, and things did not always go according to plan.  I love characters, settings, and plots (of which there were a few.)

I have just started The Second Summoning, the second book in The Keeper Trilogy by Tanya Huff.  A combination of humor and exasperation accompanies the reader through the first hundred pages of this book as characters decide to split up.  Ahhhhgh!

Finished DRAGONFLY IN AMBER

 

Wow.  It took me a month to read this.  But I have enjoyed it.  Some things that weren't clear in the TV series have been much better explained in the books.  And, I have a feeling because of something that seems to have happened in this book, that the TV series may have diverted from the books from this point one....but that remains to be seen.  Love this series.

I am now about to start Unnatural Habits, another Phryne Fisher Mystery, by Kerry Greenwood.

Finished LOVE, LUCY

 

I was young when I Love Lucy was on tv.  I think it's last season was when I was 12, so I remember watching with my family and laughing at her hijinks.  Unfortunately, the humor is more appreciated now...then I was often embarrassed by what she was about to do and cringed while watching.  This book starts with her birth and family and is full of stories through her divorce from Desi and subsequent marriage.  Not once in this book is there a derogatory word against anyone.  Everything about Desi and everyone in her life was positive.  I loved it.  Here was a gracious lady being even better than I'd remembered.

I am now about to start book 2 in the Outlander series, Dragonfly in Amber.  I will start it tonight.

Finished DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS

 

A romance/mystery by Heather Graham with no ghosts...is just not as much fun as her Krewe of Hunters novels.  For some time I've been troubled by the new quirk of a large number of villains/ murderers.  For the sake of surprise, modern mystery writers are just scrapping realism.  However, the novel was readable and engaging.

I have now started Love, Lucy, Lucille Ball's autobiography.  So far, I've read about her childhood, growing up in western New York (not far from where I grew up, though I was a generation later.)  Her style is matter-of-fact and, of course, as one would imagine, quite readable.