Day 57, Book 29

Timetraveler's Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer. 

Day 55, Book 28

When She Woke by Hillary Jordan - The Scarlet Letter meets The Handmaid's Tale meets the late 21st century. Well worth reading.

Day 50, books 25, 26 & 27

Red 1-2-3 by John Katzenbach
The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan
Blood & Beauty by Sarah Dunan

Our snow days really cut into reading because we worked from very early until - for me -8 pm.  I also have to start devoting time to a certification course. Ugh.

Day 36, Books 21, 22, 23 & 24

The Light in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian
The World's Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne
A Thread of Grace by  Mary Doris Russell
Swan by Frances Mayes

At this rate I am more on track for 250  books this year, but reading time has been shorter than usual lately.

Day 29, Books 19 &20

The Whole Enchilada by Diane Mott Davidson and an anthology titled Dangerous Women, which was a mixed bag but included a short story in the Outlander universe by DIana Gabaldon.

Day 25, Book 18

Dead Ever After, by Charlaine Harris. The end of the Sookie Stackhouse series.

Day 24, Book 17

Timetraveler's Guide to Elizabethan England by Ian Mortimer. Fascinating.

Good news on homefront - obnoxious neighbor found guilty of disturbing the peace - judge gave as much punishment as allowed and warned him hard.

Day 23, Book 16

"Mad about the Boy" by Helen Fielding.
Plus, drunken aggressive neighbor found guilty at bench trial. Terms of probation? Among others, leave me (and others) alone!!!!

Day 18, Books 13, 14 and 15

Critical Mass, by Sara Paretsky
A Pledge of Silence, by Flora Solomon - this book didn't know what it wanted to be - historical fiction, romance, whatever. The story of the Amrrican nurses interned by the Japanese in the Phillipines deserves better focus.
Honor and Betrayal, by Patrick Robinson - SEALS betrayed by command.

Day 17, Book 12

Deceived by Randy Wayne White. Set in the Sanibel Island area of Florida.

Day 15, books 10 and 11

A Fool and His Honey and Poppy Done to Death both by Charlaine Harris, both nice fluffy murder mysteries.

On to chewier reading know that I'm off the knitting binge.

Pretty in Pink

There was no reading last night to speak of, just a rush to finish the blanket and surprises for Chloe's new baby's impending arrival

Had to bring this to work for the beauty shot  - it's not small and I knew this conference table would be the perfect place to lay it out.  Sadly, I did not get it blocked perfectly, it's got some ruffling, but it's a baby blanket, not a lace shawl, and baby will not mind.

The extras for Chloe's tesoro are:

wee tiny booties with mother of pearl buttons.  Too cute.

And:

A roll brim hat with corkscrew curl tops.

I'll be taking this to the post office at lunch and getting it on the way. 

Day 12, Book 9

Dead Over Heels by Charlaine Harris from back when she wrote fluffy murder mysteries and not vampire stories.  She nails small-town South perfectly and Sunday evenings - except for Downton Abbey - are fluffy reading time.  I'm gaining on goal.

Day 12, Book 8

The Litter of the Law, by Rita Mae Brown.  Yup, pretty light reading, but I've been a fan of hers for a long time and even her fluffiest fiction has good characters and plots.  The element where the animals are all communicating unheard by the people is an amusing bit for anyone who has ever been servant to a dog or cat or horse and wondered what they were thinking about us ...

Book 7, Day 10

The Broker, by John Grisham. Kindle, borrowed from library.  Decent read.

Book 6, day 10

Vicious Circle by Wilbur Smith.  He used to write a rich, textured plot and engaging characters, but this was  full of cardboard characters and wooden dialogue. Sad - I think he phoned this one in and his editors didn't do him any favors. Pass on it.

book 5, day 9

Kindle freebie, Brightside by Mark Tullius.  Worth what I paid for it because the author took an interesting premise (telepaths rounded up and confined together from the rest of society) and did little to nothing with what could have been fascinating.

Book 4, day 9

The Shadow Tracer, Meg Gardiner;  garden variety thriller, OK read, nothing special.

Onward.

Blanket finished, Book 3 completed

Just finished washing and blocking the baby blanket I made for my Italian cugina Chloe who is expecting a baby any minute now. I had yarn left over so I made a little bonus. Booties and a wee tiny hat.  Pictures to follow.

Irony moment? The yarn I used, Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Baby is ... made in Italy. So this will be a well-traveled blanket!  Even without the fact that the blanket traveled with me through Alabama to Mississippi and over to South Carolina as a work in progress.  Pictures to come.

Also finished my 3rd book of the new year, Paris, by Edward Rutherfurd, which was a nice fat novel and started my fifth book. Eight days, three books.  I need to read faster.

OK, it's COLD!

I'm sure it's not all that cold compared to people accustomed to weather in the more northerly reaches of the continent, BUT 25 degrees with a brisk wind is pretty darned cold by Atlanta standards.
And the low tomorrow is supposed to be 5 degrees.
Ouch.

Still working my way through the 4 inches of "Paris" by Edward Rutherfurd, which will be book 3 for the year.