Ok, write now I am in Kentucky camping, we are at a KOA and get this, inside there store they have a book exchange!!! It is doesn't have anything good but they actually have a book exchange i feel so at home.
WintersQT4ever Danielle [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------- Original message -------------- Well, I survived all my deadlines and have about two weeks before I hear back regarding my research proposal. So I went to the Mystery Bookstore (yes, that's what it's called!) in Westwood and after a bit of poking around and talking to people (since it's not a genre I know that much about), found the following: (Finished) "Monkeewrench" by PJ Tracy. This was recommended as good "light" reading. NOT! It is, however, very well written and quite a page turner. Someone is killing off people in St Paul, closely following the model of a new detective computer game. Near the top of the suspect list are the game's designers, the eccentric and eclectic 5 member Monkeewrench team. Meanwhile, in a small town in Wisconsin, the sheriff is investgating the double-murder of an elderly couple who turn out to have their own shady past. (Currently Reading) "Die Upon a Kiss" by Barbara Hambly. I picked this up because I'd read a lot of her fantasy novels. New Orleans, early 1800s. Benjamin January, free colored man and musician for the new American Opera Theatre steps into a pitch black alleyway and prevents a murder. But who would want to attack the theater's impressario (conductor) and why? Quite a few people, as it turns out. Only halfway through this one, and it took a while to get all the secondary characters sorted out, but it's reeeeallly good. And not simply a whodunnit with a Mardi Gras backdrop. She draws upon the history of the area -- its mixture of languages, cultures, and beliefs and, simmering underneath, its smuggling, slavery and race and class inequality. (I don't know the region so I can't say how accurate it all is, but it certainly feels real.) (TBR) "The Five Bells and Bladebone," by Martha Grimes. (Chosen because I read a couple of other Richard Jury novels and liked them.) "The Daughter of Time" by Josephine Tey. (This has been really hard to find, for some reason. It's about a police officer who, while stuck in the hospital with a broken leg, investigates the mystery of Richard III and his missing nephews. Read it a couple years ago and really liked the premise of a historical, archival investigation. Probably makes more sense if you're familiar with British history, though, but it was worth taking home my own copy.) - bibliochild Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
