What Fiction are you reading this week, Mar 7, 2021?
The Body in the Garden, Katharine Schellman. "London 1815. Though newly-widowed Lily Adler is returning to a society that frowns on independent women, she is determined to create a meaningful life for herself even without a husband. She's no stranger to the glittering world of London's upper crust. At a ball thrown by her oldest friend she expects scandal, gossip, and secrets. What she doesn't expect is a dead body in the garden."
This is to be the first in a new series.
Listening to Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter by Blaize Clement, another first in a series. "With pooper-scooper in hand, smart and sassy Dixie Hemingway--top amateur sleuth and professional pet-sitter--fearlessly faces schnauzers, greyhounds, tabbies . . . and murder." Filled with laugh out loud lines and wisdom about animals. I'm really loving this one.
What good books are popping up on your reading list this week?
In other news, I got the DVDs of Wolf Hall, the BBC series. It is marvelous. The costumes, the music, the scenery, the acting. Very true to Mantel's book.
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Tried Professor & the Madman. Didn't care for it.
Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter was a good read. Enjoy!
I got a notification that I am on a list now. My number is 2067. 
Isn't that just ducky? I hope that doesn't mean the year I'll get it.
Indeed. Here's to cats, music and books.
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Janet Skeslien Charles, which was okay--not great, but interesting enough. The characters were a bit flat, IMHO.
I am now reading Lin Enger's latest book, American Gospel. I love his writing. Both he and his brother are extremely gifted.
From amazon:
Writing with clear compassion and gentle wit, Lin Enger draws us into these disparate yet inextricably linked lives, each enacting a part in a drama forever being replayed and together moving toward a conclusion that will take all of them—and us—by surprise. Set during a time that resonates with our own tension-filled moment, American Gospel cuts close to the battles occurring within ourselves and for the soul of the nation, and in doing so radiates light on a dark strain in America’s psyche, when the false security of dogma competes with the risky tumult of freedom.
I've been absent for a couple weeks, but I went back and read all of the threads I've missed. Looks like quite a few people felt the same way about The Glass Hotel as I did. Creepy characters indeed! I'm not sure I understood the whole thing, but am certainly not going to go back and reread it. I loved Station Eleven and was eager to read The Glass Hotel, but what a letdown. As Snoopy always said: "BLEAH!"
That one sounds like a winner. Just recently published so probably a wait for it at my library. Sounds like the kind of story people around here would love, cause they'd be wishing they could be there. Good to see ya. 
