What Fiction are you reading this week, November 21, 2021?
Sometimes you just need to lie on the couch and read for a couple of years.
Yeah. This.
Reading Bloody Mary by J. A. Konrath. This is good. Woman detective; smart, funny. A wicked serial killer whose vicious acts the reader is privy to. You can tell he's one of a certain group in this story, but which one. Wish my library had more of Konrath's books. He's written over 40 but we only have a few.
Listening to Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones. Book 6 of the Charley Davidson series. (I only just now got that play on words.) Charley finds a naked corpse riding shotgun in her car. Then, a man loses his soul in a card game. Throw in a deaf boy who sees dead people, a woman running from mobsters, and a very suspicious boyfriend, and things can't get any worse. Unless, of course, the Twelve Beasts of Hell are unleashed. "Sometimes I wrestle my demons. Sometimes we just snuggle." -- Bumper Sticker
Wishing you all a safe, happy and peaceful Thanksgiving. What books will you gobble up this week?
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A Good Day for Chardonnay currently. Seems a bit juvenile, a lot of the protagonist (sheriff's) teen daughter trying to solve crimes. Maybe it's a young adult book. 
None of the places I checked said it was YA. Just mystery, police procedural, suspense. Her Darklight books are YA. Reviews call your book laugh-out-loud.
I guess I'm just tired.
I have a couple more Charley/Reyes stragglers that just popped up as avail in library holds. Great series! Ty so much for sharing it here!
I really wish the ebooks weren't more expensive for libraries.
And totally agree about libraries' ebooks.
It appears the Shrug emoji is broken. All we get is side eyes. 
Oh no! Shrug is broken?
Trying it out. 
Ps - Another Mrs. Pollifax straggler just became available.
Yeah, do that. 
expanse series. Aptly named because it goes on through 8 hefty volumes.
From my library:
An alien artifact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has emerged to build a massive structure outside the orbit of Uranus: a gate that leads into a starless dark. Jim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are part of a vast flotilla of scientific and military ships going out to examine the artefact. But behind the scenes, a complex plot is unfolding, with the destruction of Holden at its core.
This is a ripping space opera about 1st contact and a gateway to the stars for humans. The plotting is imaginative, the characters plausable and interesting and the writing is solid. James Corey is actually 2 men and they've put together an entertaining package. Highly recommended for science fiction fans.
Peace and happy Thanksgiving Hermetic
I just ordered a Bloody Mary from my library.
I'm almost finished with "When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky" by Margaret Verble.
Two Feathers, a young Cherokee horse-diver on loan to Glendale Park Zoo from a Wild West show, is determined to find her own way in the world. Two’s closest friend at Glendale is Hank Crawford, who loves horses almost as much as she does. He is part of a high-achieving, land-owning Black family. Neither Two nor Hank fit easily into the highly segregated society of 1920s Nashville.
When disaster strikes during one of Two’s shows, strange things start to happen at the park. Vestiges of the ancient past begin to surface, apparitions appear, and then the hippo falls mysteriously ill. At the same time, Two dodges her unsettling, lurking admirer and bonds with Clive, Glendale’s zookeeper and a World War I veteran, who is haunted—literally—by horrific memories of war. To get to the bottom of it, an eclectic cast of park performers, employees, and even the wealthy stakeholders must come together, making When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky an unforgettable and irresistible tale of exotic animals, lingering spirits, and unexpected friendship.
The story is written from the 3rd person omniscient point of view. I'm not sure I've ever read an omniscient POV before. The cast of characters is fairly big & the reader gets a glimpse into everyone's head, even the animals & the apparition. The author also uses a lot of sentence fragments which drives me crazy, being I'm old school & we try to avoid those or use them very sparingly. But the story is interesting. It takes place in Tennessee during the Scopes trial. One of the characters laments how many people deny science & I thought, some things never change.
