What, winter isn't over?

Brrrr. We haven't gotten the snow yet but the cold has been here all day. Temps are in the teens. Apparently the potential winter weather got pushed back a few hours so we may still see the white fluffy stuff. The only good thing was that it froze all the mud so walking Tug was a little easier today in that respect. I had to go the bank and then got some solid food supplies for the next five days and gassed the car in case things get snowy. We're set.

It's here! THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE by Steig Larsson, 2nd in the Millenium trilogy, arrived today. I think, however, I will read the dark horse contestant in my auditions from last night. Coming out of nowhere (except in my TBR), I think I'll read HANGMAN BLIND by Cassandra Clark. This is a new historical mystery series set in 1382 England featuring a nun called Hildegard. The front of the cover says "An Abbess of Meaux mystery." Here is a description:

November, 1382. The month of the dead. At the Feast of St. Martin in the fifth year of King Richards reign, a nun rides out for York and the Abbey of Meaux. But this is no ordinary journey. Rival popes, a boy on the English throne and a volatile peace in the savage aftermath of Wat Tylers murder. Travelling alone, Hildegaard encounters a gibbet with five bloodied crow-stripped corpses, and later the body of a youth, brutally butchered. Who is he? And what is his connection to the hanged men? Murder will touch Hildegaard and those she loves even more closely as she rides on to her childhood home. Castle Hutton is riven by treachery. Old loyalties are shifting. Hildegard will need all her courage to counter the dark forces in the land.

Right up my alley so I hope it is good.

Today's Blog/Website of the Day comes in the form of an author's official website. Sharon Kay Penman's webite can be found at http://www.sharonkaypenman.com/index.htm. She has links for her books as well as a blog that doesn't get updated too frequently but her most recent entry of just a few days ago mentions that she won't be writing another histmyst in her series but another straight historical fiction. She does it well so we can't blame her for letting Justin De Quincy go for a while. She writes what her next books will be about so it's worth checking out.

Steve's shooting night. I may watch Ghost Hunter's International on tv (they're in Brazil tonight) but otherwise entertain myself with DVD or book.

Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster