It was a dark and stormy Sunday...

Indeed, it is dark and stormy out here in Billings today. There's a severe weather advisory until tomorrow noon. Just got back from walking Tug and now I have a mug of tea and meditation music playing on the AOL radio. Tug is now breathing deeply, stretched out next to me.

I finished EXECUTION DOCK by Anne Perry a couple days ago. It was good to visit the world of Monk and Hester again. My only real comment regarding the, er, execution of the novel was that there was a lot of leading up to the finale and the finale feeling rather rushed and ending abruptly at the end, if you know what I mean. I also finished KISSED A SAD GOODBYE by Deborah Crombie. This story has much to do with the older generation of the set of characters and what happened during WWII carrying into actions of the present day. As I progress with this series, one can see Crombie, especially in the previous book and this one, that she's trying to incorporate more depth into her stories.

I'm now auditioning what to read next. It may be a 14-day book from the library, THE LAST DICKENS by Matthew Pearl or one of the many historical mysteries series I'm following: Knight, Sedley, McIntosh, Lake, Wynn, etc. When I choose one, I'll write up the description tomorrow.

Sometimes ideas in stories happen in sets. For instance, a few years ago, suddenly there were a couple crime fiction books featuring "drowned" towns. This year, there is an interest in Charles Dickens' last and unfinished novel, THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD. The Pearl mentioned above and Dan Simmons' DROOD are examples.

Speaking of Dickens, tonight is the first episode on PBS's Masterpiece Theatre of Little Dorrit. This is a must check out for me.

Today's Blog/Website of the Day is Scandalous Women found at http://scandalouswoman.blogspot.com/. Blogger
Elizabeth Kerri Mahon has a wonderful description of her blog's purpose:

"Well-behaved women rarely make history" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Queens, mistresses, murderers, adventurers, and spies. Settle down with the drink of your choice as I bring you the lives, loves, and sexual adventures of some of the most fascinating women who scandalized the world. From Jezebel, Cleopatra and Nefertiri in the Ancient World to Leona Helmsley and The Mayflower Madam. 2,000 years and more of women who weren't afraid to dare or to stand up for what they believed in. Women who ruled kingdoms and brought men to their knees. You'll find the famous and the infamous, and some you've never heard of. Some of the world's most notorious Bad Girls (and some good girls). Ripped from the headlines and the history books, these are their stories.

Now THAT will make for some interesting reading!

For now, keeping cosy and warm...

Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster