Midweek check in

Today's Blog/Website of the Day is Reading Adventures found at http://readingadventures.blogspot.com/. Marg describes the blog as "My adventures through time and place, all without leaving the comfort of home. Reading is what I do to relax and escape. I enjoy lots of genres but mainly Historical Fiction, Romance, Cozy Mysteries and Young Adult fiction." Today's entry is about library loot -- my favorite kind!

I think I'll be sticking with MURPHY'S LAW by Rhys Bowen because it's due back to library ahead of some others. This is first in a series of of eight featuring Molly Murphy, an Irish immigrant in early 20th-century who wants to be a private investigator, in New York City. Here's a description:

Defending herself from the unwelcome advances of the local landowner's son, Molly accidentally kills him and flees her village to escape hanging. She heads for the anonymity of London, where a twist of fate introduces her to Kathleen O'Connor. Kathleen has two small children and tickets for a ship to America, where she plans to join her husband. But knowing they won't let her on the ship because of her tuberculosis, Kathleen persuades the desperate Molly to take her children to America. On board, Molly attracts the loud attentions of a crude, boisterous type named O'Malley. Her public argument with him comes back to haunt her when he is found murdered on Ellis Island; Molly becomes a prime suspect, along with a young man she befriended. The handsome young policeman investigating the case, Daniel Sullivan, appears to believe Molly's protestations of innocence, but Molly decides her she'd better investigate on her own behalf and that of her friend. Wending her way through a vivid, Tammany Hall-era New York, Molly struggles to prove her innocence.

It was published in 2001 and has 224 pages. It won the 2001 Agatha Award for Best Novel.

I have to go to the post office today to send a book off, drop some books off at the library, go to Jody's and then get my haircut. Tug's walk will be a little early today which is not a bad thing. It's supposed to get up to 80 today and we both don't like the heat. Strange thing, the high temp on Friday is only supposed to get to 38. Sheesh.

Steve has shooting tonight. I have three shows at 7pm: Lie to Me, America's Next Top Model (because I like to see beautiful skinny girls being criticized (c)), and GhostHunters.

Tomorrow, Jody is bringing lunch over and we'll FINALLY see the Frost/Nixon movie. We were supposed to see it in the theatre but Jody got super sick and it was only here for two weeks so we've had to wait for the DVD. It came out yesterday. I'm excited to watch it.

That's about it. Gotta keep movin'.

Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster