Thank you for such nice comments, everyone. Quick medical update: I got home from the hospital Monday afternoon and I'm convelescing at home. I can hobble a bit now on my left leg (cellulitis) and my foot -- now that it's shrinking down from being so swollen -- looks like a wrinkled old mummy. My spots (allergic reaction to the antibiotic) are beginning to fade though still a little itchy. I've got a couple doctor followups over the next few days. Overall, progress is (slowly) being made. I do have a healthy appreciation for a lot of things now. :)
Today's Blog/Website of the Day is Criminal Minds found at http://7criminalminds.blogspot.com/. This is an author conglomerate blog. Check it out now.
I'm currently reading MARCH VIOLETS by Phillip Kerr. This is 1st of 5 in series featuring Bernie Gunther, a German private eye who hates the Nazis, in Berlin, Germany, 1936-1947. Here's a description:
The brutality and corruption of Nazi Germany serve as the backdrop for this impressive debut mystery novel. Scottish-born Kerr re-creates the period accurately and with verve; the novel reeks of the sordid decade that saw Hitler's rise to power. Bernhard Gunther is a hard-boiled Berlin detective who specializes in tracking down missing persons--mostly Jews. He is summoned by a wealthy industrialist to find the murderer of his daughter and son-in-law, killed during the robbery of a priceless diamond necklace. Gunther quickly is catapulted into a major political scandal involving Hitler's two main henchmen, Goering and Himmler. The search for clues takes Gunther to morgues overflowing with Nazi victims; raucous nightclubs; the Olympic games where Jesse Owens tramples the theory of Aryan racial superiority; the boudoir of a famous actress; and finally to the Dachau concentration camp. Fights with Gestapo agents, shoot-outs with adulterers, run-ins with a variety of criminals, and dead bodies in unexpected places keep readers guessing to the very end. Narrator Gunther is a spirited guide through the chaos of 1930s Berlin and, more important, a detective cast in the classic mold.
It was published in 1989 and has 246 pages.
So, just taking it easy these next few days. Hope the same for everyone.
Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster
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