Thursday. I totally enjoyed having the two days off. And we're back again for two days.
I finished and gifted the afghan for our neighbor Mark. I left it on his doorstep.
I finished SEEKING SOLACE by M.L. Hamilton. 1st of four in series. I wanted to give it two stars but because it's Christmas, I gave it three. The MC solved a 30-year-old cold case in a handful of days. It was just too short for a story like this - under 200 pages - so there wasn't much development as there could have been.
I started THE CAREFUL USE OF COMPLIMENTS by Alexander McCall Smith. 4th in series.
In addition to being the nosiest and most sympathetic philosopher you are likely to meet, Isabel is now a mother. Charlies, her newborn son, presents her with a myriad wonders of a new life, and doting father Jamie presents her with an intriguing proposal: marriage. In the midst of all this, she receives a disturbing letter announcing that she has been ousted as editor of the Review of Applied Ethics by the ambitious Professor Dove. None of these things, however, in any way diminshes Isabel's curiosity. And when she attends an art auction, she finds an irresistible puzzle: two paintings attributed to a now-deceased artist appear on the market at the same time, and both of them exhibit some unusual characteristics. Are these paintings forgeries? This proves to be sufficient fodder for Isabel's inquisitiveness. So she begins an investigation... and soon finds herself diverging from her philosophical musings about fatherhood onto a path that leads her into the mysteries of the art world and the soul of an artist.
Published 2007; 260 pages.
Perhaps I'll read a historical mystery after this one.
Sprints tonight. Back to the crocheting February gift and March wedding projects. And I'll read.
Have a good day
Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster
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