#34

If you want a good spy novel then Charles Cumming's "The Trinity Six" is a good choice. A ninety one year old character decides to spill the beans about his knowledge of a sixth member of the Cambridge Spy ring. Brits spying on Russia and crossing ranks. Big news in the 1930's but could it also cause a governmental shakeup today? Someone is killing off anyone who has knowledge of this old information. Sam Gaddis is a novelist and professor in England. His best friend is one of the one's killed and he's out to solve the mystery. Every where he goes to pursue leads finds another death. How will he avoid being a victim? Good read!

Happy Easter!

Have gotten away from reading for a bit. Reopened my ancestry.com account to see if there were any new limbs on my tree. Found that a cousin has put some of the family on there with pictures. I'm sitting on a treasure trove of old pics so I decided to upload as many as I can to put names with faces for future searchers. I've accomplished quite a bit. Still have some great aunts and uncles on my mom's side but pretty much done on my dad's. Need to do some scanning to finish up. All the information shows up for me when I go online but the other searchers will only be able to access the dead. Not the living. I guess they assume if there's no death date and you're over a 100 then your info is fair game. I've got some pretty scary looking relatives! Those old broads at the turn of the century are mean looking! Guess if you didn't have teeth or Hershey's chocolate, you'd be mean looking too. Anyway, a couple more weeks of snooping around through the generations should satisfy my sudden craving. Plus, it isn't cheap!

The house is filled with the smell of turkey and oyster stuffing. That's my contribution to today's feast at my daughter's house. She's having a big friends and family bash. She's making everything else except desserts. That's to be brought be the in-laws. Seems funny not to be cooking it all but she's taken over and I'm grateful.

#33

Finished "Silent Mercy" by Linda Fairstein. She has the sequel of Alex Cooper the Assistant D.A. who teams up with her cop buddies, Mike and Mercer to take on the NYC's worst. This time they're after a religious fanatic who wants to permanently silence woman who think they should become ministers or priests. Wasn't as taken with this book as those in her past. The edge just wasn't there this time.

Definitely feeling the need for a vacation from work. The season has brought lots of shoppers out and it's wearing me down. Lots of hours on my feet and I'm dragging home every night. Can't get hubby to make a decision on what we're doing this year. Uncle Sam hit us hard this past week with Income taxes and property taxes being due on the same day. Ouch! Might have to just stay home for vacation. Okay by me! I've got tons of books and that's good enough for me.

#32

Thrilled to get my latest book! Elizabeth Berg is my favorite and she didn't disappoint with "One Upon a Time, There Was You." Three characters: John, the ex-husband; Irene, the ex-wife; Sadie the 18 year old daughter. John lives in Minnesota, Irene and Sadie in California. John and Irene got married late in life and both came from very dysfunctional families and they were doomed from the start. Too much baggage. Sadie is just starting out and a trauma causes the reuniting of her family, temporarily, and also causes her to make a sudden decision that makes the tensions rise. Love this author so much.

#31

I feel like I've wasted good reading time in my quest to finish "The Land of Painted Caves" by Jean M. Auel. 751 pages was just way too much. The first part of the book was just a long drawn out trip to travel around viewing painted caves in an effort for the "One Who Serves" to bring her acolyte, Ayla, on a spiritual journey as part of her training to become a Zelandonia. Auel's earlier books were much better and the fact that it takes her so long to publish new books in this series is just getting ridiculous. What she started in the early 80's is now just dragging on and on. She should have wrapped up the series in this book and given it an ending.

I got my weekend off after working those long 9 days. Had a nice, but too short, lunch with my son and today I'm having lunch with my daughter and grandchildren. Sure is nice to have some family time!! Now I get to tackle my favorite author, Elizabeth Berg.