[Synamon]

Not much reading was done in March, but I finished up both the taxes and my DVD box set of The West Wing a couple of weeks ago and I've been on a reading tear ever since.

I finished The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander Smith, it's number 9 of The Ladies No. 1 Dectective Agency. I listen to these to hear Lisette Lecat's soothing voice. Makes the time go by easier while inputting accounting data for taxes. I also relistened to a couple of Dick Francis mysteries while working on the taxes.

I started reading Deborah Crombie's Kincaid and James mystery series and am up to number 6. These are very well done English police procedurals with a personal dimension, the cases are connected in some way to the detectives and usually have a limited cast of potential killers. My library has most of these, plus I bought some on sale at Kobo almost 2 years ago.

Mixed in was The Blooding by Joseph Wambaugh, a non-fiction about the early use of DNA in some rape/murders in England. A true crime whodunnit.

I listened to Sycamore Row by John Grisham, a sort of sequel to A Time To Kill, with the same lawyer and town featured. I got bored halfway through and skipped to the final hour.

Robert J Sawyer's short story Identity Theft was a mix of sci-fi and detective fiction, set on Mars. Fun and clever.

I'm up to Like Love on my Ed McBain haul, when I want something easy I read these. Ten down, twenty more to go.

I gave Paul Aster's NY Trilogy a try with City of Glass. Too weird and pointless for me so I didn't finish.


ETA: Oops, forgot to mention that I'm listening to John Irving's In One Person right now, I'd been saving it for when I could concentrate on it and it hasn't disappointed. Irving is one of my favourite authors; although I haven't liked all his books, the ones I have liked were 5 star masterpieces.