Book 9

I finished Concrete Desert today, the first in a detective series by Jon Talton. I liked it - reminded me of Robert B. Parker a bit, who reminds me of Raymond Chandler (actually, Chandler reminded me of Parker when I read him, but chronologically I guess it should be the other way around).

I stopped at my favorite mystery bookstore today and poked around the used books corner. Paperbacks for $1 = love. I got a Robert B. Parker that's a standalone, All Our Yesterday's, and one of the Archie McNally mysteries. I need something that will take me two days to read, but not more than two days, since I leave for Japan soon! Would be kinda pointless to take a whole fourth book just so I could finish the last 50 pages. Not that I wouldn't give up clothes space for book, but when they start to fight with shoe space... I'm such a girl sometimes! :) I think I'll read the Archie McNally first, since it's short and I still have pack and do last minute errands, etc.

I love summer. Reading a novel in the middle of the day is the best feeling.

Book 8

Finished The Big Sleep after painting my nails blue. Choosing a book and a nail polish color are my biggest concerns this week. Lovely. Raymond Chandler was very fond of similes.

Next up is Concrete Desert, by Jon Talton. My parents know the author, which is cool. It's sort, so I should be able to finish it by Wednesday / before I leave for Japan.

I'm going with my family to see my Japanese relatives, whom I've never met, and to take my grandmother's ashes back. I'm sad that she's gone, but she was so sick at the end, it's also a release. It was clearly her time.

Japan also presents the issue of which books to take - several long flights to get there and back, and then about 10 days of the actual trip - not that I think I will have much time to read when I'm not airborne. I think I'm going to take A Game of Thrones, Sara's Key, and The Book of Air and Shadows. I also have some free things I downloaded to the Kindle app on my phone. Should last me a couple weeks ;)

Book 7

Finished The Darkest Road. Epic end to epic trilogy was epic. So much awesome I am incoherent.

I'm going on to The Big Sleep for book 7, because I think that's about as different as I can get in tone, and I need to settle after the glory that was Fionavar and the grandeur that was the trilogy.

;)

DONE

...with 2/3 years of law school! WOOOOOO!

Read an entire novel yesterday afternoon - it was great :) Dead in the Family

Still need to finish the Fionavar tapestry trilogy, but that was a little too heavy for the day after finals. After Fionavar, I may move on to The Ghost Orchid, which I bought yesterday with 33% off coupon from Borders as a present for myself for surviving the year.

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms!!