Hey everyone! First of all, thank you so much for being so kind and supportive with my post last week regarding the passing of my friend, Nan. It's hard to think you won't be able to share things with a friend who has been your friend for such a long time. However, she would be so, so touched by how many people in the blogging/reading world loved her, remembered her, and will miss her. She was a good, good soul.
The picture I've posted here is from our trip to Yellowstone recently. I'm planning on having another post on Friday with more pictures. We had a great time and I'll share just a few of these. A couple of animals, some wildflowers, and some other places that we stopped and looked and were amazed.
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I read 6 books during the month of September. Three of these were rereads and three were new to me. I'm not going to write reviews of them, but I will say a little bit about a few.
My favorite of the bunch was the new addition to the Cormoran Strike mystery series by Robert Galbraith. It's called The Hallmarked Man and is the 8th book in that series. A long, long book with over 900 pages. Took a bit of time to read (and listen to as I did a read/listen), but I did enjoy it a lot and loved catching up with Strike and Robin. Who knows when the next one will come out? I'll be waiting though.
I also read the book that the mystery book group that I attend will be discussing for our October meeting (which will be tomorrow evening). That one was The Art Thief by Michael Finkel. I will admit that I'm not a big reader of non-fiction and also not a big fan of 'true crime' books. However, this one was interesting. I did get a bit weary of hearing about how the thief's mother enabled him in many ways to go on 'acquiring' his art for years and years. He was a talented thief. Will be curious how our discussion goes.
I also read the first two books in the Inspector Lynley mystery series by Elizabeth George. The titles are A Great Deliverance and Payment In Blood. These were both rereads, but it had been a really long time since I read them for the first time. The latest book in the series, the 22nd I think, was published in September. It's A Slowly Dying Cause. I'd been thinking about whether to reread the series (I've only read 6 of the books so far) or whether to jump in to the latest. Still on the fence a bit about that. I have watched the two TV adaptations. The newest one of those came out recently with a new cast. As one might expect, it's a bit different from the previous adaptation. And both are a bit different from the books. I actually like both, so I think I'll continue to watch if there are more TV shows and I might think about reading one a month in the series. Have you read any of these books or watched either of the TV adaptations?
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And now we are into October. This year is passing quickly or so it seems. This time of year I usually tend to read some 'spooky' books, so we'll see how my reading goes in that regard. Hope all of you have a good week and I'll have a 'Waiting on Wednesday' post that will indeed include a 'spooky'-sounding book that I'd like to try. Will probably have my Yellowstone pictures up on Friday. Take care and enjoy your 'Fall' reading.
