of the plantation. She's an indentured orphan, so she can look above her to the master's white family and his black daughter, and below her to the kitchen slaves and the field slaves. It's a pretty smart way to give a complete picture of the cruelty of the place.

The story is very well told.

As you know I have been reading tome after tome of the Wheel of Time series with a break with a shorter work. Besides that I now have unlimited internet data and can make use of my Amazon Prime video that I have paid for years. The series I'm watching are Bosch, Midsomer Murders, Dci Banks and a couple of movies, Murder on the Orient Express and An Inspector Calls. I just started The ABC Murders. You can see where my mind is- always mysteries. Also I tend not to binge watch.

Been rewatching Midsomer Murders here. They seem to get better each time. I just adore the one where Barnaby eats the 'pot brownies.' Hysterical.

Just sent away for that Rebus and a couple of other old ones I never read. That should keep me happy for a good while. I love folllowing Rankin in Twitter. He is such a fun guy!

Science fiction.

Kim Stanley Robinson called one of the solar system's pre-eminent writers of climate change-driven, politically astute science fiction.

Good article here from Wired. https://www.wired.com/story/kim-stanley-robinson-red-moon/

About halfway through "You Suck (A Love Story)".

You can be our in-house expert on the mind of Moore.

It's strange...

I like that in a writer!

Reading - Under the Midnight Sun, it's the best one yet!

I was curious to see how the book compared to the movie. In this case, the book and the movie were very different, so it was hard to compare. Other than it was set in Japan, and the characters of James Bond and "Tiger" Tanaka, there were few similarities. No hi-jacked space capsules, no hollow volcanoes, no cool helicopters, etc. I enjoyed the book anyway.

Good to see ya. Hope your winter is coming to an end.

I read some Bond books long, long ago and seem to recall enjoying them. I think I only ever saw 1 movie, maybe 2. I've led such a sheltered life

One of my favorites by Nancy Sinatra:

Started reading Over the Plain Houses, Julia Franks last week, but haven't made much headway. It is beautifully written and the characters are well developed. Wish I didn't fall asleep so early at night.

Definitely will be looking for it. Thanks.

I made it all the way through every Sherlock work by Doyle on audiobook (I do hall walking for my supervision duty at school, so I get in 45 minutes of audiobook during that time), so now I'm on to other works. Much easier to pay attention to non-Sherlock stuff.

I really like Rowell and Fangirl makes me laugh often. Plus, her ability to really get the high school dork (though this is college freshmen) is pretty spot on.

Thanks for sharing.