Category Archives: Books

Monday May 20, 2013

Posted on 20 May 2013 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I am reading a new Jacqueline Winspear, Maisie Dobbs mystery, Leaving Everything Most Loved. We are watching Longmire and Damages right now. I spent all day working on one of those tedious projects that require a lot of mental concentration.

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Friday May 17, 2013

Posted on 17 May 2013 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I am reading a new Tea Shop mystery by Laura Childs, Sweet Tea Revenge. Summer has finally arrived with temperatures in the mid to high 80′s most of this week. Bob stopped by to see dad today. He was not … Continue reading →

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Friday May 10, 2013

Posted on 10 May 2013 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I am reading a new author Janet Bolin. Dire Threads, the first book in her cozy Threadville mystery series, is set in Elderberry Bay, PA nicknamed Threadville. Willow Vanderling left the corporate life in New York to follow her dream … Continue reading →

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Thursday May 2, 2013

Posted on 2 May 2013 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I am reading on my Kindle the 4th book in her Barbara Marr series, Saturday Night Cleaver, by Karen Cantwell. Still cool and cloudy. We have had very little sunshine this week but the grass continues to grow…rapidly. I went … Continue reading →

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Friday April 26, 2013

Posted on 26 April 2013 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I am reading the next and most recent David Handler mystery Snow White Christmas Cookie featuring Mitch Berger and Des Mitry. We are currently watching Copper and Titanic: Blood and Steel. Both are very good. Titanic is the story about … Continue reading →

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April 17, 2013

Posted on 17 April 2013 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I am reading Midnight at Marble Arch by Anne Perry in her Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series. She is, by far, one of the best writers Bob and I read in the mystery genre. One of the attorneys in our … Continue reading →

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Friday April 12, 2013

Posted on 12 April 2013 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I am reading a new China Bayles mystery, Widow’s Tears by Susan Wittig Albert. We had some major storms roll through last night bringing about 2 inches of rain. Around 3am the wind and rain pelting the window woke me … Continue reading →

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Monday April 8, 2013

Posted on 8 April 2013 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I am reading The Blood Red Indian Summer by David Handler, his next to most recent book in the Berger/Mitry series. Somehow or another we got behind in this series but the library had both this one and the next, … Continue reading →

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Sunday March 31, 2013

Posted on 31 March 2013 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I am reading on my Kindle the second book in M. Louisa Locke’s Victorian mystery series, Uneasy Spirits, set San Francisco. As I had hoped we did get about half an inch of rain as forecast over night. I have … Continue reading →

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Sunday March 24, 2013

Posted on 24 March 2013 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I am reading The Jackal Man by Kate Ellis from my TBR shelf. Weekly house cleaning chores this morning. I am working on more clean up in my office. Bob is working on the unfinished downstairs area getting it set … Continue reading →

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