Junco, I was reading "Lawyer for the Dog" set in Charleston SC.

Annpan - That book title made me smile this morning. Is it a good one?

Kathy, I enjoyed it and also the sequel "Lawyer for the Cat." by Lee Robinson.

Thanks Ann. I think I will put those on my "give it a try" list.

reader-in-transit: no, I don't believe it's raining.

A big hint about my "East Tennessee, unhappily married woman" book: The woman has just discovered an area covered with butterflies in the back woods of her in-laws' farm.

Kathy_t must be reading Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver.

Correct, Bookmom! I'm learning a lot about Monarch butterflies.

I'm a young physician working on groundbreaking experiments with bacteria in the latter part of the 19th century.

I just noticed that I did not state my location in the previous message. Duh - where was my brain? Well, no matter because I've left Germany (where the young doctor was located) because I got tired of reading about his arguments and rivalry with a French doctor. I ditched that book and in my new book, I am in Charleston, South Carolina.

Kathy, are you enjoying one of the "Lawyer" books?

I don't actually know what the "Lawyer" books are, Annpan ... but my book is South of Broad by Pat Conroy. I'm not really sure if I even want to read it, but when I suddenly needed a new book today, it was conveniently sitting atop a stack of books recently purchased at a Friends of the Library sale. (Sometimes my book choices are rather haphazard.)

Kathy, earlier in this thread you said you might try my choice of "Lawyer for the Dog/ Cat " books set in Charleston SC

Oh ... indeed I did, Annpan. (My brain, my brain!) Thanks for the reminder. Perhaps I'll stop by the library today and grab one of those. I think I'd prefer something lighter than Conroy at the moment. (Most anything would be lighter than Conroy.)

Kathy, let me know if you like Conroy's "South of Broad." I am living in Charleston, SC near that neighborhood. Conroy is worshipped as a plaster saint here in the low country....

Will do, Woodnymph.

Woodnymph - I am sorry to report that I am officially abandoning South of Broad after reading about a horrible incident on page 105. See my full report on the Novem November thread.

Kathy, thanks for the warning! I will keep away from "South of Broad" even though I know that lovely neighborhood well. I do know that Pat Conroy was known to be a depressive personality type all his life. From what I've read about his boyhood, he carried many scars well into adulthood.

I'm in Venice near the end of WWII.

I seem to be hanging around the U.S. East Coast a lot lately. I'm now on Belle Isle, North Carolina (not sure if that's a real island or not), having just arrived by ferry with lots of others starting their summer on Memorial Day weekend.

Ohh, Kathy, are you reading The Weekenders by Mary Kay Andrews?

Yes, Donna, because I liked your description of it. I'm liking it so far.

Msmeow/Donna - I don't think anyone ever guessed your book when you said your location was Texas State Penitentiary, Death Row -and- Quantico, VA. I'm curious.

I'm in England and I've just survived a hostile takeover by mutant human-eating plants who've been walking around attacking everyone. But they're changing... They're adapting. Can they think?.... :-)

I've just left a hot dusty August in Paris and returned to a village in the South where I lived some years ago. The locals are still suspicious of strangers especially fey ones carrying Tarot cards and making confectionery.

Are you also eating chocolat?

Almost, Carolyn, but peaches are the edibles in this one.

Vee - Are you by chance reading Chocolat by Joanne Harris?

Carolyn - Is that what you were thinking also?

Kathy, no it's the next book but one so I have missed out on a chunk of the story . . . and can't remember all the details from Chocolate which I read several years ago.

Chocolat was the book I was thinking of, too, Kathy. I haven't read the later one. Are you liking it, Vee?

Lemonhead - yours is Wyndham's Day of the Triffids?

Carolyn, I'm only a couple of chapters in. I'll let you know in Dec reading thread.

Yes, mine was The Day of the Triffids... Good job, Donnamira!

Now, I am in an upper class drawing room listening to a conversation about whether the oldest son should marry his g-friend or not. Money is a big component of the match, and it's lots of "jolly hockey sticks" and "what-ho" happening...

I'm all over the place, frequently in Chicago, other times in Michigan, some other places, though usually briefly.

Louisville, Kentucky. What a coincidence.

Carolyn, I saw on the December reading thread that you are reading Triple Crown, so I assume that's the book that has you located in Louisville. Correct? By the way, you mentioned the author is Felix Francis. Considering the book's title, I have to wonder if there is a family connection between Felix Francis and Dick Francis, or are the last names just a coincidence?

Kathy, I believe Felix (son of Dick) 'collaborated' on many of his father's later works. I wonder if his own books are as fast paced as his father's were?

I sort of gave this one away, didn't I? And I find little difference between father and son. I really like all their books, particularly the old Sid Halley ones.

reader-in-transit are you reading The Time Traveler's Wife?

I'm a young man in American high school trying to work out the complex social and friendship rules and being rather lonely (but incredibly sweet).... Plus epistolary!

Lemonhead, is it Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian?

Merryworld,

Yes, I was reading The Time Traveler's Wife.

I am in South Africa and cannot hold my mother's hand in public.

socks, are you reading something by Trevor Noah?

I've was on a road trip from Maine to Missouri when it was abruptly halted by an arrest in Iowa. Missouri is now looking doubtful.

I've got my first teaching gig with my newly minted PHD and am setting up my first lab with my friend Bill at Georgia Tech. I'm into trees.

Merryworld,

Are you reading Lab Girl?

reader_in_transit, got it in one!

My Maine-to-Missouri trip completed (Third Hill North of Town), I've now moved on to Moscow in The Billion Dollar Spy, Quite a change of scenery ... and temperature.