Nice! I want to get started on a few new books, but I have been spending every extra minute doing projects that I need to finish up. I recently purchased a book and am looking forward to reading it this summer :)

I just finished "The Turnaround' by George Pelecanos. it was pretty different from what I usually read, but I enjoyed it, it has an upbeat kind of ending. Now I've started "A Man Called Ove' by Fredrik Backman. I'm only about 60 or so pages in so far, and quite disappointed in it. I've read a lot of good things about it, so was excited to get started on it. Pretty boring so far, I think. But I'll read some more before I give up on it, hoping it gets better. plus, it's the only book in the house right now that I haven't read. So I'm kind of stuck with it until Tuesday when the library opens. Hopefully I'll be able to get "Curious Minds" this trip.

Rusty

Rusty, please do stick with A Man Called Ove. It starts out slowly but soon you will find yourself pulled into the storyline and wanting to know what poor Ove is going to do. It's not a whiz-bang, action-packed, full-of-adventure type of book. It's just one heck of a good story. I found myself really missing Ove after I'd reached the end.

The Mill River Recluse is another really good book like that. It's a story about a woman and how she is affected by the people in her life, and how she affects the lives of people in Mill River.

Neither of these two books is a suspense-filled who-done-it mystery. They're just really good reads.

I just finished The Midwife of Hope River, set in 1929-30, and loved it--not only because of my abiding interest in childbirth, but because of the characters and the masterful way the author nailed the narrator's voice. The ending was perfect, but I hated to see the book end. So glad there's a sequel!

I just started Carol Burnett's memoir, This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection. I'm sure I'll like it, but I haven't gone past the introduction yet.

Alisande, in case you come back, are you watching Call the Midwife on TV? I feel sure you are. It's a good program, excellent acting.

Hi Socks! It's on PBS, isn't it? I saw some episodes several years ago, but at some point a high wind shifted my antenna, and PBS became very iffy. I think someone told me Netflix has some of the seasons, but I dropped Netflix when I got Amazon Prime. I did like the show though.

DH finished -- and I have nearly finished -- Michael Connelly's "The Wrong Side of Goodbye". Next up for both of us is David Downing's "Lenin's Roller Coaster", the third of a series set in the WWI era and featuring spy Jack McColl. I love McColl's way out when asked how he knows something that his 'cover' character wouldn't normally know. "I read a lot," is his reply.

Just finished "Spider Woman's Daughter" by Anne Hillerman. She is continuing the Navajo policeman series her father, Tony Hillerman, started. Not bad, close to her father's style in writing. An easy and fast read, pretty predictable mystery to solve. I liked all the details about the New Mexico area.

Alisande, ask for the DVDs at your library. Our little library has them to borrow. It's an excellent show.

Good idea, Flamey--thanks!