Kathy, thanks! "Efa" is probably close enough for me. It is as close as I am likely to get!

I just finished reading The Gods of Guilt by Michael Connolly. My husband is an ardent reader, daily like me, but mysteries, thrillers, and sometimes nonfiction are his prefered material. He passed this particular book along to me since we had both enjoyed watching The Lincoln Lawyer, movie and series alike. This is one of the sequels. Sometimes it is nice to stray from one's usual genres.

Several members of my book club have a fascination with crime which I do not share. I actually can get nightmares from reading true crime. This time we selected a novel, Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka, and I relectanly did read it. To my surprose, it was actually quite well done. The point of the novel was to understand the serial killer without glamorizing him, and to shift the focus from the cult of the serial killer to the losses incurred by his victims and those around them. I thought it was a successful effort. Not that I want to read more such books!

We are recently back from a vacation in France, arriving back home just before the riots started. I am busy putting together my usual printed photobook. I began doing this well over a decade ago when I realized that our vacations were all blurring together in my mind. Doing this, and having the books to refresh our memories, keeps the experiences fresh and sharp, and extends the pleasure long after we come home.

Oh, and I am also trying to catch up with my poor neglected garden! But I still manage to read every day.