late night

In my last post I missed adding one book that I'd read in my posting break - Junie B., First Grader, Toothless Wonder. This was another amusing little book, but it wasn't much different from the rest of the series.

On Friday morning, before I went to work, I finished The Haunting of America: From the Salem Witch Trials to Harry Houdini. This finished in about the same way it started - although the aliens never came back after the first chapter. I was amused (and slightly saddened) by Harry Houdini's little feud with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

After that, I moved on to Maria V. Snyder's next book, Sea Glass - which was just as amazing as the rest of her books. I ended up staying up until three in the morning (or so) to finish the book (at least ninety percent of the reading was done that night). (I stayed up even later that night to finish the movie I'd started earlier).

I am now immersed (again - and happily) in another Andrew Greeley mystery - Irish Linen. I extremely enjoy this one so far - I love so many of the quotes - but most of them need too much extra to explain their full humor or greatness. Patjo has now also joined the family as the newest of the childer - he's got three older siblings who (from the one scene) seem to dote on him - none of them have had much part in the story yet though. War is always terrible and this book shows a bit of that, at least so far. I hope (and assume) Des is okay - and I hope they do find and get to meet Timmy - even if he's at least ninety-five now!