Splendid , dense, erudite and challenging historical fiction.

"Crackling with wit, breathtakingly paced, The Spring of the Ram is a pyrotechnic blend of scholarship and narrative shimmering with the scents, sounds, colors, and combustible emotions of the 15th century."

at my house Tuesday for assessment and work on my huge oak tree damaged by H.Beryl and a spring storm. My home area qualifies for their assistance through grant program, yay!

I'm in a book slump, so the cat books sound fun, and the Cork O'Connor mysteries by Krueger are intriguing. The non-fiction real life books are making me cry. The CIA Book Club is well written and a handy guide for what may need to be done for us, damn it.

I hope your tree survives. Glad you're getting help with it. (I hope we survive, too)

are 20 titles in the series to explore if you like the one you’re reading.

I’m rereading the Stacey Abram’s thrillers. Maybe a mistake as her plots are way to close to reality. Maybe she’ll write a tell-all book in the near future.

While justice sleeps
Rogue justice
Coded justice

for the Coded Justice audio. Looking forward to it.

from the first two.

It's one of the most purely FUN novels I've ever read. This is about the half-dozenth time I've read this gem.

— Ron

"Judgement Prey," by John Sanford. Another romp with Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers for two murderers. In the final few chapters.

Hope your surgery goes well, hermetic.

I believe the first one came out in 89. When ya can’t remember a good book ya know you read decades ago read it again.

The newest Nora Kelly / Corrie Swanson book by these guys. Out of the ordinary New Mexico setting for creepy witchcraft and more. Another page-turner must read. Some of it reminded me of the Carlos Castenada / Don Juan books of the early 70's.

Good luck on your surgery.

Reading The Medicine Woman of Galveston by Amanda Skenandore. I thought I would finish today, but I’ve given up. It’s about a female doctor in 1900 forced to join a traveling medicine show in order to pay off her debts and support her young son. She ends up in Galveston for the hurricane in 1900.

Have a good week y’all!

I like reading an Old West Shootem up on occasion. No cell phones, no computers, no crime labs. A rancher shoots a deputy sheriff who killed the ranchers wife and son and burned down his barn and thought he killed the rancher in Southeast Kansas back in the 1880s. The rancher gets revenge.
No doubt its a justified shooting, but the rancher is found guilty. Then the fun begins when a Deputy Marshall comes after the rancher.

My Wife had cataract surgery last year. Worked out fine. She’s glad she had it. The Eye Doc says I ain’t ready yet.

Best of Luck to you.

I just started it. I haven't decided if I like her books or not. I've read a few. I thought I'd give this one a try. It's over 400 pages so it'll take me a while.

I hope your surgery went well and that you're on the mend.