mrsmac

I will probably get the book although I haven't read any of the Harry Potter ones, probably in the minority!

Flash floods in Toronto and the surrounding area tonight, train which runs from Toronto to points west stopped on the tracks because of water, occupants had to move to the upper level because of the height of the water. The passengers were eventually being rescued from the train and taken to locations where they could get the bus to their destination. The subway was halted because of flooding and there were power outages all over the city. Many travellers from Toronto were unable to get home and will have to stay overnight in hotels in the city. Lots of pictures of submerged cars - a real mess. We were lucky to escape the big storm, just got heavy rainfall which didn't last long. Been really strange weather for July.

gas

hiatus

Has anyone else seen the picture of the statue of D'Arcy of Pride & Prejudice emerging from the Serpentine? I think Colin Firth looked a lot better.

My aunt used to grow Hydragenias, no one ever corrected her as we all knew what she meant.

Your garden is looking very nice Huggle - gardens are great, a source of much pleasure.

We have had the air conditioning going steadily for about five days now as the humidity pushes the temp up to about 37C. I just hide indoors, the heat is coupled with heavy rain showers which makes the atmosphere much more muggy. We're looking forward to seeing our son and family here on July 25th, they are currently holidaying in Florida. They live in Yellowknife which is in the Northwest Territories of Canada, way up north near the land of the midnight sun and the Northern Lights. We haven't seen them in two years so are really looking forward to their visit.

weft

Just finished Unseen by Karin Slaughter. She writes really suspenseful police thrillers. Next up is Steve Hamilton's Let It Burn. An Alex McKnight mystery set in Paradise, Michigan on Lake Superior. Steve Hamilton is a good writer, have read several of his Alex McKnight series. There's a Daniel Silva book to be released in July, The English Girl, looks like it might be interesting. Always so many new releases, looks like my Visa will take a beating this month.

innoculations

reputable

Charles Dickens' biography by Claire Tomalin - really tried with this but it defeated me, too many details and dates. Every little detail about his life that I didn't want to know and yet I feel embarrassed because apparently it's well regarded in the literary world.

The Jesse Stone 'made for telly movies' are great, always enjoy them. Also have enjoyed all the Parker books I've read. Sorry that he's no longer with us. James Lee Burke is a very popular writer, I believe his books are mostly set in Louisiana in the U.S. Pontalba on the forum would be able to tell you a lot more about him.

Don't really skip pages, more like just scan them if they seem a bit too wordy, however, if I find I'm scanning too many I'll retire the book to the archives if it's on my Kindle with the intention of going back at some time, which usually means never. If it's a hardback that I've bought and it's a disappointing read to the extent that I'm rushing through pages it gets taken to the library for them to put in their book sale or into the system. I used to put those books into the book case with the intent of going back to them but that has never happened so they have all been banished now.