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By education and experience - Accountant with a specialty in taxation. Formerly a CPA (license has lapsed). Masters degree in law of taxation from University of Denver. Now retired. Part time work during baseball season as receptionist & switchboard operator for the Colorado Rockies. This gig feeds my soul in ways I have trouble articulating. One daughter, and four grandchildren. I share the house with two cats; a big goof of a cat called Grinch (named as a joke for his easy going "whatever" disposition); and Lady, a shelter adoptee with a regal bearing and sweet little soprano voice. I would be very bereft if it ever becomes necessary to keep house without a cat.
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Pre Christmas Reading
Here's a summary of books I've read from the first part of December until this evening.
THE TRUE LOVE by Patrick O'Brian
Ship's captain Jack Aubrey and his friend naval surgeon Stephen Maturin are aboard their ship Surprise, leaving the colony of New South Wales, bound for South America. They discover a stow-away aboard - a lovely young woman who has escaped the penal colony where she had been confined. Her presence leads to all kinds of complications, and Jack's prejudice against women on board ship is strengthened.
THE VAMPIRE OF VENICE BEACH by Jennifer Colt
The McAfee twins sign on to provide crowd control for the opening of a "vampire art gallery" When one of the fake caskets is opened to reveal a real dead body, things get interesting. Colt's books are a nice combination of chick lit and zany comic suspense fiction.
DEAD CENTER by David Rosenfelt
Attorney Andy Carpenter has been missing the love of his life after she accepted a job as a cop in a small Wisconsin town. At her request, Carpenter leaves his New Jersey haunts to take on the defense of a young man accused of slashing his girlfriend to death. Rosenfelt has a pleasant, humorous tone which never overwhelms his serious subject matter.
DELTA WEDDING by Eudora Welty
After seven years of trying, I've persuaded one of my library based book discussion groups to read a book by Welty. I'll lead the discussion after the first of the year, and I completed my first read through. Eccentric characters abound in this tale of clash of economic and social position in rural Mississippi just after the First War.
A GOOD DAY TO DIE by Simon Kernick
Kernick's anti-hero Denis Milne returns to the UK from a self imposed expatriate exile to avenge the death of a friend. Very dark, and an intertwining series of several games of cat and mouse, with several cats, and several mice.
THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE by C S Lewis
Another book discussion group choice. Hard to believe I have never read this children's classic. Very enjoyable fantasy and a nice wintery theme appropriate for the time of year.
DISTURBING THE DEAD by Sandra Parshall
For a review to appear in CrimeSpree magazine. The peace of a small Virginia mountain town is threatened when the severely decomposed corpses of two missing residents are found in the forests nearby. Refreshingly, the female main character, who is not a cop, lets the cops do the investigating.
THE CLEANUP by Sean Doolittle
Matt Worth is a cop, and he is aware he is not a very good cop. When a bereft young woman acquaintance of his appeals for help, he is immediately in over his head. Small time mobsters, two crooked cops, several dead bodies, a cache of more money than Matt had ever dreamed of, and a freak late fall snowstorm combine for a very enjoyable read. Par for the course from Doolittle.
That's it for now! Beginning to ponder my "five best" list for 2006. H-m-m-m
THE TRUE LOVE by Patrick O'Brian
Ship's captain Jack Aubrey and his friend naval surgeon Stephen Maturin are aboard their ship Surprise, leaving the colony of New South Wales, bound for South America. They discover a stow-away aboard - a lovely young woman who has escaped the penal colony where she had been confined. Her presence leads to all kinds of complications, and Jack's prejudice against women on board ship is strengthened.
THE VAMPIRE OF VENICE BEACH by Jennifer Colt
The McAfee twins sign on to provide crowd control for the opening of a "vampire art gallery" When one of the fake caskets is opened to reveal a real dead body, things get interesting. Colt's books are a nice combination of chick lit and zany comic suspense fiction.
DEAD CENTER by David Rosenfelt
Attorney Andy Carpenter has been missing the love of his life after she accepted a job as a cop in a small Wisconsin town. At her request, Carpenter leaves his New Jersey haunts to take on the defense of a young man accused of slashing his girlfriend to death. Rosenfelt has a pleasant, humorous tone which never overwhelms his serious subject matter.
DELTA WEDDING by Eudora Welty
After seven years of trying, I've persuaded one of my library based book discussion groups to read a book by Welty. I'll lead the discussion after the first of the year, and I completed my first read through. Eccentric characters abound in this tale of clash of economic and social position in rural Mississippi just after the First War.
A GOOD DAY TO DIE by Simon Kernick
Kernick's anti-hero Denis Milne returns to the UK from a self imposed expatriate exile to avenge the death of a friend. Very dark, and an intertwining series of several games of cat and mouse, with several cats, and several mice.
THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE by C S Lewis
Another book discussion group choice. Hard to believe I have never read this children's classic. Very enjoyable fantasy and a nice wintery theme appropriate for the time of year.
DISTURBING THE DEAD by Sandra Parshall
For a review to appear in CrimeSpree magazine. The peace of a small Virginia mountain town is threatened when the severely decomposed corpses of two missing residents are found in the forests nearby. Refreshingly, the female main character, who is not a cop, lets the cops do the investigating.
THE CLEANUP by Sean Doolittle
Matt Worth is a cop, and he is aware he is not a very good cop. When a bereft young woman acquaintance of his appeals for help, he is immediately in over his head. Small time mobsters, two crooked cops, several dead bodies, a cache of more money than Matt had ever dreamed of, and a freak late fall snowstorm combine for a very enjoyable read. Par for the course from Doolittle.
That's it for now! Beginning to ponder my "five best" list for 2006. H-m-m-m
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