IT'S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING? 10.2.14

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* Happily, a busy reading [and listening] week for me .  A new commitment to audios is really helping relieve eye strain from too much screen viewing. 'Read' and reviewed this week :

COLD TANGERINES: Celebrating the Extraordinary Nature of Everyday Life - by Shauna Niequist 

A collection of stories and thoughts about celebrating the life that God gives us. Offering a vision of life focused on hope, redemption and celebration, in the midst of the heartbreak and boredom and broken glass we all encounter.   - audio book

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DEATH OF A CHARMING MAN - by MC Beaton  Beaton's wit adds a great humour to situations particular to  Death of a Charming Man as husbands react to this 'charming man's' arrival in their village  and his effect on their wives. Middle age complacency is now hurriedly attacked with hair dyes and do's, exercise regimens, new wardrobes, and the ubiquitous high heels! But when the 'charming man' goes missing, what and who else might be afoot in those heels? ~~~~~~~~~~~ * ~~~~~~~~~~ MARY POPPINS IN CHERRY TREE LANE  - by PL Travers Mary Poppins returns with the Banks children in tow for a Midsummer's Eve picnic in the park.  Much to the chagrin of the park keeper who is distressed with the comings and goings of everyone out for an enjoyable evening.  Fantasy seems the order of Mary Poppins picnic even for the park keeper... audio book
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UNDERGROUND TO CANADA - by Barbara Smucker Thinking of a Black History Month read,  when this one came to mind, I was quick to get into the pages.
A YA read describing the slave life of June Lilly  and her subsequent escape via the Underground Railroad from Mississippi northward to freedom in Canada. Fantastic story.  HIGHLY recommended and perfect for a quick but informative read. ~~~~~~~~~~~ * ~~~~~~~~~~~ And currently ...?

 Listening to 'new to me' mystery author,

Carola Dunn's  'Murder on the Flying Scotsman'
narrated by Mia Chiaramonte. 6 + hrs of listening enjoyment  *

Spring of 1923 and the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple is on her way to a stately home in Scotland to research her next article for 

Town and Country. 

On board the Flying Scotsman, the famous London-to-Edinburgh train, Daisy meets an old schoolfellow, Anne Bretton, along with all of her relatives, is en route to visit the deathbed of the family scion and notorious miser, Alistair McGowan. As it currently stands, Alistair’s will leaves the entire family fortune to his brother Albert, and the rest of the family is rushing to convince him to change his will in their favour.

Daisy has her hands full taking care of Detective Inspector Alec Fletcher’s young daughter Belinda, who ran away from home and stowed away aboard the train. 

Daisy barely has time to take notice of the intricate family feud taking place around her— that is, until Albert McGowan is found murdered on the train                                            and Daisy is surrounded by an entire family of suspects. . .

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