Wonderful Wordy Wednesday

Time change, nice weather and being busy has made for less reading time. That is OK, a few more days and it will be back to cooler weather outside. Then I will be inside more again, for a while. 

Although I picked up books on Saturday and have read two of them already. Need to get started on the third, then I have six more from this checkout to read. Most of them should be pretty quick reads. 

Plus tonight is trivia night at the library. Third of three months, then we take a break for a month. See if we patrons can beat the librarians! Our team did really well last month, the topics were stuff we knew, for a change.

A Murder at Balmoral includes some revisionist history. Going back to 1936 King Edward VIII does not abdicate but does marry a suitable woman, acceptable to the establishment and has children. The story revolves around his eldest son who is now King Eric. The family is spending Christmas at Balmoral with only the chef inside the house to serve the dinner. King Eric dies. Who done it?

A Heart that Works is a memoir by Rob Delaney, actor and writer, who relates the family journey when his son, Henry, is diagnosed with a brain tumor at one year old.

Sourdough a cute novel. Lois is a computer programmer who works long hours. She has gotten into the habit of ordering food delivery at home. When the guys who make the food have to leave because of visa issues they give Lois their sourdough starter. The starter takes Lois on some interesting journeys.

Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon a extensive biography of Elizabeth including use of private letters she wrote or were written to her. I learned a great deal about her early life and early marriages. I am old enough to remember her life since Cleopatra.

The Invisible Kingdom is the author's relating her story of her ongoing journey of finding why she was run down and ill and chronic illness as a whole. It was about her story as well as the general information of auto-immune diseases. Lupus, thyroid issues, or something else.

The Forever Witness is our DNA. The book covers the 30 year old cold case of the deaths of Tanya Van Cuylenborg and Jay Cook. It involves DNA and genetic genealogy and was the first case to use this to help identify the person who committed the crime. He was found guilty but appealed and a lower court set aside his conviction due to a juror bias. However in late 2022 the Washington State Supreme Court reinstated the guilty verdict. Interesting book!

AWWWWWW. 

Happy Reading.