-=> Quoting Belle Bijou to Robert White <=-
Hi Belle,
 BB> Great to hear from you again!  The weather here has been lousy -
 BB> we've had the wettest summer I can remember.  And hot - whew.  August
Ouch, your weather does sound pretty bad, especially the humidity! After an
iffy June, July & Aug. have been pretty good out this way.
 BB> nothing that I'm allergic to is growing.
I also have hay fever, it only started about 8 or 9 years ago in me and I
don't know exactly what I'm allergic too. It doesn't seem to be trees or
flowers, but it may be some grasses (real hay fever!). Hope yours has ended 
s
well by now.
 BB> out. I've read some terrific books this summer - the new Robert Crais
Lots more fodder for the BOLO list, I'll probably look for the Buchanan's
first.  The Present Tense part of Martini does sound wierd and probably hard
to read as well. You said they should be read in order, do you have a 
sting?
Let's see what have I been reading lately.  The latest Laurence Gough,
'Heartbreaker' with his usual assortment of characters and crosslinked plots.
Gough comes up with some interesting and incisive comments on society now and
again. I especially like the following view of BC politicians: "How else to
explain the vast legions of fools and clowns and outright buffoons who, the
moment they were elected, suffered severe brain damage through self-inflicted
asphyxiation as a consequence of burying their snouts too deeply in the 
ublic
trough?" You don't have to be familiar with BC's recent political history to
appreciate the sentiments expressed in that bit, you only need be a taxpayer.
I finished Laurie King's 'With Child' and loved it. She really builds the
suspence for most of the book. All of her books that I've read have been 
ood,
but I liked this one the best. Probably because she is developing her talents
as a writer a little more with each book.
I'm just finishing up Sharyn McCrumb's 'If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him...'
I kind of run hot & cold on McCrumb. Or cold and luke-warm, maybe. A couple 
f
her books have been pretty good, and a couple have been stinkers (IMNSHO), 
ut
this one is fairly good, if not much of a mystery in the classic sense. She
does have a pretty good sense of humor, but not as good as Joan Hess.  A
number of her books are set in your neck of the South & include historical
sub-plots. Part of the story revolves around an historical murder of some
notoriety, the Lucy Todhunter case.  McCrumb presents a plausable solution to
the case.
Not sure what I'll grab off the stack next, but I'm overdue for a hit of 
llis
Peters' Brother Cadfael, so that is most likely.
I'm sending you netmail re: your trip to France - suffice it to say I'm green
with envy you lucky dog!!!
Bob 8-{)
 
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