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I thought this book was a fairly enjoyable read. I most enjoyed reading about the different places that she visited and her reflections on getting older, her life, etc. I didn't really agree with how she considered herself very adventurous though - I mean, she had enough money to travel around for six months and stay at fairly nice hotels...not that trail blazing! Oh well. Otherwise an enjoyable read.

This was the start of an interesting mystery series by Charlaine Harris. The protagonist is Aurora Teagarden, a southern woman who's single, short, and a librarian (her physical description matches Cat B. rather closely, actually). She's the member of a club that meets once a month to study and analyze real murders -- usually historical murders with some point of interest. When people in her small town start dying, each murdered in a way that imitates a famous historical murder case, it's clear to Aurora that one of the members of her club must be responsible, and she's curious enough to try to figure out which one. I thought this was a fun read, though certainly on the more grotesque side in places (true to Harris form), and I liked the southern touches. I do like the Sookie Stackhouse books much better, but then, these were much earlier novels, so I can cut her a bit of slack. :)

I'm kindof a sucker for Steve Almond. I loved "My Life In Heavy Metal" so much that I still think about the title story. I was recently at the SF Public Library browsing the new books section and this was propped up. I'd picked it up a couple of times in the bookstore and wondered about the process and how Almond and Baggott decided on this whole thing. It's pretty interesting but the letters each become like little short stories and not so much like letters that people (who aren't writers) would actually write to each other.