March Book List

Blustery March made for a month of good reading - a total of fifteen books.

Forever and Forever by Josi S. Kilpack is the story of the courtship of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Frances (Fanny) Gold Appleton. An interesting read based on letters and journals.

Mad River, Storm Front, Deadline, and Escape Clause are all by John Sandford. These feature MBA agent, Virgil Flowers. Obviously, I'm reading my way through the series.

Crazy Like A Fox by Rita Mae Brown is the tenth book of her Sister Jane Arnold series. These Virginia fox hunt mysteries are among my favorites.

Malice Prepense and Heaven Is High by Kate Wilhelm are both set in Oregon where the author lives. Both feature Attorney Beth Holloway and both are very well written. I like them for the story lines and for the Oregon locations.

Last Bus to Wisdom is Ivan Doig's final book. I am really going to miss this author, his books have all been a treat to read. This is a coming of age book. I have to think young Donal's adventures mirror some of Doig's own.

Delights and Shadows is Nebraska poet Ted Kooser's Pulitzer Prize winner. It contains two of my favorites of his, Mother and Father. Even though I've read my way through this slender volume, it is one I will re-read many times.

The Forever Girl is one of Alexander McCall Smith's stand alone books. This one is about a young girl and a young boy who are friends growing up on Grand Cayman Island. She decides early on that he is the only boy for her, but as they grow up, their paths don't seem likely to ever merge again. This author is always good for a thoughtful read.

Deep Freeze by John Sandford is the last in the Virgil Flowers series until the new one comes out in October. I may delve into one of his other series just to keep me going until then. 

Shroud For A Nightingale by P.D. James is one of her early Adam Dalgliesh, Scotland Yard, mysteries. Her books are so finely written. Even at the end, when you think the murder(s) have been solved, there's always a twist.

Death of an Honest Man is M. C. Beaton's 33rd Hamish Macbeth, Scottish Highland mystery. These are always entertaining, light, reads.

The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian is my favorite book this month. What a treat it is to be checking the new books shelves at the library and find the latest Chris Bohjalian when you didn't even know it was out! He has to be one of the best authors there is.

I will pass my Ivan Doig book on to eldest son, Douglas, because he is also a Doig fan. And I think I'll see if my youngest son, Preston, would like the P. D. James book since it is the same age as he.

The second full moon of the month hadn't set yet when I got up this morning. I had such a neat photo of a flock of blackbirds flying in front of it. Unfortunately, it was blurry.