October 224 reads

Reading Worn{ People's History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser. Recommended by someone in Needlework Arts

So sorry. I missed the 0 in 2024.

Reading Fall Back Down When I Die by Joe Wilkins and listening to Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon. Narrated by the great Ron McLarty.

Started audio I have in my car. Black Wind by Clive Cussier.

I'm going to try to get to some Halloween reading after I finish Hello Beautiful.

Santa Cruise by Fern Michaels I won o GR. Lots of 1 star ratings and lots of 5 star ratings. I am only on page 31.

Just finished a classic science fiction book, A First Glimpse, a collection of short stories by Raymund Z Gallun. I don't read much science fiction, but I saw this mentioned somewhere (can't remember where) so I thought I'd give it a try. I'm glad I did.

I'm impressed by and recommend Alice Winn's In Memoriam.

This month I finished The Mercy Of Gods, The start of a new science fiction series by James S. A. Corey, the duo who wrote The Expanse series.

Today, I also finished The Black Bird Oracle, a witch/vampire fantasy (hey, it's October and Halloween season!) I really enjoyed this fifth book in Deborah Harkness' All Souls series.

I finally finished a book I was supposed to read for a few church committees - The Anatomy of Peace. Now I can move on to my choice of reading. I have two romance books out from the library, as well as We Solve Murders. After reading the book about finding peace in your heart, I think I'm ready for murder, not romance.

>10 Hope_H:

If you're interested in peace and nonviolence from a church perspective I can highly recommend The Gospel of Peace: A Commentary on Matthew, Mark, and Luke from the Perspective of Nonviolence by John Dear, which I read avidly a couple of months ago.

But in the meantime, enjoy the murder mysteries! I've been reading quite a few in that genre by new authors recently, which I got free on Kindle. Most of them are absolute rubbish (which is why they're free, I presume) but they pass the time.

>9 TempleCat: I have not read a book by Deborah Harkness in a long time.

>12 mnleona: It felt like a long time before The Black Bird Oracle came out! So, I looked up Harkness' biography and discovered that she has been battling ovarian cancer. She's amazing, teaching, writing and publishing, all while going through that. And her stories are still quite entertaining!

>11 John5918: Thank you for the recommendation! I'll look into it - after I've gotten a few murders out of my system.

>13 TempleCat: That is sad to hear.

Started The Purple Quest by Frank G. Slaughter. I became interested in natural dyes after reading this book many years ago. I was a volunteer at a museum in St. Paul where we did natural dyes.

>16 mnleona:

Leona, you might be interested in Make Ink : a forager's guide. It's also beautifully produced.

>17 librorumamans: Thanks, it sounds interesting.

>16 mnleona: another option would be A Perfect Red which is a history of the trade in the South American insects that were the source of red dye before the advent of synthetics....and if you are interested in that aspect of dying - mauve is a good read.

>19 alco261: Thanks.